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Maira Mulata, "Me Duele el Alma" winner of the International Song Festival Viña 2007

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

The Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar) is a music festival held annually during February since 1959 in Viña del Mar, Chile. It is considered the most important musical event in Latin America.[1]
The Festival features a song competition on two categories (pop music song and folk song), interspersed with performances by international music stars from around the world, encompassing such diverse genres as rock, pop music in various languages, merengue, salsa, reggaetón and others. The event takes place in the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, and has been broadcast for Chilean television over the years by TVN, Canal 13 or Megavisión. Otherwise, it is most famous in the English-speaking world for showcasing Ray Conniff's directing skills.
Between 1979 and 1989 Leonardo Schultz and Gary H. Mason (Mason is one of the Pioneers of the Reggaeton Movement and produced "El Meneaito") teamed up to help revamp the festival and streamline its operations. They arranged for the appearance of Artists including: Air Supply, Eddie Money, Sheena Easton, Jose Feliciano (they also produced his Grammy nominated album "Escenas De Amor" in 1982, as well as the Grammy winning album "Me Enamore" in 1983), Andy Gibb, Neil Sedaka, Gloria Gaynor, Mr Mister, Krokus, Foxxy, Nazareth, and Thomas Anders to name a few. In 1988 and 1989, Thomas Anders (of Modern Talking fame) was a headliner of the festival in Viña del Mar, which was one of the first times an Artist was ever invited back two years in a row to perform.
Schultz and Mason also arranged for major international jurors including: George Martin (Producer of the Beatles), Maurice Jarre (did the film scores for Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Witness, Passage To India, Ghost and many others), Manoela Torres (Mason produced her hit duet, which was written by Schultz entitled "No Me Mires Asi), Joey Travolta, Connie Stevens and many others.
In the 90's the broadcast rights to the Festival were given to Televisa, and featured prominent Mexican Artists, as well as major Latin Artists.
In 2008, American Rock music band Journey played their first concert with new vocallist Arnel Pineda at the festival. The 2008 Viña Festival was hosted by Sergio Lagos and Tonka Tomicic, and headlined by Nelly Furtado, Wisin & Yandel, and Earth, Wind & Fire.
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Traditionally, the audience attending the Quinta Vergara for a Festival each year openly demonstrates its acceptance or displeasure on the acts that perform there, be them contestants in the two competitions or established artists. As a result, Chilean media has nicknamed audiences at the Festival as "El Monstruo" ("The Monster"). Earning acceptance from "El Monstruo" usually has a direct impact on an artist's popularity -particularly that of Spanish language pop stars- on the rest of Latin America. Conversely, booing artists offstage is not uncommon.
Artist compete in the Festival's regular competitions for one of three awards: "Gaviota de Plata" (Silver Seagull), "Antorcha de Plata" (Silver Torch) or "Antorcha de Oro" (Golden Torch). However, audience response from the "Monster" may demand that one of the three awards -or, progressively, all three- also be granted to an established act as their performance progresses. An artist that "tames The Monster" by earning all three awards receives recognition as a major star by Chilean and Latin American media almost immediately after a successful performance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B1a_del_Mar_International_Song_Fest...

Maria Mulata - Premiacion Viña 2007

Colombia won the International folk contest “Gaviota de Plata” Festival del Viña del Mar, Chile, 2007

By Monpirri on Oct 28, 2008, 19:15 in Friendly Talkzone.

Lisa Zee says on Oct 28, 2008, 20:05:

WOW, que belleza!

Feliz Navidad!

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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 28, 2008, 23:55:

Felicitaciones COLOMBIA por el galardón, muy bella la presentación.

A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

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goin_south says on Oct 29, 2008, 00:25:

they got my vote!!!

A VERY NICE PIECE! THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT HERE, MONPIRRI!

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Monpirri says on Oct 29, 2008, 05:39:

Maria Mulata - Material de prensa

Press follow up

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Mononoke28 says on Oct 29, 2008, 09:30:

This is probably based on my ignorance but I don't understand how a song about bambuco, Santandar and tiple songs are related to a song with African sounds. ??? I like it though, the melody is very beautifcul, but I can't make the connection in my head.

Diana

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Lisa Zee says on Oct 29, 2008, 10:55:

Mononoke, mija, dese un paseito por la costa Colombiana, y escuchara, esta musica, cumbia, mapale, musica con mucha infuencia Africana. Monpiirri te explicara mejor.

Feliz Navidad!

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Mononoke28 says on Oct 29, 2008, 11:08:

Si yo sé, eso es obvio. Lo que no entiendo es la conexión con la letra. Dice que es de Santander y habla del bambuco y del tiple del papá. ¿Eso qué tiene que ver con el ritmo afro-colombiano de la canción?

Esa es mi pregunta.

Diana

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Monpirri says on Oct 29, 2008, 15:28:

Goin_south,
you are welcome.

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Monpirri says on Oct 29, 2008, 15:34:

Bambuco
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For the Bridge over the River Tyne, see Bambuco Bridge.
Bambuco is sometimes said to be the unofficial music of Colombia. It has a beat structure similar to the European waltz or polska (not polka). Typically a bambuco piece is a folk music song accompanied by a stylized group dance in either a 6/8 or 3/4 meter.

The music, sometimes called el bambuco, is thought to be of African origin, but took a cultural foothold in the Andean region of Colombia and has spread in popularity throughout Latin America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambuco

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Monpirri says on Oct 29, 2008, 15:41:

Mononoke28, that was a good question.

http://solar.physics.montana.edu/munoz/AboutMe/ColombianMusic/NaturalR...

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Mononoke28 says on Oct 30, 2008, 10:31:

I just thought it strange because of the lyrics. I still think it has a great sound though.

Diana

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goin_south says on Oct 30, 2008, 22:05:

It was good enough, for me to make another comment of no meaning, like this, just to put this post back to the top of the actives.

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