Jaime Torres (21 September 1938 – 24 December 2018) was an Argentine musician, son of Bolivian immigrants and a world-renowned interpreter of charango. He was disciple of Mauro Núñez, a Bolivian musician and luthier that built his first musical instruments.
Biography In 1974, the performer, along with his band, participated in the opening show of the World Cup soccer in Germany. A year later, Jaime Torres organized a local meeting of instrumentalists, repeating the same experience with children in 1980. In 1988 the musician composed the music for the film "La deuda interna",La Deuda Interna 1988/ 97' Cine .ar. that was nominated for an Oscar.La deuda interna.
In 1964 he participated in the recording of the Misa Criolla with Ariel Ramírez, and in 1965 he made his first European tour.
1986 the record Jaime Torres,Charango (messidor) received the "Deutsche Schallplattenpreis" at Philharmonie, Berlin
Discography 1964: Virtuosismo en charango, Philips 82075 1967: Aplausos para un charango, Philips 82162 1968: Taquirari 1969: Norte arriba 1979: De antiguas razas 1993: Chaypi, con Eduardo Lagos, Philips / Polygram 518 2007: Charango, Sonkko, America 2007: Electroplano 2008: Altiplano
References
External links Jaime Torres' official website. La Nación, Buenos Aires