Viña del Mar International Song Festival
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The Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar) is a music festival held annually during February since 1959 in Viña del Mar, Chile. It is considered the most important musical event in Latin America.[1]
The event takes place in the Quinta Vergara amphitheatre, and has been broadcast over the years by TVN, Canal 13 or Megavisión. Otherwise it is most famous in the english world, for showcasing Ray Conniffs dirigent skills.
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[edit] Winner songs
[edit] International contest
- Before 1968, the contest only allowed chilean authors.
In 2000 the contest incluyed the best songs in the history of the festival.
| Event | Country | Name | Author | Singer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 1960 |  Chile |
Viña del Mar | José Goles, Manuel Lira | Mario del Monte |
| II | 1961 | Chile |
Sin tu amor | Óscar Olivares, Gilberto Ávila | Los Cuatro Duendes |
| III | 1962 | Chile |
Dime por qué | María Pilar Larraín | Los Cuatro Duendes |
| IV | 1963 | Chile |
Tan sólo una mirada | Juan Vásquez | Marco Aurelio |
| V | 1964 | Chile |
Está de más | Ricardo Jara | Ginette Acevedo |
| VI | 1965 | Chile |
Como una ola | María A. Ramírez | Cecilia |
| VII | 1966 | Chile |
Por creer en ti | Marco Aurelio, Jaime Atria | Isabel Adams |
| VIII | 1967 | Chile |
Cuando rompe el alba | Willy Bascuñán | Fresia Soto |
| IX | 1968 |  Spain |
Palabras | Jorge Domingo, Enrique Carnicer, Pons de Carnicer | Luz Eliana |
| X | 1969 | Chile |
Mira, mira | Scottie Scott | Gloria Simonetti |
| XI | 1970 | Chile |
Canción a Magdalena | Julio Zegers | Julio Zegers |
| XII | 1971 | Void contest by plagiarism | |||
| XIII | 1972 |  Netherlands |
Julie | Julio Bernardo Euson | Julio Bernardo Euson |
| XIV | 1973 | Chile |
Los Pasajeros | Julio Zegers | Julio Zegers |
| XV | 1974 |  Italy |
Imagina | Giancarlo de Bellis | Annarita Spinaci |
| XVI | 1975 |  Greece |
Love Song | Kostas Karagiannopoulos | Elpida |
| XVII | 1976 | Chile |
Una noche de amor | Carlos Baeza | Roberto Viking Valdés |
| XVIII | 1977 |  Israel |
Canción de amor | Boaz Sharabi | Nava Baruchin |
| XIX | 1978 | Chile |
El tiempo en las bastillas | Fernando Ubiergo | Fernando Ubiergo |
| XX | 1979 | Spain |
A tu regreso a casa | Braulio | Braulio |
| XXI | 1980 | Spain |
Dudando, dudando | Julio Seijas, Augusto Alguero | Juan Sebastián |
| XXII | 1981 |  Germany |
Esperando | Karlheinz Merkel, Cherry Lane | Cherry Lane |
| XXIII | 1982 | Chile |
Ausencia | Juan Carlos Duque | Juan Carlos Duque |
| XXIV | 1983 |  Uruguay |
Alma, corazón y pan | Gervasio | Gervasio |
| XXV | 1984 | Chile |
Se te olvida | Héctor Pernos Bañas | Cristóbal |
| XXVI | 1985 |  Australia |
Ya no puedo más | K. C. Porter, Turner y Toppano | Lorenzo Toppano |
| XXVII | 1986 |  Dominican Republic |
Para quererte | José Antonio Rodríguez | Maridalia Hernández |
| XXVIII | 1987 | Italy |
Kiss me | Ana María de Salvatore | Desa |
| XXIX | 1988 | Italy |
Senza te | Maurizio Piccoli, Gino Mescoli | Marco Del Freo |
