Chile’s music joins Indigenous and regional traditions with cueca, nueva canción, Andean ensembles, rock, and a celebrated singer-songwriter heritage shaped by both poetry and political history.
The music of Chile ranges from folkloric music, popular music and also to classical music.
Chile has a very rich folk music tradition that is generally divided into three different continental geographical zones: northern, central, and southern, each with its own characteristics and sounds. The Mapuche people and the inhabitants of Easter Island have their own musical traditions.[1] Central folk music is the best known.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia’s “Music of Chile” article.
Víctor Jara’s “El derecho de vivir en paz” embodies Chile’s nueva canción movement, uniting folk-rooted songwriting with a lasting call for peace and justice.
“La Consentida,” composed by Jaime Atria, represents cueca, Chile’s national dance and one of the country’s most recognizable folk forms.