Cristina del Valle

Cristina del Valle

Cristina del Valle (born August 1, 1962 in Oviedo ) is a Spanish singer and activist from Asturias .

Life

In 1980 she went to Madrid to study criminology . She was active in non-governmental organizations (Ayora, Solidarios, Apram, etc.) and political parties in which she campaigned for human rights and against domestic violence or supported the autonomy of Western Sahara .

Career

Cristina del Valle started her career as a singer in the late 1980s with the band Vodebil , but her first release appeared under the stage name Cris . In 1991 she and Alberto Comesaña founded a rock-pop duo called Amistades Peligrosas , which gained great popularity in Spain and Latin America after the chart successes Estoy Por Ti and Me Haces Tanto Bien . After Amistades Peligrosas dissolved , she worked with the Spanish musician José Angel Hevia . Her album El Dios De Las Pequeñas Cosas led to another hit single Tormento in 1999 . The album Apuntes Generales Del Mundo followed in 2001. In 2003 she renewed the collaboration with Alberto Comesaña .

Honors / prizes

• Mujer del año 1998, Valdés (Asturias)
• Premio Comadre de oro de Antroxu 1999
• Premio Vaqueira, 1999
• Premio Flor de Manzana, Villaviciosa (Asturias)
• Premio Racimo de oro 1999, Jerez
• Premio UGT “Mujer 99”
• Premio Luarca 1999
• Premio T de Tarde a la Tolerancia 2000
• Premio radio Gorbea 2001
• Premio Nosotras 2001

Discography

Solo albums

• 1989: Cris
• 1990: Siempre te metes en líos
• 1999: El Dios de las Pequeñas cosas
• 2001: Apuntes generales del mundo

Albums with Alberto Comesaña as Amistades Peligrosas

• 1991: Relatos de una intriga
• 1993: La última Tentación
• 1995: La Profecía
• 1997: Nueva Era
• 1998: Grandes éxitos (compilation)
• 2003: La larga espera
• 2013: El arte de amar

Web links

• Biography (span.) Of Cristina del Valle on the official website of Amistad Peligrosas