Composer
Quilapayún
Biography
Quilapayún is a Chilean ensemble founded in 1965 by Julio Numhauser and the brothers Julio and Eduardo Carrasco. Its name combines the Mapuche words for “three” and “beards”. The group became a leading voice of the Nueva Canción Chilena, drawing on folk instruments, vocal ensemble writing and socially engaged poetry.
Víctor Jara guided its early artistic development; Eduardo Carrasco later assumed musical direction. Its recordings include Luis Advis’s Cantata Santa María de Iquique (1970), alongside a repertoire that helped carry Chilean song to international audiences.