Quilapayún
Legendary folk music group from Chile
Chilean Quilapayún are among the most lasting and influential predecessors for Nueva Canción Chilena, the Latin American music movement that emerged in the mid-1960s in Chile.
Quilapayún were formed in 1965 by Julio Numhauser and brothers Julio and Eduardo Carrasco. The following year, the trio – which referred to themselves as “the three bearded men” – met legendary Chilean singer and poet Victor Jara, with whom they had a close and productive artistic collaboration for many years. Together with Jara, in 1967 they recorded the album Canciones Folcloricas de America and toured the Soviet Union, Italy, France and elsewhere in Europe that same year. The 1973 military coup in Chile forced them into exile and they moved to France for over a decade.
One of the ensemble’s best-known songs is “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido”, which means essentially: “A united people will never be conquered”. It was written by Chilean songwriter and dramatist Sergio Ortega.
On 11 September 1975, a large concert of solidarity was held at Konserthuset Stockholm, where Quilapayún performed with Hoola Bandoola Band, Arja Saijonmaa and Victor Jara’s widow, Joan Jara. At Selam, it therefore feels incredibly significant for us to present – nearly 50 years later – Quilapayún at Konserthuset Stockholm.
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