Quilapayún

Quilapayún (Spanish pronunciation: [kilapaˈʝun]) are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the Nueva Canción Chilena movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with the revolution that occurred in the popular music of the country under the Popular Unity Government of Salvador Allende.

Quilapayún
Quilapayún in 2017
Background information
OriginSantiago, Chile
GenresNueva Canción Chilena
Years active1965–present
LabelsEMI-Odeon, Picap, Warner Music
SpinoffsInti+Quila
MembersPrincipal members:
Eduardo Carrasco
Rodolfo Parada
Guillermo Oddó (b. 1943-d.1991)
Patricio Castillo
Carlos Quezada
Hugo Lagos
Hernán Gomez
Patricio Wang
Ruben Escudero
Other members:
Julio Numhauser
Julio Carrasco
Guillermo García
Ricardo Venegas
Sebastian Quezada
Ismael Oddó
Alvaro Pinto
Chañaral Ortega
Sergio Arriagada
Mario Contreras
WebsiteQuilapayún

Since its formation and during its forty-year history – both in Chile and during its lengthy period of exile in France – the group has seen modifications to its personnel lineup and the subject and content of its work. Controversy regarding irreconcilable differences with the current and former group directors led to the division into two distinctive Quilapayún ensembles; one in Chile (Quilapayún-Histórico) and one in France (Quilapayún-France).

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