About
Violeta Parra (1917-1967) was a major figure in Chilean and Latin American music. She collected around 3,000 traditional songs across Chile, contributing to the preservation of folklore. She is considered the founder of the Nueva Canción Chilena movement. Her song 'Gracias a la Vida' (1966) became an international anthem. Parra was also a visual artist, exhibiting at the Louvre in 1964. She founded La Carpa de la Reina, a cultural center in Santiago. A member of the Parra family, she influenced generations of musicians.
* 1917-10-04 — † 1967-02-05
Major works
- Toda Violeta Parra — El Folklore de Chile Vol. VIII (1960)album
- Recordando a Chile (Una Chilena en París) (1965)album
- Las últimas composiciones de Violeta Parra (1966)album
- Gracias a la Vida (1966)song
Key milestones
- 1964First Latin American artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs at the Louvre, Paris.
- 1965Founded La Carpa de la Reina, a folkloric cultural center in Santiago.
- 2015Opening of the Museo Violeta Parra in Santiago on October 4, what would have been her 98th birthday.
Themes
Chilean folkloresocial justicecultural identitylove and lossrural life
Sources: britannica.com · museovioletaparra.cl