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Eduardo Carrasco Pirard (born July 15, 1940 in Santiago) is a Chilean musician, university professor of philosophy, and founder of the legendary Chilean folk group Quilapayún - and the groups musical director from 1969 to 1989. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Santiago ( (litteraly in spanish Saint James) is the Capital of Chile, and the center of its largest Conurbation ( Greater Santiago Quilapayún ( Pronounced: kee-lah-pah-YOON) are an Instrumental and vocal Folk music group from Chile and among the longest

A virtuoso of the quena and wind instruments and a distinctive bass vocalist of the group. A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, late Latin virtuosus, Latin virtus meaning skill manliness excellence is an individual The quena (qina sometimes also written "kena" in English is the traditional Flute of the Andes. He appeared as solo vocalist in many of the groups recordings, among them “Pregon Inicial” of the Cantata Santa María de Iquique; “Con el alma llena de Banderas” of the El pueblo unido jamás sera vencido album; and "Canción para Víctor Jara". Santa María de Iquique or Cantata Santa María de Iquique Cantata Popular, is a Cantata composed in 1969 by the Chilean music composer El pueblo unido jamás será vencido ("The people united will never be defeated" is a quote originally given by the Colombian politician Jorge Gaitán, Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez ( September 28, 1932 – September 15, 1973) was a Chilean teacher Theatre director, From the beginning he proved himself as a prominent composer with pieces such as “El canto del cuculi” and “La cueca triste” - co-jointly with Víctor Jara – and later after acquiring formal training in the field of music he created some of the most significant work of the group, such as “Vals de Colombes”, “Elegia al Che Guevara”, “Ausencia” with Rodolfo Parada, ”Canción de la esperanza” and “Luz negra”. Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez ( September 28, 1932 – September 15, 1973) was a Chilean teacher Theatre director, Rodolfo Parada Lillo is a Chilean musician composer engineer and anthropologist Carrasco forged the concept of “La revolucion y las estrellas”/(The revolution and the stars) which signified an evolution in the alignment of Quilapayún.

Carrasco wrote two book about Quilapayún (under the pseudonym of Ignacio Santander) and “Quilapayún, la Revolución y Las Estrellas. ” In addition, to publishing numerous works of poetry, philosophy and his conversations with the Chilean painter Roberto Matta, and with the Chilean philosopher Roberto Torretti, he also wrote essays about Pablo Neruda and about Latin American music. Roberto Antonio Sebastián Matta Echaurren ( November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002) usually known as Matta, was one of Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician Once Quilapayún was able to return to Chile from exile in 1988, Carrasco maintained that the true place for the group was Chile, since other group members needed to return to France, he decided to remain in Chile and leave the group. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Exile means to be away from one's home (ie city state or country while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return

In Chile he has held numerous posts: as professor of philosophy at the Universidad de Chile; as director in the School of Music of the "Sociedad Chilena del Derecho de Autor" and in the cultural division of the Chilean Ministry of Education. In 2003 Carrasco returned to the group and has since then taken part in tours and released a live DVD “El Reencuentro” capturing highlights of a concert held on September 11, 2003 with Quilapayún performing some of the classics of Quilapayún’s lengthy repertoire.

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