Victoria Sur

Victoria Eugenia Hernández Urrea, better known as Victoria Sur, is a Colombian singer, musician and composer born in Armenia, Quindío. In 2021 she was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in the category of Best Latin Children's Album, for her record Nanas consentidoras.

Biography

Early life and Sombra y Luz duet Victoria was born in Armenia, capital of the department of Quindío. She began her musical career at the age of ten, forming the duet Sombra y Luz with Luz Ángela Jiménez, a childhood friend. In the duet, which performed traditional Colombian music, she participated in several music festivals and recorded four albums. In 1994 she received an award at the Mono Núñez Music Festival in the category of Best Vocal Duet. Parallel to her work in Sombra y Luz, Victoria was a member of other musical projects, like Mandrágora.

Career as a solo artist

Bambuco ácido and Colección de mundos After her experience with Sombra y Luz, Victoria moved to Havana, Cuba to further her musical studies. There she began to compose songs and worked with a group of Colombian performers fusing Atlantic and Pacific rhythms with jazz, rock and other sounds.

Her next work, entitled Tu continente (2015), is a tribute to Latin American female composers like Violeta Parra, Consuelo Velásquez, Chabuca Granda, Matilde Casazola and Zully Murillo. The album only features one song of her authorship, the homonymous song "Tu continente".

Hasta el nuevo sol and Nanas consentidoras In 2017 she released Hasta el nuevo sol, her first album with original material since Belleza silvestre (2010). That same year she received the Cafeto de Oro Award from the Mayor's Office of Armenia, and in 2018 she was recognized with the Artistic Merit Award from the Governor's Office of Quindío. Nanas consentidoras had a positive reception from the public and critics. It was included in the list of the most outstanding albums of 2020 by the Red de Periodistas Musicales de Iberoamérica (REDPEM) and earned the artist a nomination for the Latin Grammy Awards in the category of Best Latin Children's Album.

In 2021, she collaborated with Peruvian singer-songwriter Susana Baca in the musicalization of the poem "Camino de la patria" by Carlos Castro Saavedra.

Discography

Solo

Awards and nominations