Micaela Chauque
{{Short description|Argentine musician}}
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| birth_place = Finca Santiago, Salta, Argentina
| genre = Folk
| occupation = {{hlist|Flutist|songwriter}}
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| associated_acts = {{hlist|Jaime Torres|Rata Blanca}}
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Micaela Chauque (born 15 January 1979) is a Qulla Argentine composer, dancer, coplista and flautist, specializing in the quena and siku. She has been lauded as one of the best interpreters of Andean music in Argentina.{{cite news|url=http://calchaquimix.com.ar/+Los-vientos-de-Micaela-Chauque+.html|work=Chalchaquí Mix|title=Los vientos de Micaela Chauque|date=29 January 2016|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}{{cite news|url=https://www.neuqueninforma.gob.ar/compartiendo-concierto-maestro-en-la-zona-sur/|work=Neuquén Informa|title="Compartiendo ConCierto Maestro" en la zona Sur|date=7 September 2022|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telonpampeano.com.ar/musica/994-micaela-chauque-y-charo-bogarin-dos-presencias-estelares-en-la-feria-del-libro|work=Telón Pampeano|title=Micaela Chauque y Charo Bogarín, dos presencias estelares en la Feria del Libro|date=31 October 2022|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}} She is also a music teacher and luthier.{{cite news|url=https://elexpresodejujuy.com.ar/contenido/2815/musica-micaela-chauque-emprende-la-fusion-de-nuevos-vibrares|work=El Expreso de Jujuy|title=Música: MICAELA CHAUQUE EMPRENDE "LA FUSIÓN DE NUEVOS VIBRARES"|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}
Background
Micaela Chauque was born on 15 January 1979 into a Qulla indigenous community in Finca Santiago, in the Iruya Department of Salta Province, Argentina.{{cite web|url=http://www.legistdf.gob.ar/lp/novedadesip/Asuntos%20Entrados%202012/As.%20N%BA%20330-12.pdf|work=Legislature of Tierra del Fuego|title=Proyecto de resolución|date=16 August 2012|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}{{cite news|url=http://ahorainfo.com.ar/2010/05/musica-desde-tilcara-micaela-chauque/|work=Ahora Info|title=MÚSICA: Desde Tilcara Micaela Chauque|date=8 May 2010|archive-date=6 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130306012147/http://ahorainfo.com.ar/2010/05/musica-desde-tilcara-micaela-chauque/|language=es}} She later moved to Tilcara, Jujuy Province, where she grew up.{{cite news|url=https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/2021/03/08/12352-micaela-chauque-la-cultura-andina-es-algo-real-no-se-trata-de-cosas-muertas-sino-de-cosas-vivas|work=Escribiendo Cine|title=Micaela Chauque: "La Cultura Andina es algo real, no se trata de cosas muertas, sino de cosas vivas"|date=8 March 2021|access-date=24 January 2023|last=Brenner|first=Fernando|language=es}}
She was the first indigenous woman from the Quebrada de Humahuaca to be allowed to play the quena, as in indigenous traditions, the instrument is reserved for male players.{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2019/07/06/la-historia-de-micaela-chauque-la-primera-mujer-indigena-autorizada-para-hacer-algo-que-solo-se-le-permitia-a-los-hombres/|work=Infobae|title=La historia de Micaela Chauque, la primera mujer indígena autorizada para hacer algo que sólo se le permitía a los hombres|last=Jara|first=Fernanda|date=6 July 2019|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}
She studied Argentine folclore and native dance in Salta and Buenos Aires. She also studied to be a dance teacher, while perfecting her knowledge of the quena, the siku, the charango, the quenacho, and other traditional instruments used in Andean music.
Musical career
File:Micaela Chauque en Música en la Villa 31 por el Día Internacional de la mujer (13149195894).jpg
As a flautist, percussionist and dancer, she formed part of Jaime Torres y su gente, an ensemble formed by Jaime Torres, with whom she had her debut at the Cosquín National Festival. She would later form part of the Banda de Sikuris de Mujeres María Rosa Mística de Tilcara. In 2010, rock band Divididos featured her as a live performer during a concert in Tilcara.{{cite news|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/no/12-4629-2010-04-01.html|work=Página 12|title=La era de la lucidez|last=Blejman|first=Luciano|date=1 April 2010|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}
In 2011, she performed three times at Cosquín Festival, as a live flautist for Rata Blanca lead singer Hugo Bistolfi, as the instrumentalist for coplista Mariana Carrizo, and later with singer Rubén Patagonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.vallepunilla.com.ar/festivalcosquin2011/noche9/index.php|work=Valle Punilla|title=Noche 9|date=29 January 2011|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}} Following their success at Cosquín, Bistolfi and Chauque continued to collaborate in a 2011 tour of the Argentine Northwest, and she later featured in Bistolfi's solo album Valles y quebradas.{{cite news|url=https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/nota/2022-10-11-11-28-0-micaela-chauque-lleva-los-sonidos-de-su-quena-al-congreso|work=El Tribuno|title=Micaela Chauque lleva los sonidos de su quena al Congreso|date=11 October 2022|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}
In 2019, she was awarded the Gardel Award for best female folk album for Jallalla, released in 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.eltribuno.com/salta/nota/2019-5-15-16-10-0-la-saltena-micaela-chauque-un-premio-gardel|work=El Tribuno|title=La salteña Micaela Chauque ganó el premio Gardel|date=15 May 2019|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}
In 2022, she starred in the play Memorias del huevo-tiempo, opposite Anita Martínez. The play premiered in Tilcara.{{cite news|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202212/614066-micaela-chauque-musica-tilcara.html|archivedate=2023-01-25|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20230125015236/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202212/614066-micaela-chauque-musica-tilcara.html|work=Télam|title=Micaela Chauque se lanza a la actuación con la obra "Memorias del huevo-tiempo" en Tilcara|date=29 December 2022|access-date=24 January 2023|language=es}}
Discography
- El del Charango (with Jaime Torres), 2001
- Jujuy, canto y vida (with Carlos Cabrera), 2002
- Crisol: música instrumental andina, 2003
- Cuatro Mujeres: cantos de la tierra, 2005
- En Vivo: quenas y sikus, 2010
- Jallalla, 2018
References
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External links
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Category:People from Salta Province
Category:Argentine people of Qulla descent