Margot Loyola facts for kids

Margot Loyola in 2013

Margot Loyola Palacios (born September 15, 1918 – died August 3, 2015) was a famous Chilean musician, folk singer, and a dedicated researcher. She spent her life studying the folklore of Chile and other parts of Latin America.

Margot Loyola worked as a musician and a musical expert for many years. She created a lot of work about different music styles, folk music, and customs from all over Chile. She also studied music from other South American countries and taught music to others.

Margot's Early Life and Studies

Margot Loyola was born in Linares, Chile, in 1918. She learned to play the piano from talented teachers like Rosita Renard. She also studied singing.

In 1952, she started to deeply research traditional Peruvian dances. These included the marinera and the resbalosa. She wanted to understand where these dances came from. She also looked at how they were similar to Chilean dances like the resfalosa and the cueca. She even worked with Porfirio Vásquez, a very important person in Peruvian black music. Later, she studied the culture of native people in Peru.

Margot Loyola also explored Argentine and Uruguayan traditional and folk music. She worked with famous experts in those countries. In 1952, she began her well-known research on the ceremonial dances of northern Chile. She worked with local musicians and groups.

Loyola researched the folklore and traditional music of every region in Chile. This included Easter Island, which is a Chilean province far out in the Pacific Ocean. She collected and shared a lot of important information from her studies. Many people saw her as a very respected artist and researcher. Thanks to her work, some art forms that were almost forgotten were saved.

Her Legacy and Awards

Margot Loyola created Chile's first group for traditional music and dance. It was called "The Student Group of Margot Loyola." Through this group, she became like an unofficial ambassador for Chilean culture. She helped share Chile's rich traditions with the world.

In 1972, Loyola became a professor at the University of Chile. Later, in 1998, she was named a Professor emeritus at the Catholic University of Valparaíso. This is a special title given to retired professors who have done outstanding work.

She received many important awards for her contributions. In 1994, she won Chile's top award for music, the National Prize for Musical Arts. In 2001, she received the "Premio a lo Chileno." Margot Loyola passed away on August 3, 2015, in Santiago, when she was 96 years old.

Works

Margot Loyola's hard work resulted in many books, videos, and music recordings.

Videography

• "Danzas tradicionales de Chile" (Traditional dances of Chile), (1994)
• "La Zamacueca" (1999)
• "Los del Estribo: Cantos y Danzas Populares de Chile", (2001)

Discography

• She released 14 LPs, 6 cassettes, and 7 CDs. Her music was also released in other countries.

See also

In Spanish: Margot Loyola para niños