Rosalía León Oviedo

Rosalía León Oviedo (born July 14, 1974) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and guitarist. She participated in the Mexican musical reality show La Academia.^[1] She released her first album through Sony Music in 2003 selling over 50,000 copies in the first four weeks.

Early life

Rosalía León Oviedo was born in Mexico City on July 14, 1974. She is the founder and leader of the guitar project “Gliese 229”, through which she revisits traditional Mexican songs by singing alongside an acoustic guitar and an electric guitar. She also composes.

She studied singing, guitar and guitar crafting, as well as pan flute and crystal flute. She studied techniques of South American rhythmic guitar with Ciro Hurtado and Ruben Izquierdo; music composition with Daniel Barjau; and luthiery at the Liceo Paracho Johrengua in Mexico City.

In August 2018 she recorded a special version of her song “Casi Creo que Aquí te Quedas” along with singer Eugenia León and guitarist Sergio Vallín. Theo shot the video. It is an invitation to Mexico and is based on the projection of representative images of Mexican culture.

On September 13, 2018, she made her solo debut in Havana, Cuba performing at the Teatro del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, which featured guest performances of singers Haydeé Milanés and Athanai, with electric guitars by César Huesca, Raúl Verdecia and Dayron Ortiz.

Discography

Oviedo has two albums under her acoustic-electric guitar and voice concept, produced by herself:

Alegorías (2013)
Más Alto (2017) collaboration including Mike Stern, Sergio Vallín, Javier Bátiz, Raúl Fernandez Greñas, Julio Revueltas, Pavel Cal, César Huesca, Susana Harp, Sole Giménez and Kelvis

Reception

Mas Alto lasted for more than 10 months among the best-selling albums in the genre of World Music in Mexico.

In 2018, on the first anniversary of the release of Más Alto, Oviedo recorded a special version of her song "Casi Creo Que Aquí Que Quedas" with Mexican singer Eugenia León.

References

^ Arias, Eunice Martínez (28 May 2003). "La Academia hace fuerte a Rosalía". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2011.

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