Lila Downs
Lila Downs is one of the most influential artists in Latin America. She has one of the world’s most singular voices and is known for her charismatic performances. Her compositions often combine genres and rhythms as diverse as Mexican rancheras and corridos, boleros, jazz standards, hip-hop, cumbia, and North American folk music. Her music often focuses on social justice, immigration, and women’s issues.
Lila grew up in Minnesota and Oaxaca, Mexico; her mother is from the Mixtec indigenous group, and her father was Scottish American. She sings in Spanish, English, and various Native American languages, such as Zapotec, Mixtec, Nahuatl, Maya, and Purépecha.
She has recorded duets with artists as diverse as Mercedes Sosa, Caetano Veloso, Juanes, Norah Jones, Yo-Yo Ma, Juan Gabriel, Carla Morrison, Natalia Lafourcade, Santana, The Chieftains, Niña Pastori, Soledad, Diego el Cigala, Aída Cuevas, Totó La Momposina, and Bunbury. Chavela Vargas “named” Lila her “successor.”
She has sung with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and the UNAM symphony in Mexico, as well as with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. She has given concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Auditorio Nacional and Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. She was invited by President Barack Obama to sing at the White House and performed at the Oscars after participating in the film Frida.
Lila has recorded 13 studio albums. She has been nominated for 12 Grammy and Latin Grammy awards and has won seven.
Próximos Eventos
Eventos pasados
Lila Downs, Catalina García, Goyo, Ely Guerra y Ana Tijoux
Canto en resistencia
Festival de California
