Enrique Samaniego

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Enrique Samaniego
Origin Paraguay
Genres Folk, Latin
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s) Paraguayan harp
Years active1950s–2000s

Enrique Samaniego was a mid-20th century harpist and composer whose Paraguayan harp music achieved national and international recognition. [1] [2]

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Career

Born in Paso Yobái in the Colonia Independencia distrito in the Guairá Department of Paraguay on January 4, 1934, he was introduced to the harp by a friend of his family and began playing as a child. [1] [2] He joined his first musical group, "Los Cardenales", with Cayo E. Cristaldo, Marciano Trinidad, Pedro Román, and Antonio Álvarez Martínez, [2] as a young man, playing venues around Argentina. [1]

After he completed his primary education, he served his mandatory military service in the Segunda Región Militar de Villarrica, where his skills as a musician were employed on birthdays and for serenades. [2] With Alejandro Franco and Julio Ortiz Arias, in 1956 he joined the trio "Amerindia" taking the place of Rubén Sanabria. [2] In 1957, he began performing as a soloist in Uruguay, which provided him an opportunity to work with musicians such as guitarist Abel Carlevaro. [2] While playing in Uruguay with "Amerindia", Samaniego introduced the "ambas manos" ("both hands") technique, which he said was born of the need to cover the absence of a second player, so that the public would not notice. [2]

In 1964, with Juan B. Mora and Tito Ávalos, he formed a trio called "Los Trés del Paraguay" and began touring the countries neighboring Paraguay, recording more than 12 LP records for RCA Victor and Marpar labels. [2] [1] He next formed a trio called "Los Folkloristas de América", first with Darío Benítez and "Churí" González, and later with Ramón Estigarribia and Alfredo Mora, performing at festivals, and performing live for radio and television events, including Radio Paraguay, the national station. [2]

In the 1970s he recorded a duet with harpist María Cristina Gómez Rabito, and worked as a soloist. [1] [2] In the late 1970s, his song Marcha de los Ex-Combatientes received the first prize for composition in the first Festival del Arpa organized by Paraguay Ñe’é. [1] [3] [2] In addition to playing the Paraguayan harp, Samaniego made them, and he was also a harp instructor, dedicating the last active years of his life to teaching. [3] [1] [2]

In 2003, the government of Paraguay granted Samaniego a "pensión graciable" of Gs. 1,000,000 (one million Guaraníes) monthly in recognition of his status as a "national artist." [4] He died on March 26, 2005, at the Military Hospital in Asunción, Paraguay and was interred in the Panteón de Autores Paraguayos Asociados in the Cementerio de la Recoleta in Asunción. [3] [2] When his widow received a pensión graciable in 2007, Samaniego was described as a "folklorista Paraguayo" (Paraguayan folklorist) in recognition of the importance of his music to Paraguayan culture. [5]

Personal

Born Rigoberto Samaniego González, he was a son of Desiderio Samaniego López and Carmen González Gavilán; he married Arminda Ocampos Carvallo with whom he had a son. [2]

Works

Samaniego recorded two LPs with "Amerindia"; eight with "Los Trés del Paraguay"; two with "Los Folkloristas de América"; one with María Cristina Gómez Rabito; and a number of cassettes with Aparicio González and others. [2]

Among his most popular compositions are: Karaí Chivé, A Villa Pastoreo, El Boyerito, A mi Madrecita, Azucena del Oriente, Brisa Guaireña, Clelia Carolina, Colonia Independencia, Paso Yobái, Despertar de mi Aldea, Danza del Colibrí, Nostalgia Maternal, Ko´ë Koyguá, and Estrellas de mi Asunción. [1] [3] [2]

Discography

Source: [6]

Label: Orfeo; Format: LP; Country: Uruguay, Genre: Folk

Label: Guarania, Format: cassettes, Album; Country: Paraguay; Genre: Folk; Style: Polka, Guarania

Label: Discos Elio, Format: Vinyl, LP, Country: Paraguay; Genre: Latin, Folk; Style: Guarania, Polka

Label: RCA Victor; Format: LP; Country: Argentina; Genre: Latin, Folk

Label: RCA Victor; Format: Vinyl, LP; Country: Argentina; Genre: Latin, Folk

Label: Marpar; Format: Vinyl, LP; Country: Paraguay; Genre: Latin, Folk; Style: Polka, Guarania

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Luis Szaran: Diccionario de la Música en el Paraguay. Edición de la Jesuitenmission Nürnberg, Alemania, 2007. Edición digital: http://www.portalguarani.com/1475_enrique_samaniego.html. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Aida Lara, conductora radial: Enrique Samaniego, http://www.musicaparaguaya.org.py/enrique_samaniego.htm. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 ABC Digital: Compositor y Docente de Numerosos Instrumentistas | Murió ayer el arpista Enrique Samaniego, http://www.abc.com.py/espectaculos/murio-ayer-el-arpista-enrique-samaniego-820634.html, 27 de Marzo de 2005. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Sistema Nacional de Información Cultural del Paraguay, Legislación y Derechos Culturales, Ley 2.158 "Que concede pensión graciable al Señor Rigoberto Samaniego González", http://sicpy.gov.py/generales/?470. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ Sistema de Informacion Legislative: Ficha Técnica de la Sesión, Camara de Senadores – Sesión: Ordinaria Nro. 35, Jueves 29 de Marzo de 2007, 7. Proyecto de Ley: "Que concede Pensión Graciable a la Señora Arminda Ocampos de Samaniego, viuda del Folklorista Paraguayo Don Rigoberto Samaniego González", presentado por el Senador Juan Carlos Ramírez Montalbetti, http://silpy.congreso.gov.py/sesion/1011. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ Discogs: Enrique Samaniego, https://www.discogs.com/artist/1876880-Enrique-Samaniego. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
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