Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
11
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-10-04
Day of Death
1967-02-05 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile
Also Known As
Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval
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".
