Isabel Parra

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Isabel Parra en 2018 (cropped).jpg | caption = Isabel Parra in 2018 | name = Isabel Parra | birth_name = Violeta Isabel Cereceda Parra | birth_place = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|9|29|df=y}} | origin = [[Santiago, Chile]] Chile | occupation = Singer-songwriter | instrument = [[Classical guitar|Spanish Guitar]], [[Charango]], [[Cuatro (instrument)|Cuatro]], vocals | genre = [[folk music|Folk]], Singer-Songwriter, [[Andean music]], [[Latin music (genre)|Latin music]], [[Chilean music]], [[Nueva canción]] | years_active = 1959–present | label = [[Warner Music]] | associated_acts = [[Víctor Jara]], [[Quilapayún]],<br> [[Inti-illimani]], [[Patricio Castillo (folk musician)|Patricio Castillo]], [[Patricio Manns]], [[Illapu]], [[Ángel Parra (singer-songwriter)|Ángel Parra]], [[Roberto Parra Sandoval|Roberto Parra]], [[Sergio Ortega (composer)|Sergio Ortega]], [[Margot Loyola]], [[Pablo Neruda]], [[Nicanor Parra]] | website = {{url|iparra.scd.cl//}} {{in lang|es}} }}

'''Violeta Isabel Cereceda Parra''' (born 29 September 1939), better known as '''Isabel Parra''', is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of [[Latin American]] musical [[folklore]].

== Early years == Parra was born in Chile in 1939 and began her career in music at the age of 13 when she made her first recording with her world-renowned mother, the folklorist [[Violeta Parra]]. She has since interpreted and recorded the songs of some of the most famous Latin American folk singers.

== Career == After the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état| 11 September 1973 Chilean coup d'état]] she lived in exile in Argentina and France for many years. She returned to Chile when democracy returned to her country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisischile.cl/the-parra-family/?lang=en|title=The Parra Family|last=|first=|date=3 February 2018|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020241/https://www.thisischile.cl/the-parra-family/?lang=en|archive-date=7 November 2017|access-date=|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Parra has toured extensively during her career and was a distinctive figure in the [[Nueva Canción#Chile (Nueva Canción Chilena (New Chilean Song))|Nueva Canción Chilena]] (New Chilean Song) movement. Isabel Parra is also the sister of the famous folk singer [[Ángel Parra (singer-songwriter)|Ángel Parra]] and the niece of the famous poet [[Nicanor Parra]].

==Discography== *''Isabel Parra'' (1966) *''Isabel Parra, vol II'' (1968) *''Cantando por amor'' [Singing for love] (1969) *''Violeta Parra'' (1970) *''De aquí y de allá '' [From here from there] (with [[Patricio Castillo (folk musician)|Patricio Castillo]]) (1971) *''Canto para una semilla'' [Song for a Seed] ([[Inti-Illimani]] + Isabel Parra + [[Carmen Bunster]]) (1972) *''Isabel Parra y parte del Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC'' (Isabel Parra + GESI + [[Patricio Castillo (folk musician)|Patricio Castillo]]) (1972) *''Vientos del pueblo'' [Winds of the People] (con [[Patricio Castillo (folk musician)|Patricio Castillo]]) (1974) *''Isabel Parra de Chile '' [Isabel Parra of Chile] (1976) *''Recital Club Vanguardia'' [Live at Club Vanguardia] (with [[Patricio Castillo (folk musician)|Patricio Castillo]]) (1976) *''Cantos de Violeta'' (Songs of [[Violeta Parra]]) (1977) *''Canto para una semilla'' (con Inti-Illimani + Marés González; Texto: [[Violeta Parra]]; Música: [[Luis Advis]]) (1978) *''Canto per un seme'' (with Inti-Illimani + [[Edmonda Aldini]]) Italian Edition (1978) *''Isabel Parra en Cuba'' (with [[Patricio Castillo (folk musician)|Patricio Castillo]] (1978) *''Acerca de quien soy y no soy'' (Regarding who I am and whom I am not) (1979) *''Tu voluntad más fuerte que el destierro'' (Your will is stronger than exile) (1983) *''Chant pour une semence'' (con Inti-Illimani + [[Francesca Solleville]]) French Edition (1985) *''Enlaces'' (Links) (1987) *''Lámpara melodiosa (Como dos ríos)'' (Melodic lamp [Like two rivers]) (1994) *''Colores'' (Colours) (2000) *''Poemas'' (Poemas) (2002) *''Ni toda la tierra entera'' (Nor all the Earth complete) (CD del libro) (2003)

==See also== * [[Parra family]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== The Chilean Folk Songstress [https://web.archive.org/web/20070301134254/http://www.users.bigpond.com/apertout/Parra.htm (Australian Interview – October 6, 1999)]

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