Flor Amargo
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Background information | |
Birth name | Emma Mayte Carballo |
Born | Asunción Nochixtlán, Oaxaca, Mexico[1] | 25 February 1988
Genres | Alternative pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, composer |
Instruments | Vocals, piano, guitar, accordion, percussion instruments |
Years active | 2010–present |
Emma Mayte Carballo Hernández, best known as Flor Amargo, (born 25 February 1988) is a Mexican singer, musician and composer. She began her career performing in the streets of Mexico City, which made her known on the internet for her talent and charisma.[2][3] She gave the name of to her music genre, combining pop music, folk music, Mexican cumbia and piano.
Flor Amargo studied classical piano at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico City, and then studied music in Italy.[4] She participated twice in the singing competition La voz, and performed at the Vive Latino music festival in March 2020.
On 1 December 2020, Amargo came out as lesbian and that she has a relationship with her manager Lolita.[5]
References[]
- ^ "A Flor Amargo la corren, le quitan instrumentos y la trolean en redes". El Universal (in Spanish). 7 September 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Flor Amargo abrirá escuela para enseñar a tocar en la calle". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). 12 January 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Amarelo, Inés (30 June 2020). "Flor Amargo llena de música la pandemia mexicana". Los Angeles Times (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Flor Amargo sale a las calles de la Ciudad de México a tocar el piano arriba de una combi". Marca (in Spanish). 24 May 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Flor Amargo confiesa que es lesbiana y revela quien es la mujer que ama". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
External links[]
- "¿Qué carajos es Flor Amargo?". Milenio (in Spanish). 27 February 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
Categories:
- 21st-century Mexican women singers
- 21st-century Mexican singers
- 1988 births
- LGBT musicians from Mexico
- Lesbian musicians
- Living people
- Singers from Oaxaca