Patricio Castillo (folk musician)
Patricio Castillo | |
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Born | 1946 Warner Music |
Website | http://www.patriciocastillo.com/ |
Patricio Castillo (born 1946, Cautín, Chile) is a Chilean musician and former member of the Chilean folk music group Quilapayún. He is well known for his collaborations with the Chilean singer-songwriter, Víctor Jara.
Biography
Castillo was born into a musical family; both of his parents were classical musicians and pedagogues, his father a violinist and his mother a pianist. Early in his life Castillo defined his aspirations to pursue a career in music as his parents had done. He was a childhood friend of Horacio Salinas who also originated from his hometown; who would also go on to join the neo-folkloric New Chilean Song movement that aimed to renovate Chilean folklore.[1]
Castillo was educated in
Castillo made numerous recordings with some of the leading folklorists of the New Chilean Song movement which included some of the most influential musicians in Latin America, including
Discography
Quilapayún
- 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)
- Al horizonte (1999)
- A Palau (2003)
- Canto Por El Cambio (2004)
With Víctor Jara
- Víctor Jara, Canto a lo humano (1966)
- Víctor Jara (1967)
- Pongo en tus manos abiertas (1969)
- Canto libre (1970)
- El derecho de vivir en paz (1971)
- Manifiesto (1974)
With Los Jaivas
- Todos juntos (1972)
- Alturas de Macchu Picchu (1981)
- Aconcagua (1982)
- Obras de Violeta Parra (1984)
Solo
- Provinces (1977)
- La primavera muerta en el tejado (1977)
References
- ^ a b "Patricio Castillo Biography". patriciocastillo.com. 9 March 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ^ "La Nueva Canción Chilena by José Manuel Garcia". trovadores.net. 10 April 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ^ Jara, Joan (1983) An Unfinished Song. Jonathan Cape. p. 132.
- ^ Kornbluh, Peter (12 December 2006). "PINOCHET: A Declassified Documentary Obit". gwu.edu. Retrieved 6 January 2007.