Lorena Vera
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lorena Vera |
| Also known as | Lorena |
| Origin | Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Genres | World Music, Jazz, Chilena |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Entrepreneur |
| Instruments | Voice |
| Years active | 1998- Present |
| Labels | Indie |
| Associated acts | Susana Harp, Lila Downs, Alejandra Robles |
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Lorena Vera is a Mexican composer, producer, dancer, actress and singer [1] of traditional music born in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico, current vocalist of the Mexican band of world music Lorena y Los Alebrijes , in their musical style it mixes sounds as: jazz, blues, cumbia and Chilean.[2]
Biography
Lorena Vera she was born in the City of Oaxaca, she began to sing from the adolescence beginning their musical studies in the "Center of Artistic Education of Oaxaca" since it always showed interest for the song, when culminating their basic studies in the CEDART it entered to the Institute of Sciences and Arts of Oaxaca where took classes in singing and performance, later on she took classes of dance contemporary in the "House of the Oaxacan Culture", years but it takes it culminated their musical studies, in 1999 in their desire of creating a creative musical project knows Ignacio Carrillo with who began an intense one investigation and experimentation of the sounds of different cultures being focused in the African-American-Mexican area of the Costa of Oaxaca it is there where it arose Lorena y Los Alebrijesa musical project of coalition and mixes of different sounds focused in interpreting pieces of the cultural repertoire of the State of Oaxaca. Lorena Vera she has been scholarship holder of the FOESCA [3] its musical formation has been self taught since she writes part of those song it is that interprets with arrangements of musician s like the percussionist Ignacio Lico Carrillo, the pianist Jorge Villanueva and the guitarist Jesus Medina. Besides the musical work that Vera she has carried out they stand out their participations like actress in musician-theatrical shows as "They are of the Skull" and "Woman of Corn" and it has produced the materials of Los Alebrijes[4] with which has promoted through the music the culture of excluded indigenous communities.
References
- ↑ Revista Educal, 2008; 7: "The depth of Lorena's voice, the force of their dance and the cadence of their movements, supported musically in The Alebrijes, are an entire show in which shines as actress, singer, dancer and choreographer".
- ↑ Ramos, 2009; 19: "Lorena Vera. In their musical search it mixes sounds of the costs of the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca until modern rhythms as rock and hip-hop".
- ↑ Music Magazine, 2010; 5: "In 2004 Lorena Vera obtained the scholarship that the FOESCA thank you grants s its arduous musical investigation about the culture of the black towns of Mexico".
- ↑ Lorena and The Alebrijes Review of Lorena Vera and The Alebrijes