Violeta Parra

Biography

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile. Parra is acknowledged as "the Mother of Latin American folk".

Known For

Viola Chilensis

as Self (archive footage)

Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado

as Self

Violeta más viva que nunca

as Herself (archive footage)

Canto Libre - den fria sången

as Self (archive footage)