Silvia Urbina

Silvia Ofelia Urbina Pinto (4 January 1928 – 20 January 2016) was a Chilean singer, folklorist and teacher. Urbina had a vast trajectory in the investigation, research and dissemination of Chilean folk music. She was one of the founders of the Cuncumén folkloric group and later creator of the children's musical folkloric group, Cuncumenitos.

Life and work Qualified as a Kindergarten Educator, and increased her knowledge with her friend Violeta Parra. In addition, she took different courses with Gabriela Pizarro, Raquel Barros, Manuel Denneman and Onofre Alvarado, among others. Loyola also trained other musicians such as Víctor Jara or Rolando Alarcón.

Urbina was a member of the Communist Party from a very young age.

With Cuncumén, she toured several countries, and had the opportunity to share the stage with Víctor Jara and Héctor Pavez. After finishing the tour, Loyota returned to Chile, but the group still spent a short time in France to return to the country in October 1961.

She left the group and created Cuncumenitos, in which she applied her profession as an educator in the training of children dedicated to Chilean folklore. She sang and recorded duet albums with musicians like Rolando Alarcón and Patricio Manns. With the latter he recorded the voice of the song "Cautivo de Til Til". She, on January 20, 2016, died of a heart attack, at 88 years of age. At her funeral, she was fired by representatives of the Communist Party, and her remains were buried in the Metropolitan Cemetery. who is also a son of Patricio Manns.

Discography

Chile nuevo. Volumen 1 (1964, with Rolando Alarcón) El folklore no ha muerto, mierda! (1968, with Patricio Manns)