Yolanda Carenzo

Yolanda Pérez de Carenzo (16 February 1902 – 20 November 1968), known as "La Niña Yolanda", was an Argentinian pianist.

Yolanda Carenzo
Born
Yolanda Pérez Torres

16 February 1902
San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Died20 November 1968
Córdoba, Argentina
Occupation(s)Pianist, hostess

Early life

Yolanda Pérez Torres was born in San Salvador de Jujuy,[1] the daughter of Pedro José Pérez and María Teresa Torres Portillo. Her mother was born in Bolivia, and her father was governor of Jujuy Province.[2]

Career

Carenzo taught school as a young woman. In 1936 she gave a series of piano concerts for Radio Municipal de Buenos Aires. She held gatherings of artists, performers, and writers in her home in Lozano, including Agustín Lara, Narciso Yepes, Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda among her guests.[3] She sheltered musician and writer Atahualpa Yupanqui during the 1950s, when he was facing government persecution.[4] Carenzo was considered one of the first women in her province to drive a car and to smoke in public.[2][5]

Carenzo's close friends, Gustavo "Cuchi" Leguizamón and Manuel J. Castilla, wrote a popular song, "Zamba de Lozano", for her on the occasion of her fiftieth birthday.[6] Argentinian singer Mercedes Sosa recorded the song[7] and sang it in concerts.

Personal life and legacy

Pérez married Luis Alberto Carenzo Bancalari (1896–1955) in 1922; they had four children together. She died in 1968, aged 66 years, in Córdoba.[8] "La serenata a la Niña Yolanda", an annual music festival in her memory, has been held on her former estate, la Finca Carenzo, in Lozano, since it was originally organized by her son Marcelo Carenzo Pérez in 1995.[9][10]

References
  1. "Un día como hoy, nacía la "Niña Yolanda"". RADIO DON (in Spanish). 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  2. ""La Niña Yolanda": mujer de personalidad magnética". TodoJujuy (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  3. Zlokower, Roberta E. (July 18, 2002). "Rodolfo A. Windhausen". Roberta on the Arts. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  4. Vargas Vera, René (27 November 2000). "Niña Yolanda, no morirás". La Nación (in Spanish). ISSN 0325-0946. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  5. "Eternamente Yolanda: Pianista, Compositora, Mecenas, la Increible Historia de Yolanda Perez de Carenzo". Clarín.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  6. "Zamba de Lozano". Letras del Cancionero Folklorico Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  7. "Mercedes Sosa - A Que Florezca Mi Pueblo". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  8. "Fallecimiento de la "Niña Yolanda" de la Zamba de Lozano". RADIO DON (in Spanish). 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  9. "Se reeditó la Serenata a la Niña Yolanda junto a grandes artistas". Jujuy al Momento (in European Spanish). April 27, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  10. ""La Serenata a la Niña Yolanda" rinde homenajea a Los Tekis". Radio Nacional (in European Spanish). 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
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