Eduardo Carrasco
Eduardo Guillermo Carrasco Pirard (born July 2, 1940, in
Biography
Carraco studied at the elite José Victorino Lastarria Lyceum in
Carrasco completed his formal study of philosophy in April 1970 when he submitted a thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche and the Jews: Reflections on the misrepresentation of a thought; he then commenced to study music at the National Conservatorium of the University of Chile until the Chilean military coup of September 11, 1973.
The years following the military coup saw Carrasco involved primarily in artistic and political projects. After the coup Quilapayún becomes the voice of the Chilean resistance and Carrasco tours with the ensemble which performs in the venues in the world, including, Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, the Olympia in Paris and in the Tokio Centre.
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Carrasco has written numerous books including two book about Quilapayún; the first (under the pseudonym of Ignacio Santander) and the second “Quilapayún, la Revolución y Las Estrellas.” He has also publishing numerous works of poetry, philosophy and his conversations with the Chilean painter Roberto Matta, and with the Chilean philosopher Roberto Torretti. Once Quilapayún was able to return to Chile from exile in 1988, Carrasco maintained that the true place for the group was Chile, since other group members needed to return to France, he decided to remain in Chile and leave the group.
In Chile he has held numerous posts: as professor of philosophy at the
Awards
Carrasco has earned numerous award from Chile and from international organizations, including:
- Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral
- Premio de la Academia "Charles le Gros"
- Diploma of Honor with the highest distinctions awarded by the OAS and the Interamerican Council of Music of Washington DC
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the French Government
Selected bibliography
- Campanaas del mar, lectura filosófica de Pablo Neruda (1995)
- Quilapayún, la revolución y las estrellas (2003)
- Autorretrato, Nuevas conversaciones con Matta (2002)
- Para leer “Así habló Zaratustra de F. Nietzsche (2002)
- Palabra de hombre, Tractatus philosophiae chilensis (2002)
- Conversaciones con Matta (2002)
- En el cielo las estrellas. Conversaciones con Roberto Torretti (2006)
- Heidegger y la historia del ser (2007)
- El Hombre y lo Otro (2008)
- Conversaciones con José Antonio Camacho (2008)
- Nietzsche y los judíos (2008)
Discography
Studio albums
- Quilapayún (1966)
- Canciones folklóricas de América (1967) (Quilapayún & Víctor Jara)
- X Vietnam (1968)
- Quilapayún Tres (1968)
- Basta (1969)
- Quilapayún Cuatro (1970)
- Cantata Santa María de Iquique(1970) (Quilapayún & Héctor Duvauchelle)
- Vivir como él (1971)
- Quilapayún Cinco (1972)
- La Fragua (1973)(Texto & Músic by Sergio Ortega)
- El pueblo unido jamás será vencido (Yhtenäistä Kansaa Ei Voi (1974)
- El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido (1975)
- Adelante (1975)
- Patria (1976)
- La marche et le drapeau (1977)
- Cantata Santa María de Iquique (Nueva versión) (1978) (Quilapayún & Jean-Louis Barrault)
- Umbral (1979)
- Darle al otoño un golpe de ventana... (1980)
- La revolución y las estrellas (1982)
- Sandino (1983)
- Tralalí Tralalá (1984)
- Survarío (1987)
- Carrasco (1996)
- Siempre (2007)
Live albums
- Enregistrement public (1977)
- Alentours (1980)
- Quilapayún en Argentina (1983) (Live in Argentina)
- Quilapayún en Argentina Vol II (1985) (Live in Argentina Vol. II)
- Quilapayún en Chile (1989) (Live in Chile)
- El Reencuentro (2004)
- Musica en la Memoria - Juntos en Chile (2005) (with Inti-Illimani)
Compilations
- Quilapayún Chante Neruda (1983)
- Antología 1968-1992 (1998)