Chabuca Granda
Born: 3rd September 1920, Cotabambas Province, Peru
Died: 8th March 1983, Miami, Florida, United States
Nationality: Peruvian
María Isabel Granda Larco better known as Chabuca Granda, was a Peruvian singer and composer. She created and interpreted a vast number of Criollo waltzes with Afro-Peruvian rhythms.
Granda's "La flor de la canela", "José Antonio", "El puente de los suspiros", and "Fina estampa" helped the singer receive international recognition. She has influenced various Peruvian artists such as Susana Baca, Eva Ayllón, Gian Marco and Juan Diego Flórez.
In 2017, her work was declared a Cultural Heritage of the Nation and in 2019, the Peruvian government posthumously awarded her the highest national honor, the Order of the Sun.
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