Nina Miranda (singer, 1925)
Nina Miranda , real name Nelly María Hunter Fernández , (born November 8, 1925 in La Aguada , Montevideo , Uruguay , † January 1, 2012 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) was a Uruguayan singer.
Miranda was born in the Montevidean Barrio La Aguada on calle José L.Terra and grew up there in the first nine years of her life before she moved to Cerrito de la Victoria with her parents . Her real name, Nelly María Hunter Fernández , was later changed to her stage name , borrowed from a character played by the actress Libertad Lamarque from the film Puerta cerrada . At the age of 15 she entered a singing competition under the name Nina Miranda. This was soon followed by appearances in Brazil accompanied by Las Golondrinas and on Radio El Espectador and Radio Centenario .
Miranda recorded 68 tracks over the course of her brief career, which saw her successful in Uruguay and Argentina in the 1950s. Of these, she was heard on 32 with Donato Racciatti and on 30 alongside Graciano Gómez and Alberto Córdoba . Another five worked with Juan Cao and one with Esteban Martínez . Sometimes she sang in a duo with Roberto Lister and Víctor Ruiz . The recordings were made especially with the label Odeón . One of her great successes was her interpretation of the Tango Maula . She also composed the tangos Canción para mi amor (with Abel Aznar ) and No hagas caso de la gente (together with Néstor D'Alessandro ). She also sang with the Lucio Demares orchestra in 1955 on Radio Belgrano and subsequently on Radio Splendid . It was on this occasion that she met her future husband. She then gave up her singing career, given the choice "The Tango or Me" for her husband, an influential industrialist, who died in February 2006. Later in an interview with the news agency Télam , she said that the love had been stronger. Living in Buenos Aires, she died of an incurable disease on New Year's Day 2012 at the age of 86.
Web links
- Nina Miranda in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fallció en Buenos Aires la cantante uruguaya Nina Miranda (Spanish) on www.telam.com.ar from January 1, 2012, accessed on May 4, 2012
- NINA MIRANDA ESTUDIA SU REGRESO A LOS ESCENARIOS TANGUEROS - Parece que vuelve (Spanish) in El País on March 13, 2004, accessed on May 4, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miranda, Nina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunter Fernández, Nelly María |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Aguada , Montevideo , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2012 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires , Argentina |