Fundamental figure of Chilean music, or "Figura fundamental de la música chilena", is an award presented annually by the Sociedad Chilena de Autores e Intérpretes Musicales (SCD), recognizing Chilean artists who have had important influence and legacy in the country's musical history. The selection is made by the organization's board of directors. Past recipients of the honor are: * 1987 José Goles * 1988

Luis Aguirre Pinto M. Luis Aguirre Pinto (10 August 1907 – 7 July 1997) was a Chilean composer, folk musician and folklorist. An honorary citizen of the city of Valdivia, he was born in Copiapo but moved, at the age of seven years, to Santiago. Education and ca ...

* 1989 Francisco Flores del Campo * 1990 Vicente Bianchi * 1991 Donato Román y

Ester Soré Ester Soré (born Marta Yupanqui Donoso, 27 May 1915 – 6 September 1996) was the main singer of Chilean melodies of the 20th century. She recorded for the first time, the successful one "Chile Lindo" ''("Pretty Chile")'', of Clara Solovera, ...

* 1992 Valentín Trujillo * 1993

Margot Loyola Margot Loyola Palacios (September 15, 1918 – August 3, 2015) was a Chilean folklorist, musician, dancer, and teacher. She is considered one of the most influential musicians of Chile, pioneering folkloric research and transforming traditional mu ...

* 1994

Gabriela Pizarro Gabriela Eliana Pizarro Soto (''Gabriela Pizarro''; October 14, 1932 – December 29, 1999) was a Chilean folklorist, a researcher, a teacher and a songwriter. She is considered one of the three leading researchers of Chilean folk, along with Vi ...

* 1995 Antonio Prieto * 1996

Dúo Rey-Silva Dúo Rey-Silva was a Chilean musical duo consisting of Alberto Rey (1915-1991) and Sergio Silva (1917-2017). Both sang while Rey played the harp and Silva the guitar. They performed principally in the cueca and tonada The ''tonada'' is a folk music ...

* 1997

Los Jaivas Los Jaivas is a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, psychedelic, and progressive rock styles formed in 1963 in Viña Del Mar, Chile. They are considered one of the most important and influential artists of all time in Latin America ...

* 1998 Hernán "Nano" Núñez * 1999 Sonia y Myriam * 2000

Fernando Rosas Fernando José Mendes Rosas (born 18 April 1946) is a Portuguese historian, professor and politician, being one of the founders of the Left Bloc. Biography Early life and education Rosas was born on 18 April 1946. He studied at Pedro Nu ...

* 2001

Luis Advis Luis Advis Vitaglich (10 February 1935 – 9 September 2004) was a Chilean professor of philosophy, and a noted composer of traditional and ''New Chilean'' music. He was officially recognized as a fundamental figures of Chilean music in 2003. Bi ...

* 2002

Los Ángeles Negros Los Ángeles Negros () are a Chilean pop ballad band formed in San Carlos de Chile in 1968. The band's best-known line-up consisted of singer Germaín de la Fuente, guitarist Mario Gutiérrez, keyboardist Jorge González, bassist Miguel Ánge ...

* 2003

Isabel Isabel is a female name of Iberian origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elizabeth (given name), Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba''). Arising in the 12th c ...

y Ángel Parra * 2004

Patricio Manns Iván Patricio Eugenio Manns de Folliot, better known as Patricio Manns (3 August 1937 – 25 September 2021) was a Chilean singer-songwriter, composer, author, poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and writer. Manns has been a prominent represen ...

* 2005

Lucho Gatica Luis Enrique Gatica Silva (11 August 1928 – 13 November 2018),
''The New York Times''. Retriev ...

* 2006 Buddy Richard * 2007 Silvia Infantas * 2008 Los Huasos Quincheros * 2009 Palmenia Pizarro * 2010

Tito Fernández Humberto Waldemar Asdrúbal Baeza Fernández (9 December 1942 – 11 February 2023), also known as Tito Fernández, El Temucano, was a Chilean singer-songwriter and folklorist. He recorded and released more than 40 albums from the 1970s to the p ...

* 2011 Cecilia Pantoja * 2012 Calatambo Albarracín * 2013 Fernando García * 2014 Roberto Lecaros * 2015

Gastón Guzmán Gastón Guzmán Huerta (August 26, 1932 – January 12, 2016), a Mexican mycologist and anthropologist, was an authority on the genus ''Psilocybe''. Career He was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, in 1932. His interest in mycology began in 1955 when as ...

* 2016 Willy Bascuñán * 2017

Quilapayún Quilapayún () are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the ''Nueva canción, Nueva Canción Chilena'' movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with t ...

* 2018 Jorge González. * 2019

Carmen Barros Carmen Aída Barros Alfonso (7 January 1925 – 21 December 2023) was a Chilean actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera. In addition, she was a professor of acting perception, diction, and vocal projection, and a theater and opera di ...

* 2020 Eduardo Gatti * 2021: José Alfredo Fuentes * 2022: Ginette Acevedo and Julio Zegers * 2023:

Myriam Hernández Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro (born 2 May 1965) is a Chilean singer, songwriter and television presenter. She has dabbled mainly in romantic ballad, which is why she is sometimes nicknamed "La baladista de América" ("America's balladeer"), alth ...

and La Sonora de Tommy Rey In 2017, as part of the organization's 30th anniversary celebration, the SCD published a book ''Fundamentales de la Música Chilena'' reviewing the contributions of each of the honorees.

References

Chilean music awards 1987 establishments in Chile Awards established in 1987 {{Chile-stub