Ángel Parra

Luis Ángel Cereceda Parra (27 June 1943 – 11 March 2017), known as Ángel Parra, was a Chilean singer-songwriter and key figure in the Nueva canción chilena musical movement.

Biography Parra was born on 27 June 1943 in Valparaíso to Luis Cereceda Arenas and Violeta Parra. Parra's mother was a composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, visual artist and key figure in the Nueva canción chilena musical movement. Parra was the younger brother of Isabel Parra, a fellow singer-songwriter, folklorist and member of Nueva canción chilena.

Parra traveled abroad helping to maintain the Nueva Canción tradition in Chilean expatriate communities in Europe, North America, and Australia. His son Ángel Cereceda Orrego, also known as Ángel Parra, is the lead guitarist for the band Los Tres.

Parra died of lung cancer in Paris, France, on 11 March 2017, aged 73.