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Ernesto Cavour Aramayo (9 April 1940 – 7 August 2022) was a Bolivian singer, musician, inventor of musical instruments, and author of Bolivian music teaching books. He was a founding member of the group Los Jairas.
In 1962, Cavour founded the Museo del charango in La Paz, which ultimately became the Museo de Instrumentos Musicales de Bolivia. The museum contains 2000 musical instruments, both Bolivian and international, including some of Cavour's creation. The Museum also includes the Teatro del Charango, a performance space where Cavour himself regularly performed.
In 2013, he received the Order of the Condor of the Andes.
He died on 7 August 2022, at the age of 82.
References
Further reading
Broughton, Simon; Ellington, Mark; Trillo, Richard; Duane, Orla; McConnachie, James; Dowell, Vanessa, eds. (1999). World music: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. London: Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858286365.
Céspedes, Gilka Wara (1984). "New Currents in "Música Folklórica" in La Paz, Bolivia". Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana. 5 (2): 217–242. doi:10.2307/780073. ISSN 0163-0350. JSTOR 780073.
Rios, Fernando (1 October 2014). ""They're Stealing Our Music": The Argentinísima Controversy, National Culture Boundaries, and the Rise of a Bolivian Nationalist Discourse". Latin American Music Review. 35 (2): 197–227. doi:10.7560/LAMR35202. ISSN 0163-0350.
External links
Ernesto Cavour discography at Discogs
Ernesto Cavour at IMDb