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'''Silvia Ofelia Urbina Pinto''' (4 January 1928 – 20 January 2016) was a Chilean singer and folklorist. Urbina had a vast trajectory in the investigation, research and dissemination of
== Life and work ==
Qualified as a Kindergarten Educator,<ref name=":0" /> she began her folklore studies with [[Margot Loyola]] at the seasonal schools of the [[University of Chile]],<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Varas |first1=José Miguel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PxhgDwAAQBAJ&dq=silvia+urbina+margot+loyola+universidad+de+chile&pg=PT95 |title=En busca de la música chilena: Crónica y antología de una historia sonora |last2=González |first2=Juan Pablo |date=2005 |publisher=Editorial Catalonia |isbn=978-956-324-265-2 |pages=95 |language=es}}</ref> and increased her knowledge with her friend [[Violeta Parra]]. In addition, she took different courses with [[Gabriela Pizarro]], [[Raquel Barros]], Manuel Denneman and Onofre Alvarado, among others.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=Crónica |date=2016-01-22 |title=PESAR POR FALLECIMIENTO DE DESTACADA FOLCLORISTA SILVIA URBINA |url=https://www.cronicadigital.cl/2016/01/22/pesar-por-fallecimiento-de-destacada-folclorista-silvia-urbina/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.cronicadigital.cl |language=es}}</ref>
Urbina was a member of the [[Communist Party of Chile|Communist Party]] from a very young age.<ref name=":0" /> She started her career as a musician in 1955 as one of the co-founders of the successful folk group, Cuncumén,<ref name=":2" /> first mixed ensemble that studied, researched and disseminated national folklore.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farfán |first=Cristian González |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qNxzQQr49VEC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA83&dq=silvia+urbina&hl=es-419 |title=Ecos del tiempo subterráneo: las peñas en Santiago durante el régimen militar (1973-1983) |last2=Chiappe |first2=Gabriela Bravo |date=2009 |publisher=Lom Ediciones |isbn=978-956-00-0096-5 |pages=83 |language=es}}</ref>
With Cuncumén, she toured several countries, and had the opportunity to share the stage with the singer-songwriters [[Víctor Jara]] and Héctor Pavez.<ref name=":0" /> On May 31, 1961, the group together with [[Margot Loyola]] traveled to Europe to present the song and dance show, ''Folklore de Chile''. For almost five months they toured [[Eastern Bloc|Eastern Europe]] and the [[Soviet Union]]; while Loyola was hired to give recitals in [[Moscow]] and [[Bucharest]], the group undertook a three-week tour of the [[Netherlands]] and [[France]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Amorós |first=Mario |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MZO1EAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT42&dq=silvia+urbina&hl=es-419 |title=La vida es eterna: La biografía de Víctor Jara |date=2023-03-01 |publisher=Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Chile |isbn=978-956-6205-23-4 |pages=42 |language=es}}</ref> After finishing the tour, Loyota returned to Chile, but the group still spent a short time in France to return to the country in October 1961.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Larrañaga |first=Jorge, Coulón |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7WmxEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT17&dq=silvia+urbina&hl=es-419 |title=La sonrisa de Víctor Jara |date=2022-12-01 |publisher=Universidad de Santiago de Chile |isbn=978-956-303-524-7 |pages=17 |language=es}}</ref>
He sang and recorded duet albums with musicians such as Rolando Alarcón and [[Patricio Manns]].<ref name=":2">[http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?op=Artista&id=1066 Música Popular: Silvia Urbina] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107040822/http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?op=Artista&id=1066 |date=7 January 2011 }}</ref> With the latter he recorded the voice of the song "Cautivo de Til Til".<ref name=":0" /> Later on, she would remain active in various folkloric settings. She has been president of the National Folklore Association of Chile, ANFOLCHI.<ref name=":1" /> ▼
▲She left the group and created the first children's folk group called Cuncumenitos, in which she applied her profession as an educator in the training of children dedicated to [[Chilean folk music|Chilean folklore]].<ref name=":2" /> He sang and recorded duet albums with musicians such as [[Rolando Alarcón]] and [[Patricio Manns]].<ref name=":2">[http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?op=Artista&id=1066 Música Popular: Silvia Urbina] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107040822/http://www.musicapopular.cl/3.0/index2.php?op=Artista&id=1066 |date=7 January 2011 }}</ref> With the latter he recorded the voice of the song "Cautivo de Til Til".<ref name=":0" /> Later on, she would remain active in various folkloric settings. She has been president of the National Folklore Association of Chile, ANFOLCHI.<ref name=":1" />
In 2004 she was awarded the National Folklore Award, granted by the Chilean Folklorists and Guitarists Union.<ref name=":2" /> In 2012 she received a grace pension and a year later she was awarded the President of the Republic National Music Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Silvia Urbina – Ñuñoa Patrimonial |url=https://nunoapatrimonial.cl/silvia-urbina/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |language=es}}</ref> She had a son with Patricio Manns named Ian Manns Urbina, who was reunited with his father in 2021, shortly before his death that same year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Litoralpress - Texto de la Noticia |url=https://www.litoralpress.cl/sitio/Prensa_Texto?LPKey=OPREBM7KALURWNJB4MYI6LKZV7Q73KY6NSTP4XVJE4DGS4HSTLZA |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=www.litoralpress.cl}}</ref> ▼
▲In 2004 she was awarded the National Folklore Award, granted by the Chilean Folklorists and Guitarists Union.<ref name=":2" /> In 2012 she received a grace pension and a year later she was awarded the President of the Republic National Music Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Silvia Urbina – Ñuñoa Patrimonial |url=https://nunoapatrimonial.cl/silvia-urbina/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |language=es}}</ref> She,
== References ==
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