| XXX | 1989 |  Colombia |
Te propongo | Fernando Garavito | Edna Rocio |
| XXXI | 1990 | Italy |
Non devi abbandonarmi mai | Angela Tarenzzi | Piero Cotto |
| XXXII | 1991 | Chile |
Tira la primera piedra | Edgardo Riquelme, Sergio Bravo | Javiera Parra, Pedro Foncea |
| XXXIII | 1992 | Chile |
Parece tan sencillo | Juan Carlos Duque | Fernando Casas |
| XXXIV | 1993 | Italy |
In questo mondo | Garibo Giuseppe | Claudio Cirimele |
| XXXV | 1994 |  Argentina |
Como ayer | Claudia Brant, Daniel Tarrab | Claudia Brant |
| XXXVI | 1995 | Chile |
Si tú te vas | Cristian Fissore, René Calderón | Jossé |
| XXXVII | 1996 | Italy |
Aria Ario | Paolo Meneguzzi, Dino Melotti | Paolo Meneguzzi |
| XXXVIII | 1997 | Argentina |
Para vivir un dulce amor | Víctor Heredia, Carlos Nilson | Carlos Elías |
| XXXIX | 1998 | Chile |
Soy tal cual soy | Álvaro Scaramelli | Álvaro Scaramelli |
| XL | 1999 | Colombia |
El aguacero | Alejandro Gómez Cáceres | Carolina Sabino |
| XLI | 2000 |  France |
Let Me Try Again (Laisse-moi le Temps) | Jourdan y Carabelli | Peabo Bryson |
| XLII | 2001 | Argentina |
Ayer te vi | Víctor Heredia | Raly Barrionuevo |
| XLIII | 2002 | Argentina |
Soy tu ángel | Ricardo Pald, Valeria Lynch | Oscar Patiño |
| XLIV | 2003 | Spain |
Este amor es tuyo | Chema Purón | Gisela |
| XLV | 2004 | Chile |
Tus ojos | Alexis Venegas | Alexis Venegas |
| XLVI | 2005 |  Peru |
Mi alma entre tus manos | Jessica Sarango, Jorge Pardo, Andrés Landavere | Jorge Pardo |
| XLVII | 2006 |  Costa Rica |
Dilo de una vez | Humberto Vargas Valerio | Humberto Vargas Valerio |
| XLVIII | 2007 | Spain |
Cuando quieras volver | Pedro Fernández, Valderrama Díaz | Materia Prima |
Winner countries
Chile: 20 times
Italy: 6 times
Spain: 5 times
Argentina: 4 times
Colombia: twice
Germany: once
Australia: once
Costa Rica: once
France: once
Greece: once
Israel: once
Netherlands: once
Peru: once
Dominican Republic: once
Uruguay: once
[edit] Folk contest
- Incomplete list.
Between 1974 y 1980 this contest was cancelled by the military government of Augusto Pinochet
Before 2000, the contest only allowed chilean authors.
| Event | Country | Name | Author | Singer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLI | 2000 | Chile |
El Corralero | Sergio Sauvalle | Los Huasos Quincheros |
| XLII | 2001 | Chile |
Whipala | Danny Rodríguez | Danny Rodríguez |
| XLIII | 2002 | Peru |
Juramento | Carlos Rincón | Eduardo del Perú |
| XLIV | 2003 | Argentina |
Pintadita | Fernando Barrientos | Fernando Barrientos |
| XLV | 2004 | Argentina |
Bailando con tu sombra (Alelí) | Víctor Heredia | Abel Pintos |
| XLVI | 2005 | Chile |
Cueca al sol | Isabel Parra | Camila Méndez |
| XLVII | 2006 | Chile |
Canción de agua y viento | Elizabeth Morris | Elizabeth Morris y grupo |
| XLVIII | 2007 | Colombia |
Me duele el alma | Leonardo Gómez, Diana Hernández | Maria Mulata |
Winner countries (since 2001, start of International Folk Contest)
- Chile: 3 times (and 35 years of National Folk Contest, between 1960 and 2000)
- Argentina: twice
- Peru: once
- Colombia: once
