# Roberto Lecaros > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roberto_Lecaros > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roberto_Lecaros.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Lecaros > Source revision: 1340663369 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Chilean musician and composer (1944–2022) Robert Lecaros Born Roberto Lecaros Venegas 11 August 1944 Santiago, Chile Died 29 April 2022 (aged 77) Santiago, Chile Years active c.1944–2022 Musical artist **Roberto Lecaros Venegas** (11 August 1944 – 29 April 2022)[1] was a Chilean jazz musician and composer of music for film, theater, and popular music. He played wind, string, and keyboard instruments, including the violin, double bass, trumpet, cornet, flute, piano and accordion. He was one of the patriarchs of the Lecaros family of musicians. ## Biography At the age of three, he began studying violin and at the age of five, he entered the National Conservatory of Music of the University of Chile. In 1958, he discovered jazz when he saw the Goodway Jazz Band play at a university dance. Its director, the clarinetist Juan Sillano, invited Lecaros to play the tuba, initiating him into jazz. Lecaros went on to lead the band, playing the cornet, making the arrangements and exercising his musical direction. In the 1960s he created and participated in various musical groups, notably: Village Trio, Chilean Jazz Messengers, and was part of various Hot Club (Gypsy Jazz) groups playing the violin. At the end of the 60s he created the first group of Funky de Chile with Mario Lecaros, Pablo Lecaros and Jaime O'Ryan. At the beginning of the 70s he accompanied various groups of Bossa Nova and Jazz, highlighting groups with Octavio Espinoza, Nelly Sanders, Nene Lecaros, Carmen Barros, Luz Eliana, Fresia Soto, Malú Gatica and Sonia la Única. In 1972 he participated together with the group "Swingteto" in the first jazz concert held at the Municipal Theater of Santiago de Chile. In 1975 he traveled to Peru where he cooperated in various popular music projects. In 1976 he moved to Bolivia where he performed as the first double bass in the orchestras "Sinfónica de la Paz" and "Orquesta de Cámara del Teatro Municipal", he also carried out teaching activities of various instruments and theoretical branches at the Conservatory of La Paz. At the same time, he formed groups such as the Harlem group and Hot Club de la Paz, interpreting jazz and popular music. At this time he participated in the La Paz and Cochabamba Jazz Festival. In the 1980s he returned to Chile forming the first jazz and popular music workshop that would start the first jazz school in Chile, traveling the country with his students giving concerts at universities, cultural institutes, theaters and concert halls. In 1982 he traveled to Spain with his family, collaborating in the "Taller de Musica" in Barcelona, joined the "Barcelona Swing Machine" with Peter Delphinich, played cornet and violin in the "Bomba" orchestra with Juan Soriano, formed together Pere Soto the Djangoscastle group and with his brother Mario Lecaros formed the “Lecaros Latin Jazz Quartet”. During this time he toured the European jazz circuit playing violin, cornet, piano and electric bass. In 1987 he returned to Chile forming prominent groups such as "Kamerectrica", a jazz rock group in the vein of Jean Luc Ponty. He also formed the "Nouvelle Orleans Washburn Band" with which he played the cornet in the Bixian style. In this period he organized the first jazz festivals in Coquimbo, Providencia, and Santiago. In 1996 he moved to [Temuco](/source/Temuco) where he founded the "School of Music and Jazz", and the "Club de Jazz de Temuco". In this city, he formed the following groups: "Temuco Swing Machine", "Temuco Jazz Band", "Quinteto Hot Club de Temuco", "Kamerectrica Temuco", children's orchestra "Música Viva" and the classical music group "Pentagrama". He chaired the Temuco Philharmonic Orchestra and was head of the second violins. He remained in Temuco until 2009. In 2014, he was the recipient of the [fundamental figures of Chilean music](/source/Fundamental_figures_of_Chilean_music) award. ## Discography ### Music for works of radio, film and theater - 1968 - Film Lunes primero, domingo siete. ([Helvio Soto](/source/Helvio_Soto)) - 1984 - Con Ardiente Paciencia ([Antonio Skármeta](/source/Antonio_Sk%C3%A1rmeta)) - 