Rodolfo Parada
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Rodolfo Parada Lillo is a Chilean musician, composer, engineer and anthropologist. Parada joined Quilapayún
in 1968, which made the group into a sextet
- the formation which recorded the “Cantata Santa María de Iquique
. Upon joining the group he became the major solo voice of the ensemble (eg. in “Dicen que la patria es…”, “Por que los pobres no tienen”, “Plegaria a un labrador”, “Vamos mujer”. A fan of the “chanson française” he decided to reduce his activity as a student leader while the group was at its popularity peak during the Salvador Allende
Government. He first composed “Ausencia” for the group in their “Quilapayún 5” album with assistance from Eduardo Carrasco
.
Whilst in exile he composed the instrumental music pieces: “Susurro” and "El paso del ñandu", plus he also composed music for Pablo Neruda
's poem "El arbol de los libres" and for Rafael Alberti's "La primavera". After exile his voice register underwent a change and he assumed a lower vocal range eg. “Ronda del ausente”, “Luz negra”; “Complainte de Pablo Neruda
” - inter alia.
After Eduardo Carrasco
left the band in 1989 he becomes the group director and principal composer. During this period he earned a doctorate in anthropology from the Sorbonne
in Paris, and when the activity of the band decreased he worked in the French Ministry of Culture. Parada was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
(order of arts and letters) which is a national order of merit the French Republic grants individuals recognized for their outstanding contribution to the development of culture.
Quilapayún
Quilapayún are an instrumental and vocal folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential exponents of the Nueva Canción Chilena movement. Formed in Chile during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with the revolution that occurred in the popular music of the...
in 1968, which made the group into a sextet
Sextet
A sextet is a formation containing exactly six members. It is commonly associated with vocal or musical instrument groups, but can be applied to any situation where six similar or related objects are considered a single unit....
- the formation which recorded the “Cantata Santa María de Iquique
Cantata Santa María de Iquique
Santa María de Iquique, cantata popular is a cantata composed in 1969 by the Chilean composer Luis Advis Vitaglich, combining elements of both classical and folkloric/indigenous musical traditions to produce what became known as a popular cantata and one of Quilapayún’s most acclaimed and popular...
. Upon joining the group he became the major solo voice of the ensemble (eg. in “Dicen que la patria es…”, “Por que los pobres no tienen”, “Plegaria a un labrador”, “Vamos mujer”. A fan of the “chanson française” he decided to reduce his activity as a student leader while the group was at its popularity peak during the Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....
Government. He first composed “Ausencia” for the group in their “Quilapayún 5” album with assistance from Eduardo Carrasco
Eduardo Carrasco
Eduardo Guillermo Carrasco Pirard is a Chilean musician, university professor of philosophy, author, and one of the founders of the Chilean folk music group Quilapayún - and the group's musical director from 1969 to 1989....
.
Whilst in exile he composed the instrumental music pieces: “Susurro” and "El paso del ñandu", plus he also composed music for Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....
's poem "El arbol de los libres" and for Rafael Alberti's "La primavera". After exile his voice register underwent a change and he assumed a lower vocal range eg. “Ronda del ausente”, “Luz negra”; “Complainte de Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....
” - inter alia.
After Eduardo Carrasco
Eduardo Carrasco
Eduardo Guillermo Carrasco Pirard is a Chilean musician, university professor of philosophy, author, and one of the founders of the Chilean folk music group Quilapayún - and the group's musical director from 1969 to 1989....
left the band in 1989 he becomes the group director and principal composer. During this period he earned a doctorate in anthropology from the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
in Paris, and when the activity of the band decreased he worked in the French Ministry of Culture. Parada was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture, and confirmed as part of the Ordre national du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963...
(order of arts and letters) which is a national order of merit the French Republic grants individuals recognized for their outstanding contribution to the development of culture.