Laura Lahera & Fulvio Paredes

An Argentinean singer born in La Plata, a province of Buenos Aires, Laura Lahera began her musical career at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in La Plata. She continued her craft at the Conservatorio Manuel de Falla with the classical singers Maria Fullin and Maria Jordan in Buenos Aires.

She sings as a mezzo-soprano soloist in the Coló Cervantes and San Martí theatres in Buenos Aires, performing pieces of contemporary music (Ginastera, Poulenc, Gandini) and directed by composers Armesto y Fontenla. At the same time, she dedicates herself to popular music, singing jazz, Brazilian music, and tango.

In 1977 she debuted in EL Viejo Almacen along with the six guitarists of Edmundo Rivero and directed by Roberto Grela. Between 1980 and 1990, she sang at the Copacabana in Tokyo, the Casino of Monte Carlo, and Gaddi's in Hong-Kong.

Argentinian guitarist Fulvio Paredes, born in Buenos Aires, began his guitar studies under the tutelage of Professor Eduardo Frasson at the early age of six. He also studied two years of piano with Elena Pallemaerts. From 1980 to 1985, he formalizes his musical career at the Berklee School of Music in Buenos Aires, where he concentrated in jazz, specifically harmony and improvisation. Formal studies also include piano, morphology, and audio perception with Professor Maria Luisa De Caro, and classic guitar with Fernando Tavolaro, among others. In 1985 he traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, where he enrolled at the Conservatoire of Popular Music. He finished his program in 1988.

He has participated in many European festivals and concerts, especially in Switzerland (Jazz Parade of Geneva; Festival of Montreux; Festival de la Cite of Lausanne). His musical talents allow him to play diverse styles such Brazilian music and tango Argentino. In 1992 he began to record with many groups and has since begun touring throughout Germany with his own group, Debute.

— Courtesy Calabash Music