Teresa Parodi | |
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| Minister of Culture | |
| In office May 7, 2014 – December 10, 2015 | |
| President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| Preceded by | Jorge Coscia(as Secretary of Culture) |
| Succeeded by | Pablo Avelluto |
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| Born | Teresa Adelina Sellarés (1947-12-30)December 30, 1947 (age 78) Corrientes, Argentina |
| Website | teresaparodi.com |
Teresa Adelina Sellarés, best known asTeresa Parodi, (born December 30, 1947) is anArgentine singer and songwriter. She held the inaugural post ofMinister of Culture of Argentina from May 6, 2014, to December 9, 2015.[1][2] She was a deputy to theMercosur Parliament (Parlasur) representing the nationwide district of Argentina from December 10, 2015, to October 6, 2016.[3] She was elected on theFront for Victory ticket in the 2015 election.[4]
Born Teresa Adelina Sellarés inCorrientes, she was introduced to music when studying singing and taking guitar lessons at the age of nine. Her grandmother hosted frequent music festivals in her farm along theParaná River, and there she learned theChamamé (a danceable genre of Argentine folk music) as well asZambas,Chacareras, Huaynos,Cuecas, and other popular South American folk music genres. She later performed in numerous local festivals in her youth. She married Guillermo Parodi, a systems analyst, in 1967, and they had five children.[5] Both politically active in the left-leaningPeronist Youth,[6] her husband was briefly detained during thedictatorship that took power in 1976; he lost his job in Corrientes as a result, and in 1979 the couple relocated toBuenos Aires.[7]
Teresa Parodi started her solo career at this time, performing at small venues in Buenos Aires, and in 1979 was brought on as guest vocalist forAstor Piazzolla'sNuevo tango quintet. Her 1980 debut album,Teresa Parodi desde Corrientes, was followed in 1983 byCanto a los hombres del pan duro ('A Song for Poor Men'), adding music to the work of prominent poets such asJorge Luis Borges and Jorge Calvetti. Parodi was awarded the Consecration Award at the 1984Cosquín National Folk Festival, and later performed as soloist in a number of notable events, including a 1986 concert with Cuban songwriterPablo Milanés atLuna Park Stadium and in a 1988 tour of the U.S. and Europe. Parodi was voted Best Composer of the Decade in 1995, receiving a PlatinumKonex Award to the effect, and in 1999 received the Gold Camín Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cosquín National Folk Festival.[8] She was named Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires in 2006.[6]
Parodi went to compose approximately 500 songs in 30 albums and has been a constant presence at the thousand folk festivals across Argentina as well as in San Diego, Houston, Washington, New Orleans, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Santiago de Compostela, Paris, Brussels, Cuba, Mexico City, Chiapas, Monterrey, Antwerp, Zurich, Barcelona,Mataró, Stockholm, Amsterdam, São Paulo, Berlin, Seville, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Saragossa, Quito, and Asunción.[9]
Following a decision to promote the Culture Secretariat to a cabinet-level ministry, on May 7, 2014, PresidentCristina Fernández de Kirchner nominated Parodi as the nation's firstMinister of Culture.[10]
In 2025, she revealed she has been in a romantic relationship with a woman since the 1990s.[11]
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