Cristina del Valle (born 1 August 1960) is a Spanish singer and activist.
Biography Cristina del Valle was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
In 1980, she went to Madrid to study criminology and since 1978, she has worked in several social action groups, NGOs (Ayora, Solidarios, Apram, and others) and left-wing political parties which worked in support of human rights, for the Sahrawi people or against domestic violence.
As a singer, she started with the band Vodebil, but she released her first solo-album in 1989, Cris. In 1991, after meeting her sentimental partner Alberto Comesaña, the couple decided to launch the musical duo Amistades Peligrosas, which grew to great success. The group split in 1996, but returned in 2003 with the album La larga espera. She has also collaborated in several musical projects such as Tatuaje, a hommage to the world of copla where she performed María de la O (song). Hevia was as well her sentimental partner.
Prizes Mujer del año 1998, Valdés (Asturias) Premio Comadre de oro de [Antroxu] 1999 Premio Vaqueira, 1999 Premio Flor de Manzana, Villaviciosa (Asturias) Premio Racimo de oro 1999, Jerez Premio Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) "Mujer 99” Premio Luarca 1999 Premio T de Tarde a la Tolerancia 2000 Premio radio Gorbea 2001 Premio Nosotras 2001
Discography
Solo career Cris, 1989 Siempre te metes en líos,1990 El Dios de las Pequeñas cosas, 1999 Apuntes generales del mundo, 2001 Tiempos Rotos 2009
With Alberto Comesaña in Amistades Peligrosas Relatos de una intriga, 1991 La última Tentación, 1993 La Profecía, 1995 Nueva Era, 1997 La larga espera, 2003 Recopilatorio Amistades Peligrosas El arte de amar (2013)
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