Margarita Laso | |
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 Margarita Laso in 2008. | |
| Born | July 19, 1963 Quito, Ecuador |
| Occupation | Writer |
Margarita Laso (born July 20, 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 National Poetry Prize for her book The Line of Cobras.
She is also a columnist for the Hoy newspaper of Quito.
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