Willy Bascuñán
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Born | Guillermo Alfonso Bascuñán Dockendorff (1942-11-19) November 19, 1942 (age 81) Viña del Mar, Chile |
Occupation(s) | Composer and songwriter |
Website | www |
Guillermo "Willy" Alfonso Bascuñán Dockendorff (born 19 November 1942, in Viña del Mar), is a Chilean composer and actor. He is the only composer who has obtained both the first place in the folkloric and international competitions in the same edition of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival.
In 2016, he was recognized as one of the "fundamental figures of Chilean music" by the Chilean Society of Copyright.[1]
Biography
In the 1960s, along with Patricio Manns, Luis Urquidi, Violeta Parra, Isabel Parra, Ángel Parra, and Víctor Jara, he was one of the pioneers of the Chilean neo-folklore.
He composed many hits, such as "El solitaire", "El ovejero", "Cachimbo alegre" and "El maco Amengual", among others.[2] He competed in both genres of the Viña del Mar Song Festival in 1967 with the songs "Cuando rompa el alba" (in the popular category) and "Voy pa 'Mendoza" (in the folkloric category), under the pseudonyms "El Fugitivo" and "Juan Carlos ", respectively. Their songs were the winners of the respective competitions that year.
He has also composed historical musical works such as "¡Al 7° de Línea!", which was the first stereo album and conceptual album recorded in Chile, whose song "Los viejos estandartes" (lit: The old standards), with lyrics by Jorge Inostroza[3] and popularized by Los Cuatro Cuartos, which was a musical group he belonged to,[4] would later become the official anthem of the Chilean Army.
In 2005 he released the CD entitled Soy del Sur, in which he sings together with Ginette Acevedo, Antonio Zabaleta and various Chilean musicians. That same year, he composed "Al 7° de Línea: Segunda Edición, La Nación en Armas".[5]
As an actor, he participated with the comedian Ronco Retes in the comedic series "Troncal Negrete" on TVN, thus forming one of the most remembered comedic dio of the Chilean musical environment.
In 2018, he released an autobiographical book, "Tiempo y camino, autobiografía de Willy Bascuñán".[6]
Politics
He was an adherent of the military dictatorship and, a sympathizer of the Avanzada Nacional political party, he composed its anthem.[7]
He participated in the television strip of the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite, campaigning for the "Yes" option.[8]
Inspired by the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London, he composed the song "Carta a los chilenos" (lit: Letter to Chileans) in his honor.[2]
References
- ^ "Figura fundamental de la música chilena - Timeline - 2016 Willy Bascuñán". Chilean Society of Copyright (in Spanish).
- ^ a b "Willy Bascuñán". MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ ""Willy" Bascuñán revela el origen de los versos de "Los viejos estandartes"". Economía y Negocios (in Spanish). 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Willy Bascuñán". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Al 7º de Línea. Volumen II. "La nación en armas"". MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ "Willy Bascuñán presentó su libro autobiográfico en la USS". Universidad San Sebastián (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ Díaz Nieva, José (2016-01-14). "Avanzada Nacional: La derecha a la derecha de Pinochet". Nuevo Mundo (in Spanish). doi:10.4000/nuevomundo.68842. ISSN 1626-0252.
- ^ "Los 100 rostros del Sí". The Clinic (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
External links
- Willy Bascuñán's website (in Spanish)
- Willy Bascuñán on YouTube
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- 1987 José Goles
- 1988 Luis Aguirre Pinto
- 1989 Francisco Flores del Campo
- 1990 Vicente Bianchi
- 1991 Donato Román y Ester Soré
- 1992 Valentín Trujillo
- 1993 Margot Loyola
- 1994 Gabriela Pizarro
- 1995 Antonio Prieto
- 1996 Dúo Rey-Silva
- 1997 Los Jaivas
- 1998 Hernán "Nano" Núñez
- 1999 Sonia y Myriam
- 2000 Fernando Rosas
- 2001 Luis Advis
- 2002 Los Ángeles Negros
- 2003 Isabel y Ángel Parra
- 2004 Patricio Manns
- 2005 Lucho Gatica
- 2006 Buddy Richard
- 2007 Silvia Infantas
- 2008 Los Huasos Quincheros
- 2009 Palmenia Pizarro
- 2010 Tito Fernández
- 2011 Cecilia Pantoja
- 2012 Calatambo Albarracín
- 2013 Fernando García
- 2014 Roberto Lecaros
- 2015 Gastón Guzmán
- 2016 Willy Bascuñán
- 2017 Quilapayún
- 2018 Jorge González
- 2019 Carmen Barros
- 2020 Eduardo Gatti
- 2021 José Alfredo Fuentes
- 2022 Ginette Acevedo and Julio Zegers
- 2023 Myriam Hernández and La Sonora de Tommy Rey