The composer Violeta Parra died at the age of 49. Here is all you want to know, and more!
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Renowned Chilean folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and visual artist. She was a leading exponent of the Nueva canción chilena movement. Her life was the subject of the biopic “Violeta Went to Heaven” from 2011 that was directed by Andrés Wood.
Her family was noted for their contributions to Chilean folk music, and her children also became folklorists.