Luzmila Carpio
Luzmila Carpio (born December 20, 1954) is a
Early life
Luzmila Carpio was born on December 20, 1954 in Qala Qala, Department of Oruro.[2]
As a small child, she learned the daily songs of the
For several years in her early teens she sang in Spanish with a local group at the Technical University of Oruro, but the pull of her native tradition was strong and by age 15, she joined a professional group called Los Provincianos who sang in both Spanish and Quechua.[3]
Career
In her early teens she moved to
Contrary to the prevalent trend of modernisation, she started looking deeper into the cultural and musical ways of the
In the late 1980s, she travelled to Paris to continue her musical evolution and be taken seriously as an artist. According to Sergio Cáceres, former Bolivian ambassador to UNESCO, "Luzmilla suffered a double discrimination in Bolivia by being at the same time indigenous and a woman in a very racist and male dominated society. She created something more profound than urban folklore. Her music is a symbol for oppressed cultures."[2]
On 21 April 2006, President Evo Morales appointed Luzmila Carpio as Bolivia's ambassador to France.[1] This position lasted four years, until 31 March 2010.[2]
Yuyay Jap’ina Tapes was named one of
In 2015, ZZK Records remixed her music to create the album Luzmila Carpio meets ZZK that received critical acclaim and was described as "futuristic shamanism" by Vice and as "a condensation of tradition and futurism, of past and contemporary, of organic sounds and digital rhythms" by RFI.[5][6]
Works
She has released more than 25 albums and composed more than 120 songs.[7][citation needed] Her albums include:[3]
- Chants des Indiens Quechua de Bolivie (Francia, 1983)
- Indianische Stimme (1988); Huayños (1989)
- Vida para los niños (1991)
- Warmikunapax (1993)
- Yayay Jap'ina (1994)
- Oratorio Andino Amazonico
- The Messenger Kuntur Mallku (2003)
- Arawi: The Spirit of the Andes (2004)
- Song of the Earth and Stars (2004)
- Luzmila Carpio Live. En concierto (2005)
- Yayay Jap'ina Tapes (2014)
- Inti Watana (El Retorno del Sol) (2023)
External links
- www.luzmilacarpio.tv(official website)
- In concert. Music in the CCK: Luzmila Carpio (Argentine public broadcast) Video on YouTube
Honours
Luzmila Carpio has been awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the French Republic (Grande Officier de l'
References
- ^ a b "Singer Luzmila Carpio becomes ambassador" (in Spanish). 22 April 2006. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.
- ^ a b c d ""El País" de España destaca la trayectoria de Luzmila Carpio" [Spain's "El País" traces the path of Luzmila Carpio] (in Spanish). 24 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Timothy Monger. "AllMusic Biography".
- ^ "How Luzmila Carpio Became Quechua's Global Music Ambassador". 2016.
- ^ a b "Official Website press" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Album review: Luzmilla Carpio meets ZZK". 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Quechua singer Luzmila Carpio opens Latin American cycle" (in Spanish). 19 May 2017.