Beatriz Pichi Malen

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Beatriz Pichi Malen
Birth nameNorma Beatriz Berretta[1]
Born (1953-04-22) 22 April 1953 (age 71)
Los Toldos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
GenresTraditional Mapuche music
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
SpouseLucho Cruz[2]
Children1

Beatriz Pichi Malen (born 22 April 1953),[2] the stage name of Norma Beatriz Berretta,[1] is an Argentine singer of Mapuche origin. Her artistic work is related to the search, rescue and dissemination of the Mapuche culture. She has performed in different stages of the world singing in Mapudungun.[3]

Her artistic career began around 1990, when she was invited by the Rockefeller Foundation to participate in the IV International Women's Congress in Manhattan.[3]

First she was married to a Spanish Galician, and then, approximately in 1986, she remarried Quechua Lucho Cruz, with whom she had a daughter named Wychariy.[2]

Discography[edit]

  • 2000 - Plata
  • 2005 - Añil
  • 2015 - Mapuche
  • Cuatro mujeres

Collaborations[edit]

  • Me mata la vida (de La Portuaria)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ilustre Municipalidad de La Serena (2 July 2013). "Decreto" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Fariña, Darío (24 April 2011). "El canto que nace del alma". El Popular. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b lacapitalmdp.com (19 July 2011). "Canta esta noche Beatriz Pichimalén". Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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