Horacio Salinas

Horacio Salinas playing during a graduate seminar at UC Berkeley, 2005.

Horacio Salinas Álvarez (Lautaro, 8 July 1951, Lautaro, Cautín Province) is a Chilean guitarist and composer. He is cofounder and musical director of the Chilean group Inti-Illimani Histórico.[1] He has a huge repertory of compositions that involves folk, Andean music, protest music, world music, fusion, contemporary classical music and many Latin American styles and fusions. He has played with John Williams. In 1973, his group was touring in Europe when Pinochet seized power in Chile, after which they had to stay in exile for years.[2]

Discography

Solo

As director of Inti-Illimani

References

  1. Salinas featured in the band website.
  2. Harris, Craig. "Biography: Horacio Salinas". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 February 2010.