{{no footnotes, date=January 2010 The Parra family is a

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an family known for its many artists. Members of the Parra family are noted contributors to

an culture with almost every member being a distinguished national artist. The family is not closely related to the Parra Pizarro brothers, members of the Chilean rock fusion group Los Jaivas.

Family members

First generation

* Nicanor Parra (1914-2018) - Physicist and self-styled "anti-poet" *

Hilda Parra Hilda is one of several feminine given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hildr, Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona (goddess), Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was ...

(1914-1975) - Folklorist artist, toured with Violeta as "Las Hermanas Parra" *

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 and a ...

(1917-1967) - Folklore singer and composer * Eduardo "Lalo" Parra (1918-2009) - Folklore singer and musician * Roberto Parra (1921-1995) - Folklore musician * Lautaro Parra (1928-2013) - Folklore musician * Óscar Parra (1931-2016) - Clown

Second generation

* Isabel Parra (b. 1939) - Folklore music singer * Catalina Parra (b. 1940) - Visual artist * Ángel Parra (1943 - 2017) - Musician * Clarita Parra (b. 1948) - Folklore musician *

Colombina Parra Colombina Violeta Parra Tuca (born 1970) is a Chilean musician and singer. She was part of the Chilean grunge/alternative rock scene in the 1990s. Her band, Ex, were well known in Latin America when their first album came out with singles like ...

(b. 1970) * Juan de Dios Parra (b. 1972) * Nano Parra - Folklore Musician * Nicanor Jr Parra (Baez) Folklore musician

Third generation

* Cristóbal "Tololo" Ugarte (b. 1992) - Artist, Architect * Tita Parra (b. 1956) - Folklore music singer * Ángel Parra Jr. (b. 1966) - Rock and jazz musician; member of rock group Los Tres * Javiera Parra (b. 1968) - Musician; member of Chilean pop/rock band '' Javiera y Los Imposibles'' * Pedro Soler Parra (b. 1960) - Artist * Isabel Soler Parra (b. 1962) -Artist * Juan Andres Soler Parra (b. 1963) - Artist; member of the American Sommelier Society

Fourth generation

* Antar Parra (1985-2010) - Guitarist * Mariana Parra (b. 1991) - Artist * Felipe Parra (b.1991) - Engineer, Guitarist

References

Los Parra y descendencia

External links

Family tree on rodovid.org
Chilean folk singers