Eusebio Grados
{{Short description|Peruvian musician (1953–2020)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Eusebio Grados
| image = Eusebio Chato Grados (cropped).JPG
| image_size = 250
| caption = Eusebio "Chato" Grados in 2008
| birth_name = Eusebio Grados Robles
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1953|12|2}}
| birth_place = Atacocha, Pasco, Peru
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|5|16|1953|12|2}}
| death_place = Lima, Peru
| alias = Chato Grados
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Huayno
- Huaylarsh
}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Singer
}}
| years_active = 1969–2017
| label =
| associated_acts = Pastorita Huaracina
}}
Eusebio Grados, also known as Chato Grados (December 2, 1953 – May 16, 2020) was a Peruvian huayno singer.
Biography
= First years =
Eusebio "Chato" Grados was the second of the seven children of the marriage of the miner and musician Mateo Grados Tiza and the peasant and amateur singer Marina Robles Cabello. During his childhood he followed in his father's footsteps and worked in the mines of his native Pasco, while beginning his artistic career entertaining workers during breaks and strikes.{{Cite web|url=https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/eusebio-chato-grados-conoce-carrera-artistica-cantante-folclorico-fotos-82810-noticia/ |title=Eusebio 'Chato' Grados: Conoce más sobre la carrera artística del cantante folclórico |publisher=Perú21 |date=22 June 2017 |accessdate=18 May 2020 |language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/eusebio-chato-grados-mi-destino-siempre-musica-video-483284-noticia/ |title=Eusebio 'Chato' Grados: "Mi destino siempre fue la música"|publisher=Perú21 |date=8 June 2019|accessdate=18 May 2020 |language=es}} He learned the Huanca footwork under the tutelage of the Huancaíno Rolando Navarro Vivas.{{Cite web|url=https://agenciaorbita.org/eusebio-chato-grados-celebra-a-lo-grande-sus-bodas-de-oro-2/ |title=Eusebio "Chato" Grados celebra a lo grande sus Bodas de Oro |date=21 May 2019 |publisher=Agencia Orbita |accessdate=18 May 2020 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522232721/https://agenciaorbita.org/eusebio-chato-grados-celebra-a-lo-grande-sus-bodas-de-oro-2/ |archive-date=22 May 2019}} He was also a footballer. Due to his love of music and huayno, he suffered bullying at school.
= Career =
He was discovered by Carmen Pizarro Rojas "Cori Wayta", daughter of the folklorist Luis Pizarro Cerrón, so he traveled to Lima with the artists' caravan of the company directed by Pizarro in the late 1960s, with the purpose of making a foothold in the world of folk music. Due to family complications, he had to return to Atacocha. A few years later he returned to the capital of Peru after a tour of the Department of Pasco, and won a musical contest in 1987 organized by Channel 7 with the Muliza song "Una patria sin pobres" by Bernardo Melgar, for which he won the award Urpicha de Oro.{{Cite web|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-los-50-anos-vida-artistica-del-chato-grados-755025.aspx |title=Los 50 años de vida artística del Chato Grados |date=10 June 2019|website=andina.pe |accessdate=19 May 2020 |language=es}}
His best known song was the {{ill|Huaylarsh|es}} "El pío pío".{{Cite web|url=https://www.americatv.com.pe/la-banda-del-chino/eusebio-chato-grados-renace-y-vuelve-escenarios-noticia-83342 |title=Eusebio Chato Grados renace y vuelve a los escenarios |publisher=América Televisión |date=13 March 2018 |accessdate=19 May 2020 |language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/eusebio-chato-grados-dedico-triste-mensaje-despedida-fanaticos-82803-noticia/ |title=Eusebio 'Chato' Grados dedicó triste mensaje de despedida a todos sus fanáticos |date=21 June 2017 |publisher=Perú21 |accessdate=19 May 2020 |language=es}} It was written in 1988 after listening to a melody composed by Luis Anglas during the Huancaíno Carnival in Chongos Bajo that reminded him of the chirping of the chicks.{{Cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/musica/nacional/el-pio-pio-cumple-30-anos-el-chato-grados-cuenta-como-compuso-la-cancion-noticia-1157219 |title=El "Pío Pío" cumple 30 años: El 'Chato' Grados cuenta cómo compuso la canción |date=17 October 2018 |publisher=RPP |accessdate=19 May 2020 |language=es}}
From this success it was widely known. In 1998 he was the host of the El Mañanero Andino and Chatoneando programs on the ATV network. He was also director, since 1990, of a popular singing school. He also directed the folk music group Las chicas mañaneras and the orchestra Los super mañaneros.
In 2000 he made a brief foray into politics, appearing for the Union for Peru party.
He was one of the main promoters of the celebration of the Day of the Andean Song that was recognized on June 15, 2006, by the government of Alejandro Toledo.{{Cite web |url=https://www.atv.pe/espectaculos/el-dia-de-la-cancion-andina-276081 |title=El día de la canción andina |date=14 June 2015 |publisher=ATV |accessdate=19 May 2020 |language=es |archive-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527115523/https://www.atv.pe/espectaculos/el-dia-de-la-cancion-andina-276081 |url-status=dead }}
In 2008 he published his autobiography El rey del Pio Pio y los personajes que marcaron su vida.
= Illness and death =
In June 2017, he was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer. He also had kidney failure.{{Cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/famosos/chollywood/eusebio-chato-grados-se-encuentra-internado-en-cuidados-intensivos-noticia-1024231 |title=Eusebio ‘Chato’ Grados se encuentra internado en cuidados intensivos |publisher=RPP |date=17 January 2017 |accessdate=19 May 2020 |language=es}} Due to complications of his illness, he died on May 16, 2020, at the age of sixty-six due to cardiac arrest at the Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen Hospital in Lima.{{Cite web|title=Eusebio ‘Chato’ Grados fallece de un paro cardíaco a los 66 años |url=https://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/2020/05/16/eusebio-chato-grados-fallece-por-un-paro-cardiaco-fotos/ |publisher=La República |date=16 May 2020 |accessdate=16 May 2020 |language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-fallece-gran-eusebio-chato-grados-797561.aspx |title=Fallece el gran Eusebio "Chato" Grados |date=16 May 2020|website=andina.pe |accessdate=19 May 2020 |language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://tvperu.gob.pe/noticias/cultural/fallece-eusebio-chato-grados-a-causa-de-un-paro-cardiaco |title=Fallece Eusebio "Chato" Grados a causa de un paro cardíaco |date=16 May 2020| publisher=TVPerú |accessdate=19 May 2020 |language=es}}
Awards and honours
He received various recognitions for his artistic career, among which are the Living Cultural Heritage title granted in 2005 by the National Institute of Culture and the appointment in 2013 as a Meritorious Personality of Culture by the Ministry of Culture and a diploma in merit to his artistic career through the Congress of the Republic. In 2016 he was recognized as a Golden Citizen by the Superior Court of Justice of Lima, and the following year the Junín Regional Government named him Favorite Son and Ambassador of the Junín Brand.
He was also awarded the statuette The Hummingbird of the Folklorist Artists Workers' Union of Peru and the Lima Medal of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima received on November 28, 2010, for his ruby weddings.
His song "Pío Pío" has been recognized by Asociación de autores y compositores del Perú as a Musical Jewel and awarded with the Zafiro Musical Trophy.
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