Yma sumac biography resumida la
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Born Zoila Augusta Emperatríz Chavarri del Castillo, c.
Yma sumac biography resumida la
September 10, , in Ichocán, Cajamarca, Peru; daughter of Sixto Chavarri del Castillo and Ima Sumack Emilia Athualpa; married Moisés Vivanco (a musician) on June 6, (divorced and remarried); children (with Vivanco): a son, Papuchka.
Addresses: Website--Yma Sumac Official Website:
Feeding the needs of an American music industry that often turned to Latin sounds when sales were down, Peruvian-born pop diva Yma Sumac burst onto the music scene in the early s with something audiences outside Latin America had never before heard.
With her four-to-five-octave singing range, "exotic" identity, and mysterious origins that were the subject of urban legend, the so-called "Nightingale of the Andes" offered mid-century North American audiences with a break from the ordinary.
While the thrust of her commercial success was largely limited to the s, Sumac's recordings and occasional concert tours also earned her a cult