Violeta Isabel Cereceda Parra (born 29 September 1939), better known as Isabel Parra, is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of

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musical

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Early years

Parra was born in Chile in 1939 and began her career in music at the age of 13 when she made her first recording with her world-renowned mother, the folklorist

Violeta Parra Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal an ...

. She has since interpreted and recorded the songs of some of the most famous Latin American folk singers.

Career

After the 11 September 1973 Chilean coup d'état she lived in exile in Argentina and France for many years. She returned to Chile when democracy returned to her country. Parra has toured extensively during her career and was a distinctive figure in the

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(New Chilean Song) movement. Isabel Parra is also the sister of the famous folk singer Ángel Parra and the niece of the famous poet

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Discography

*''Isabel Parra'' (1966) *''Isabel Parra, vol II'' (1968) *''Cantando por amor'' inging for love(1969) *''Violeta Parra'' (1970) *''De aquí y de allá '' rom here from there(with

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) (1971) *''Canto para una semilla'' ong for a Seed(

Inti-Illimani Inti-Illimani (; from Quechuan ''Inti'' and Aymara '' Illimani)'' are an instrumental and vocal Latin American folk music ensemble from Chile. The band was formed in 1967 by a group of university students and it acquired widespread popularity in ...

+ Isabel Parra + Carmen Bunster) (1972) *''Isabel Parra y parte del Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC'' (Isabel Parra + GESI +

) (1972) *''Vientos del pueblo'' inds of the People(con

) (1974) *''Isabel Parra de Chile '' sabel Parra of Chile(1976) *''Recital Club Vanguardia'' ive at Club Vanguardia(with

) (1976) *''Cantos de Violeta'' (Songs of

) (1977) *''Canto para una semilla'' (con Inti-Illimani + Marés González; Texto:

; Música:

Luis Advis Luis Advis Vitaglich (10 February 1935 – 9 September 2004)http://www.lanacion.cl/p4_lanacion/site ''Falleció Luis Advis, compositor de la "Cantata Santa María de Iquique"'' was a Chilean professor of philosophy, and a noted composer of traditi ...

) (1978) *''Canto per un seme'' (with Inti-Illimani + Edmonda Aldini) Italian Edition (1978) *''Isabel Parra en Cuba'' (with

(1978) *''Acerca de quien soy y no soy'' (Regarding who I am and whom I am not) (1979) *''Tu voluntad más fuerte que el destierro'' (Your will is stronger than exile) (1983) *''Chant pour une semence'' (con Inti-Illimani +

Francesca Solleville Francesca Solleville (born 2 March 1932, Périgueux) is a French singer. She lives in Malakoff ( Hauts-de-Seine). She is the granddaughter of the founder of the . She is married to the painter Louis . Biography Francesca Solleville was born in ...

) French Edition (1985) *''Enlaces'' (Links) (1987) *''Lámpara melodiosa (Como dos ríos)'' (Melodic lamp ike two rivers (1994) *''Colores'' (Colours) (2000) *''Poemas'' (Poemas) (2002) *''Ni toda la tierra entera'' (Nor all the Earth complete) (CD del libro) (2003)

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The Chilean Folk Songstres
(Australian Interview – October 6, 1999)
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