Daniel Viglietti

Daniel Viglietti ( born July 24, 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan singer, composer and guitarist. He is one of the most important representatives of the Uruguayan Canto Popular.

Life

His musical education Viglietti with Abel Carlevaro in the Conservatorio Nacional de Música and at Atilio Rapat. He has performed at festivals including Berlin, Paris, Havana, Managua, Valparaiso and Barcelona. During his career began in the late 1950s, he took at least twelve records that were published outside of his home country, for example in Argentina, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Ecuador, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba and the United States. Also led Viglietti by the program " Timpano " on CX 14 El Espectador, worked as a cultural journalist in Spanish and Latin American publications and wrote for Uruguayan newspapers. From 1973 to 1984 Viglietti lived in exile in France.

Viglietti Award for his music in many cases. He received gold and platinum records in Uruguay, was awarded the record award in Germany, the price of the Circulo de la Crítica del disco de Uruguay and the price of the Academy Charles Cros. The writer Mario Benedetti wrote the two books " Daniel Viglietti " and " Daniel Viglietti: Anaclara y otras canciones " about him.

From Vigliettis songs exist interpretations of numerous other artists, including, for example, Chavela Vargas, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Lea Masliah, Víctor Jara, Quilapayún, Mercedes Sosa, Soledad Bravo and Amparo Ochoa.