Silvia Urbina: Difference between revisions

| origin = [[Chile]]

| genre = {{hlist|[[folk music|Folk]]}}

| years_active = 1955–2016

| associated_acts = [[Rolando Alarcón]], [[Patricio Manns]]

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== 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> Loyola also trained other musicians such as [[Víctor Jara]] or [[Rolando Alarcón]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ponce |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgVEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA58&dq=silvia+urbina&hl=es-419 |title=Fundamentales de la música chilena |last2=Díaz |first2=Iñigo |last3=Leiva |first3=Jorge |last4=García |first4=Marisol |date=2021-01-01 |publisher=Hueders |isbn=978-956-365-207-9 |pages=58 |language=es}}</ref>

 

 

With Cuncumén, she toured several countries, and had the opportunity to share the stage with 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>

 

 

 

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