Sebastián Santa María
Sebastián Santa María Pérez (September 24, 1959 – October 20, 1996) was a Chilean-Swiss musician. He was born in 1959 in Santiago, Chile, but settled in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 17. He played the piano in several clubs in Lausanne until beginning a fertile career as a composer, composing a number of songs including some made for Catherine Lara, Bernard Lavilliers, for Viktor Lazlo's album My Delicious Poisons and Isabelle Adjani.
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Sebastián Santa María
- Name
- Sebastián Santa María
- Born
- 24 September 1959
- Birthplace
- Santiago, Chile
- Died
- 20 October 1996
- Place of death
- Lausanne, Switzerland
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Sebastián Santa María Pérez (September 24, 1959 – October 20, 1996) was a Chilean-Swiss musician. He was born in 1959 in Santiago, Chile, but settled in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 17. He played the piano in several clubs in Lausanne until beginning a fertile career as a composer, composing a number of songs including some made for Catherine Lara, Bernard Lavilliers, for Viktor Lazlo's album My Delicious Poisons and Isabelle Adjani.
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Besides these composing activities, he also played numerous piano duet jazz concerts with François Lindemann, and a few years later, he founded with Lindemann a unique group of seven Steinways called Piano Seven. He also participated in the reincarnation of British band The Zombies, playing on their 1991 album, New World. A second album, Corpus, was released posthumously in 1997. Santa María died of adrenoleukodystrophy in 1996 in Lausanne.
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• Name — Sebastián Santa María • Born — 24 September 1959 • Birthplace — Santiago, Chile • Died — 20 October 1996 • Place of death — Lausanne, Switzerland • Genre — Soft rock Jazz
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