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
Viola Chilensis
Violeta más viva que nunca
Violeta más viva que nunca
Canto Libre - den fria sången
Canto Libre - den fria sången

Filmography

2017 Violeta más viva que nunca
as Herself (archive footage)
2003 Viola Chilensis
as Self (archive footage)
1983 Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
as Self
1980 Canto Libre - den fria sången
as Self (archive footage)