Margarita Laso | |
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 Margarita Laso in 2008 | |
| Born | 19 July 1963 Quito, Ecuador |
| Occupation | Writer |
Margarita Laso (born 20 July 1963), is an Ecuadorian singer, writer and producer. [1] Laso specialises in the interpretation of songs based on traditional and regional genres of Ecuador and popular songs.
Laso began her musical training listening to her father sing tangos and tunes, boleros and songs from Ecuador. At the age of eight, she began her studies of piano and later of guitar, and later studied singing with Blanca Hauser.
In 1989, she performed her first stage production as a soloist and since then she has given recitals, shows and recordings throughout Ecuador with a repertoire that includes boleros, traditional Latin American and Ecuadorian music, carols and tangos. With several awards throughout her professional career, she has directed her work to the growth of local and national artistic activity and the expansion of Ecuadorian and Latin American music. She has recorded 12 CDs with various themes. [2]
She worked as an editor for several publications and has published five poetry books. [3] She participates in readings, recitals and international meetings of writers and poets. In 1997, [4] she won the Jorge Carrera Andrade Award for her book The Line of Cobras.
She is also a columnist for the Hoy newspaper of Quito.
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María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz, better known as Rocío Dúrcal, was a Spanish singer and actress with a career spanning more than four decades. She performed pop music, bolero, mariachi and romantic ballads and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Spanish singers of all time. Popular across Mexico and Latin America, she earned the sobriquet of Reina de las Rancheras.
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The 25th Annual Premios Gardel ceremony were held on May 16, 2023, at the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires, for the second consecutive year. It recognized the best recordings, compositions and artists of the eligibility year, from January 1 to December 31, 2022, as determined by the members of the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. The nominees for the different categories were announced on April 11 of the same year. The ceremony was presented by Iván de Pineda, who hosted the 2019 ceremony; and broadcast live through the Star+ platform. Rapper Trueno received the most nominations with nine, followed by singer Dante Spinetta with seven and the band Babasónicos with six.
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