Santiago Chalar
Santiago Chalar | |
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 Santiago Chalar | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Carlos Alfredo Paravís Salaverry |
| Born | September 25, 1938 Uruguay |
| Died | November 21, 1994 (aged 56) |
| Genres | Folk / Milonga / Serranera / Valsesito criollo |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, poet and physician |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, piano |
| Associated acts | Osiris Rodríguez Castillos, Atahualpa Yupanqui, , |
Carlos Alfredo Paravís Salaverry known as Santiago Chalar (September 25, 1938, Montevideo – November 21, 1994) was a physician traumathologist, poet, songwriter, musician, guitarist and singer from Uruguay. He studied music and medicine. He used an alias Santiago to pay homage to a friend of his who died in a plane accident and Chalar was one of his ancestors last name. In his artistic career he achieved recognition and fame. He obtained some music awards. He is considered one of the best Uruguayan folk music songwriters and singers.
Biography[]
Santiago Chalar was born on September 25, 1938 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
He married Adela Martínez Graña, and they had 4 children: Adela, Carlos, Santiago e Isabel.
In 1974, he moved to Minas to be the public hospital director. He created a traditional music festival in Minas called Minas y Abril to raise funds to the public hospital, which is nowadays one of the most popular folk music festival in Uruguay.
Chalar died of cancer on November 21, 1994 in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
Artistic career[]
Chalar was a folk music singer in Uruguay. He especially played and sang Milonga, , media Serranera, Valsesito criollo. The lyrics of the songs he wrote had to do with the everyday country man and everyday life.
At the age of 9, he started taking guitar lessons with professor Gregorio Rodríguez in Fernando Sor Institute in Montevideo.
When he was 15, he started to love country life and folk music. He started to compose his own songs with some Southern Brazilian music influence. He was later influenced by Atahualpa Yupanqui.
At the age of 17, he had his first gig, singing folk music songs and playing the guitar and the piano. He played in Bahía, Brazil in 1984, together with and (keyboards). In 1958, he met Osiris Rodríguez Castillos.
In 1961 he recorded his first album, with the single "Gurí pescador" He took part in music festivals in Uruguay and Argentina, and he represented Uruguay in the World Folk Festival in Mexico in 1968.
In 1974, Jorge Cafrune invited him to the Cosquín Festival in Argentina.
From 1978 on, he worked with , , and . He took part in many music festivals in Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador, Mexico, Estados Unidos and Spain.
In 1980 talked Charlar into including a keyboard and join a music group with .
Chalar's most famous single is "Minas y Abril".[2]
He composed several popular Uruguayan folk music songs such as:
- Pida patrón -with Wenceslao Varela (1993)
- El Pedido -with Wenceslao Varela (1993)
- La del Templao (1993)*this is incorrect, Del Templao was written by Rubén Lena
- Atadito -with Santos Inzaurralde (1996)
- Calagualero (Album Minas y Abril)
In his 30 years of artistic career, he recorded 20 records.[3]
See also[]
- Minas, Uruguay
- Cosquin Festival
References[]
- ^ "Enlaces Uruguayos". Santiago Chalar. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ La Cuerda.net, Acordes. "Santiago Chalar Minas Y Abril". Minas y Abril Lyrics. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ "De Sur a Norte". Santiago Chalar. Archived from the original on September 25, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
External links[]
- Enlaces Uruguayos (Spanish)
- El País Newspaper (Spanish)
- Uruguay de Sur a Norte: Santiago Chalar (Spanish)
- La Cuerda.net Minas y Abril Lyrics (Spanish)
- 1938 births
- 1994 deaths
- People from Montevideo
- Uruguayan composers
- Male composers
- Uruguayan emergency physicians
- Uruguayan folklorists
- 20th-century Uruguayan poets
- Uruguayan male poets
- Uruguayan songwriters
- Male songwriters
- Traumatologists
- 20th-century Uruguayan male writers
- 20th-century male musicians