Fernando Cabrera (musician)

Fernando Cabrera (2011)

Fernando Cabrera

Fernando Cabrera (born December 8, 1956 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan guitarist , singer and composer of Uruguayan popular music.

Cabrera was born in the Paso Molino neighborhood of Montevideo . His musical education began at the age of six with learning to play the guitar with Porrati de Marín. In 1977 he first appeared as a member of the Montresvideo group . He later joined Baldío . With both groups he released an album each. Most of the songs included came from his pen. He began his solo career in 1984 with the Ayuí / Tacuabé album El viento en la cara . 15 other musical works followed, five of which were released by various labels and six by Ayuí / Tacuabé . In 1992, 56 canciones y un dialógo, a book with his self-written lyrics and other poems appeared. The El Dirigible , published in 1994, was the music for the film of the same name. This was honored as best music at the Cartagena Festival the following year. Cabrera has also made an appearance as a theater composer.

Discography

Albums

• MonTRESvideo (1981)
• Baldío (1983)
• El viento en la cara (1984)
• Autoblues (1985)
• Buzos Azules (1986)
• Mateo & Cabrera (Live album with Eduardo Mateo , 1987)
• El tiempo está después (1989)
• Década ( Ayuí / Tacuabé a / e74k, 1989)
• Fines (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae116cd, 1993)
• El Dirigible (original soundtrack of the film of the same name. Ayuí / Tacuabé ae127cd, 1994)
• Río (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae147cd, 1995)
• Ciudad de la Plata (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae193cd, 1998)
• Viveza (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae260cd, 2002)
• Bardo (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae300cdm, 2006)
• Ámbitos (recorded together with Eduardo Darnauchans at Teatro Solís 1991. Ayuí / Tacuabé ae330cd. 2008)

New editions and compilations

• Mateo & Cabrera (with Eduardo Mateo . Ayuí / Tacuabé ae231cd)
• El tiempo en la cara ( including his records El viento en la cara and El tiempo está después . Ayuí / Tacuabé ae111cd, 1995)
• Tránsito (Ayuí / Tacuabé and Posdata pd 2011, 1999)
• Noventa ( including the songs from the records Fines , Música para El Dirigible , Río y Ciudad de la Plata . Ayuí / Tacuabé ae324cd, 2007)
• El tiempo está después (2004)
• El tiempo en la cara ( including the records El viento en la cara and El tiempo está después . Bizarro Records. 2006)

literature

• Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 64