El Quinto Regimiento - Music

Rolando Alarcón Soto August 5 1929 – February 4 1973 Was A Chilean Teacher Folklorist Soloist And Composer. He Became A National-Known Figure In His Home Country Due To His Work As A Musician And At His Funeral Even The President Salvador Allende Expressed His Regrets. 1 Born On August 5 1929 He Grew Up In Sewell Chile Where He Lived Together With His Parents Atilio Alarcón De La Fuente And Zunilda Soto Riquelme And His Three Brothers. At The Age Of Ten He Moved To Chillán In Order To Study And It Was Also Here He Became A Teacher. He Moved To Santiago In 1950 Where He Became Interested In Folk Music And Where He In 1951 Started Specializing As A Teacher In Music. 2 3 In Santiago He Also Became A Founding Member Of First The Folk Music Choir Coro Pablo Vidales And Later An Integral Part And Director Of The More Successful Cuncumén Which Also Toured Europe Two Times In 1957 And 1961 Until 1963 When He Left The Group. He Then Formed A Duo Together With Silvia Urbina For A Short While With Whom He Also Recorded A Couple Of Songs In Russian But In 1965 He Started His Career As A Soloist. 2 3 4 Alarcón Was Gay And He Kept It In Secret Due To The Hostility Lived In That Period Against The Homosexual People. His Experiences With Living With Homosexuality Were Revealed In The Book Raro A Gay History In Chile 2011 By Oscar Contardo. He Died During An Operation On February 4 1973 Only 43 Years Old. Source Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Rolando_Alarcón read less