Eduardo Falú

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Eduardo Falú
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1945–2009
WebsiteFaluFilm.com

Eduardo Falú (July 7, 1923 – August 9, 2013) was an Argentine

folk music
guitarist and composer.

Life and work

Eduardo Falú was born in El Galpón, a village near San José de Metán in the province of Salta, in 1923. His parents, Fada and Juan Falú, were Syrian immigrants.[1] Raised in rural surroundings, he was strongly influenced by the folk traditions of Salta (which remain, in Falú's words, "something lively, dynamic and evolutionary").[2]

Falú was given his first guitar as a gift during childhood, and he began to perform traditional folk tunes of the Argentine Northwest as a troubadour. He formed a duo with César Perdiguero, and became well known in the region during the 1940s. Largely self-taught, Falú deepened his knowledge of the guitar through the study of the 19th century masters and was trained in harmony and theory by the prominent Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino.[2]

His increasing renown brought him to

Ernesto Sábato) and José Hernández (by Jorge Luis Borges).[3]

He performed overseas for the first time in Paris, in 1959. This was followed by performances in Rome, Los Angeles, Madrid, and numerous other cultural capitals. He was particularly popular in Japan, where from 1963 to 1973, he gave over 200 performances; in subsequent years, he also performed regularly in duos with his nephew, Juan Falú.[3]

Arguably the creator of Argentina's modern

Zamba compositions, Falú more recently composed two suites, Primera Suite Argentina (1996) and Segunda Suite Argentina (1999).[3]

The Government of

Perú bestowed on him a Distinguished Service Award, and Falú's work earned him important recognition by his Argentine colleagues in 1985, when he received the highest honor in the Argentine cultural realm, the Konex Award, as well as a Grand Prize by the Argentine Society of Music Composers (SADAIC).[3]

Falú's last album as a performer, published in 2009, was a tribute to classical Spanish guitarist

Buenos Aires, Argentina; he was 90.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Eduardo Falú" (in Spanish). Last FM.
  2. ^ a b "Eduardo Falú". Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Society. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  3. ^ a b c d Silvina Miretti. "Eduardo Falú" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  4. ^ "Edurado Falú. Artist biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  5. ^ "Murió Eduardo Falú". Córdoba Times. Archived from the original on 2013-08-10.

External links

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