1985 – Despedida en Berlín (Antonio Skarmeta) - 1989 - Matchball (Antonio Skarmeta) - 1990 - Maremagnum (Antonio Skarmeta) ### Studio albums - *Village Trio* (1964, LR Ortiz) - *Los Chasquis Volumen 1* (1975, RCA) - *Los Chasquis Volumen 2* (1975, RCA) - *La Muñeca* (1975, ODEON) - *Taxi Libre* (1976) - *Mística* (2010) - *69* (2014) ### Live albums - *Goodway Jazz Band* (1964) - *Hot Jazz* (1994) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Muere Roberto Lecaros, leyenda del jazz chileno](https://www.latercera.com/culto/2022/04/29/muere-roberto-lecaros-leyenda-del-jazz-chileno/%3foutputType=amp) (in Spanish) - Álvarez Bulacio, Ricardo (2019). ["Roberto Lecaros. Una vida en el jazz"](https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-27902019000100167). *Revista Musical Chilena*. **73** (231). SciELO: 167–168. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4067/S0716-27902019000100167](https://doi.org/10.4067%2FS0716-27902019000100167). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [202531652](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:202531652). Retrieved February 18, 2021. - ["Roberto Lecaros"](https://www.musicapopular.cl/artista/roberto-lecaros/). Música Popular. Retrieved February 18, 2021. - ["Roberto Lecaros Sitio Oficial"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100827003738/http://www.robertolecaros.com/). Roberto Lecaros. Archived from [the original](http://www.robertolecaros.com/) on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010. - ["La Música y la Mística"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100413201236/http://www.lamusica.emol.com/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=405024). El Mercurio. Archived from [the original](http://www.lamusica.emol.com/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=405024) on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010. - ["Jazz Chileno"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100413201236/http://www.lamusica.emol.com/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=405024). El Mercurio. Archived from [the original](http://www.lamusica.emol.com/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=405024) on 2010-04-13. Retrieved 7 March 2010. - ["SCD nombró a Roberto Lecaros como nueva Figura Fundamental"](http://www.scd.cl/www/index.php/noticias/11300/). SCD. Retrieved 7 October 2014. - ["El regreso de Roberto Lecaros"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141019041042/http://diario.latercera.com/2014/08/08/01/contenido/cultura-entretencion/30-170475-9-el-regreso-de-roberto-lecaros-me-costo-harto-grabar-el-disco.shtml). Diario la Tercera. Archived from [the original](http://diario.latercera.com/2014/08/08/01/contenido/cultura-entretencion/30-170475-9-el-regreso-de-roberto-lecaros-me-costo-harto-grabar-el-disco.shtml) on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014. ## External links - [Roberto Lecaros](https://www.discogs.com/artist/Roberto+Lecaros) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) - [Roberto Lecaros](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496004/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Fundamental figures of Chilean music 1987 José Goles 1988 Luis Aguirre Pinto 1989 Francisco Flores del Campo 1990 Vicente Bianchi 1991 Donato Román y Ester Soré 1992 Valentín Trujillo 1993 Margot Loyola 1994 Gabriela Pizarro 1995 Antonio Prieto 1996 Dúo Rey-Silva 1997 Los Jaivas 1998 Hernán "Nano" Núñez 1999 Sonia y Myriam 2000 Fernando Rosas 2001 Luis Advis 2002 Los Ángeles Negros 2003 Isabel y Ángel Parra 2004 Patricio Manns 2005 Lucho Gatica 2006 Buddy Richard 2007 Silvia Infantas 2008 Los Huasos Quincheros 2009 Palmenia Pizarro 2010 Tito Fernández 2011 Cecilia Pantoja 2012 Calatambo Albarracín 2013 Fernando García 2014 Roberto Lecaros 2015 Gastón Guzmán 2016 Willy Bascuñán 2017 Quilapayún 2018 Jorge González 2019 Carmen Barros 2020 Eduardo Gatti 2021 José Alfredo Fuentes 2022 Ginette Acevedo and Julio Zegers 2023 Myriam Hernández and La Sonora de Tommy Rey Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat Artists MusicBrainz People Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roberto Lecaros](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Lecaros) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Lecaros?action=history)). 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