Ernesto Enrique Cavour Aramayo
Ernesto Cavour Aramayo (9 April 1940 – 7 August 2022) was a Bolivian singer, musician, inventor of musical instruments, and author of Bolivian music teaching books. He was a founding member of the group Los Jairas. In 1962, Cavour founded the Museo del charango in La Paz, which ultimately became the Museo de Instrumentos Musicales de Bolivia.
Also recorded as Ernesto Cavour Amarayo · Ernesto Cavour Aramayo · Ernesto Cavour, Coco Aramayo, Coco de los Reyes
Ernesto Enrique Cavour Aramayo
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- Name
- Ernesto Cavour
- Birth Name
- Ernesto Cavour Aramayo
- Born
- 9 April 1940
- Birthplace
- La Paz, Bolivia
- Died
- 7 August 2022
- Occupation
- Singer, musician, inventor of musical instruments
- Nationality
- Bolivia
- Fields
- Andean music
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of the Andes' Condor
- Languages
- Spanish
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Ernesto Cavour Aramayo (9 April 1940 – 7 August 2022) was a Bolivian singer, musician, inventor of musical instruments, and author of Bolivian music teaching books. He was a founding member of the group Los Jairas. In 1962, Cavour founded the Museo del charango in La Paz, which ultimately became the Museo de Instrumentos Musicales de Bolivia.
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The museum contains 2000 musical instruments, both Bolivian and international, including some of Cavour's creation. The Museum also includes the Teatro del Charango, a performance space where Cavour himself regularly performed. In 2013, he received the Order of the Condor of the Andes. He received Bolivia's National Culture Award in 2018. He died on 7 August 2022, at the age of 82.
El ABC del charango d'Ernesto Cavour.
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Musée des instruments de musique de Bolivie, à La Paz.
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• Name — Ernesto Cavour • Birth Name — Ernesto Cavour Aramayo • Born — 9 April 1940 • Birthplace — La Paz, Bolivia • Died — 7 August 2022 • Place of death — La Paz, Bolivia • Genre — Folk, nueva canción, Andean music • Occupation — Singer, musician, inventor of musical instruments • Instrument — Charango • Years Active — 1957–2022 • Label — Polydor Records • Website — ernestocavour.com
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Ernesto Enrique Cavour Aramayo is recorded as singer-songwriter, musician, music theorist, composer and inventor. The authorities additionally record the headings Ernesto Cavour Amarayo, Ernesto Cavour Aramayo and Ernesto Cavour, Coco Aramayo, Coco de los Reyes.
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Ernesto Enrique Cavour Aramayo died in 2022 at La Paz.
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- 1.Los Tiempos. 2019-06-16.
- 2.Los Tiempos. 2022-08-07.
- 3.Urgentebo.
- 4.El Deber. 2018-04-14.
- 5.Página Siete (jornal). 06/08/2022.
- 6.Michaelis On-Line.
- 7.Buenos Aires muitas paixões. 2019-07-16.
- 8.Estadão.
- 9.La Tempestad. 2017-11-22.
- 10.Oxígeno Digital.
- 11.liberacion.se.
- 12.DICCIONARIO CULTURAL BOLIVIANO. 2011-10-17.
- 13.Intimate Distance. 0822352354.
- 14.43.mostra.org.
- 15.🎬 Cine Boliviano. 2012-09-19.
- 16.Third World Newsreel.
- 17.Instrumentos Musicales de Bolivia.
- 18.El Deber. 2022-08-07.
- 19.www.ernestocavour.com.
- 20.“Puedo decir que el Charango es la esencia del alma boliviana, traducida en la nostalgia altiplánica, en el mensaje telúrico del viento, en la furia de los socavones, en el amor, en la ternura y pretensiones. Representa para quienes lo pulsan, si bien una herramienta de trabajo, también un arma de lucha. (...)"
- 21.Instrumentos Musicales de Bolivia.
- 22.Guia Viajar Melhor - Lugares no Brasil e no Mundo. 2017-04-13.
- 23.El Deber. 2022-08-07.
- 24.Instrumentos Musicales de Bolivia.
- 25.SWI swissinfo.ch.
- 26.La Razón Noticias de Bolivia y el Mundo.
- 27.Discogs.
- 28.Ernesto Cavour A.
- 29.Musica-Andina.jp.
- 30.www.encyclopedia.com.
- 31.WorldCat.
- 32.Memorial da América Latina. 2016-01-18.
- 33.www.cancilleria.gob.bo.
- 34.cdhic. 2018-01-23.
- 35.Library of Congress.
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