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Margarita Laso (born 20 July 1963), is an Ecuadorian singer, writer and producer. Laso specialises in the interpretation of songs based on traditional and regional genres of Ecuador and popular songs.




Career


Laso began her musical training listening to her father sing tangos and tunes, boleros and songs from Ecuador. At the age of eight, she began her studies of piano and later of guitar, and later studied singing with Blanca Hauser.
In 1989, she performed her first stage production as a soloist and since then she has given recitals, shows and recordings throughout Ecuador with a repertoire that includes boleros, traditional Latin American and Ecuadorian music, carols and tangos. With several awards throughout her professional career, she has directed her work to the growth of local and national artistic activity and the expansion of Ecuadorian and Latin American music. She has recorded 12 CDs with various themes.
She worked as an editor for several publications and has published five poetry books. She participates in readings, recitals and international meetings of writers and poets. In 1997, she won the Jorge Carrera Andrade Award for her book The Line of Cobras.
She is also a columnist for the Hoy newspaper of Quito.




Selected works


1991 – Erosonera
1994 – Queden en la lengua mis deseos
1997 – El trazo de las cobras
2004 – Los lobos desarmados
2012 – La fiera consecuente




Discography






= Albums

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1992 – Luna desnuda.
1997 – Canciones de cuna y villancicos
1998 – Apostemos que me caso
2002 – Más bueno que el pan
2005 – El Canelazo
2009 – Fiestas de Navidad
Villancicos Canciones de Cuna




= Singles and EPs

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1991 – Piel de Trigo




= Others

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2000 – Gallito Verde. (Christmas Carol)
2009 – Vivir en este Carpuela (Ecuadorian songs)
2009 – Manito de Cera. (Christmas Latinoamericans songs)
2009 – Garganta con Arena. (Tangos)
2009 – Corazoncito. (Ecuadorian songs)




Poems


The Lions' Abattoir
Cold Blood
Lotus
Ferris Wheel
Parakeets
At the pole the pelt hunters stalk seals




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Margarita Laso
• Margarita (given name)
• List of Ecuadorian poets
• Jorge Carrera Andrade Award
• Diana Bellessi
• Our Lady of Guadalupe
• House of Carrillo
• List of Costa Brava films
• American crocodile
• María Elena Gertner