Eduardo Falú

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Eduardo Falú (born July 7, 1923 in El Galpón, Salta Province , Argentina ; † August 9, 2013 in Buenos Aires ) was one of the most renowned guitarists, composers and singers in Argentina.


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Childhood and youth

Eduardo Falú was born in El Galpón, a small town near San José de Metán in the Argentine Department of Metán . His parents, Juan Falú and Fada Falú (both had the same name but were not closely related) were immigrants from Syria at the beginning of the 20th century . He was the second youngest of five siblings.

Eduardo Falú started playing guitar at the age of eleven, with his older brother's guitar. Eduardo basically learned to play the guitar in self-study and received no formal music or guitar training. Only later did he take lessons in harmony and composition. Like his brother Alfredo, Eduardo was to become a lawyer, but after completing his one-year military service in the 5th Cavalry Regiment in 1944, he devoted himself entirely to the guitar.

family

Eduardo Falú married Aída Nefer Fidelibus, the daughter of an art collector and dealer from Rosario, Argentina. Of their two sons, Darío and Juan José Falú, the latter trained as a classical guitarist and often performed in concerts with his father.

Musical career

In 1940, at the age of 17, Falú made his public debut and played on Salta radio LV9, as a member of the ensemble "Los Troperos", in a daily broadcast. He then went on tour in northern Argentina as a soloist.

Falú began to compose at an early age, based on the typical rhythms and works of the regional musical tradition, but enriched them with a special technical and musical complexity. He worked with poets like Alfredo Dávalos and Jaime Dávalos .

He later studied the works of the great guitar composers of the 19th century and made adaptations of works by Johann Sebastian Bach . Eduardo Falú was taught musical theory and harmony by the prominent Argentine composer Carlos Guastavino. The poetic and musical richness of his works included his unique baritone voice.

After moving to Buenos Aires in 1945, the first shellac recordings were made. From 1948 Eduardo Falú could be heard on the radio all over Argentina, for the first time on radio "El Mundo" (The World), a medium of national importance. His first long-playing record came out in 1951.

In 1952 he played with the well-known ensemble "Los Fronterizos".

In 1954 he gave several concerts in the United States of America , especially on the east coast. In 1958 he received an invitation from the Ministry of Culture of the USSR and went on tour in the Soviet Union. In 1959 he recorded his first recording in Europe, at the Theater de la Ville, Paris. This is how his first LP "Falú en Paris", produced in Europe, was born. Then he played in Rome, in the "Instituto Latinoamericano".

In 1963 he gave over 40 concerts in Japan; with such success that he gave over 200 concerts there in 1965, 1966, 1969 and 1973. Further extensive tours in the USA and Europe followed. Falú also held several seminars in Europe. He came to Germany regularly from autumn 1974. Until 2001 he could be heard in European concert halls, among others, in Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia and Argentina.

He has performed frequently with other renowned artists and ensembles in Argentina such as Mercedes Sosa, Ariel Ramírez, Ernesto Sábato, Los Fronterizos and Camerata Bariloche.

In November 2007, at the age of 84, Eduardo Falú gave his last concert for the film adaptation of the documentary Eduardo Falú, Canto al paisaje soñado ( Eduardo Falú, Song to the dreamed landscape ) at the Teatro Municipal de Salta, Argentina. In 2009 Eduardo Falú released his last music album, a tribute to Andrés Segovia, the famous Spanish guitarist who inspired him throughout his career. Eduardo Falú died on August 9, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the age of 90.


Many of Falú's works have outgrown the world of Argentine folk music and are now part of the repertoire of many internationally known classical guitarists.

After almost ten years of preparatory work, Oliver Primus, a German music teacher and talk therapist living in Switzerland, and Arno Oehri, a Liechtenstein artist and filmmaker, began shooting the documentary Lied an die däumte Landschaft , which was published in 2009 and as part of various festivals and Events was shown. This is the only cinematic work that deals in depth with the life of Eduardo Falú and his music.

Awards (selection)

Eduardo Falú has received numerous awards, including:

  • 1985 Gran Premio de SADAIC
  • 1985 Premio Konex de platino
  • Condecoración de Honor al Mérito por Servicios Distinguidos del Perú (Peruvian Honorary Record for Excellence)
  • Ciudadano ilustre de la Provincia de Salta (Honorary Citizen of the Province of Salta)
  • Ciudadano ilustre de Rosario (Honorary Citizen of the City of Rosario, Santa Fe)
  • Ciudadano ilustre de Córdoba (Honorary Citizen of the Province of Córdoba)
  • Ciudadano ilustre de la Provincia de Santa Fe (Honorary Citizen of the Province of Santa Fe)

literature

  • Enrique Picotto: Eduardo Falú has the floor. An interview. In: Guitar & Laute 1, 1979, 6, pp. 3–7

credentials

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Enrique Picotto, p. 4
  2. ↑ Enrique Picotto, p. 4 f.
  3. ↑ Enrique Picotto, p. 5
  4. ↑ www.falufilm.com: website .
  5. ↑ www.falufilm.com: website .
personal data
SURNAME Falu, Eduardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian guitarist, singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH El Galpón, Salta Province , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2013
Place of death Buenos Aires , Argentina