Horacio Salinas
Biography
Horacio Salinas Álvarez (born 8 July 1951 in Lautaro, Cautín Province) is a Chilean guitarist and composer. He is cofounder and musical director of the Chilean group Inti-Illimani Histórico. He has a huge repertory of compositions that involves folk, Andean music, protest music, world music, contemporary classical music and many Latin American styles and fusions. In 1973, his group was touring in Europe when Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile, after which they had to stay in exile for years. He has played with many international musicians notably the Australian classical guitarist John Williams.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
474 releases · 78 albums · active 1969–2025
- Performance · 1,530
- Other credits · 694
- Engineering · 5
- Production · 3
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Forum Music Village · Forum Studio (2) · CBS Studios, London · Abbey Road Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Inti-Illimani
- Various
- Isabel Parra
- Mercedes Sosa
- Patricio Manns
- Inti Illimani
- Chico Trujillo
- Sajama