Jaime Torres
Jaime Torres (21 September 1938 – 24 December 2018) was an Argentine musician, son of Bolivian immigrants and a world-renowned interpreter of charango. He was disciple of Mauro Núñez, a Bolivian musician and luthier that built his first musical instruments.
Jaime Torres
Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación · Flickr: Jaime Torres en "Creyendo: Argentina e Israel unidos por la música" · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Name
- Jaime Torres
- Born
- 21 September 1938
- Died
- 24 December 2018
- Birthplace
- San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
- Occupation
- Musician, composer
- Nationality
- Argentina.
- Fields
- Andean music.
- Languages
- Spanish and Quechua.
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Jaime Torres (21 September 1938 – 24 December 2018) was an Argentine musician, son of Bolivian immigrants and a world-renowned interpreter of charango. He was disciple of Mauro Núñez, a Bolivian musician and luthier that built his first musical instruments.
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• Name — Jaime Torres • Birth Name — Jaime Torres • Born — 21 September 1938 • Died — 24 December 2018 • Birthplace — San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina • Instrument — Charango • Genre — Folklore, classic • Occupation — Musician, composer • Years Active — 1948–2018 • Website — jaimetorres.com.ar
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In 1974, the performer, along with his band, participated in the opening show of the World Cup soccer in Germany. A year later, Jaime Torres organized a local meeting of instrumentalists, repeating the same experience with children in 1980. In 1988 the musician composed the music for the film "La deuda interna", that was nominated for an Oscar. In 1964 he participated in the recording of the Misa Criolla with Ariel Ramírez, and in 1965 he made his first European tour. 1986 the record Jaime Torres,Charango (messidor) received the "Deutsche Schallplattenpreis" at Philharmonie, Berlin
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1938
Jaime Torres born at San Miguel de Tucumán.
2018
Jaime Torres died at Buenos Aires.
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San Miguel de Tucumán.
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• 1964: Virtuosismo en charango, Philips 82075 • 1967: Aplausos para un charango, Philips 82162 • 1968: Taquirari • 1969: Norte arriba • 1979: De antiguas razas • 1993: Chaypi, con Eduardo Lagos, Philips / Polygram 518 • 2007: Charango, Sonkko, America • 2007: Electroplano • 2008: Altiplano
Avellaneda, 30 de septiembre de 2014 - El reconocido charanguista tucumano, Jaime Torres, visitó el Punto de Cultura Escuela de Luthería “Arnaldo Mezquiriz” para comenzar su vínculo como padrino de la organización. La iniciativa de padrinazgos y madrinazgos del Programa Puntos de Cultura tiene como objetivo que cada una de esas organizaciones sea acompañada por una personalidad de la cultura que e
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