Santiago Chalar

Chalar died of cancer on November 21, 1994 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

At the age of 17, he had his first gig, singing folk music songs and playing the guitar and the piano. He played in Bahía, Brazil in 1984, together with Hugo Marmolejo and Omar Sanz (keyboards). In 1958, he met Osiris Rodríguez Castillos.

In 1980 Omar Sanz talked Charlar into including a keyboard and join a music group with Hugo Marmolejo.

From 1978 on, he worked with Santos Inzaurralde, Wenceslao Varela, Lucio Muniz and Rubén Lena. He took part in many music festivals in Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador, Mexico, Estados Unidos and Spain.

In 1974, he moved to Minas to be the public hospital director. He created a traditional music festival in Minas called Minas y Abril to raise funds to the public hospital, which is nowadays one of the most popular folk music festival in Uruguay.

In 1974, Jorge Cafrune invited him to the Cosquín Festival in Argentina.

In 1961 he recorded his first album, with the single "Gurí pescador" He took part in music festivals in Uruguay and Argentina, and he represented Uruguay in the World Folk Festival in Mexico in 1968.

Carlos Alfredo Paravís Salaverry known as Santiago Chalar (September 25, 1938, Montevideo – November 21, 1994) was a physician traumathologist, poet, songwriter, musician, guitarist and singer from Uruguay. He studied music and medicine. He used an alias Santiago to pay homage to a friend of his who died in a plane accident and Chalar was one of his ancestors last name. In his artistic career he achieved recognition and fame. He obtained some music awards. He is considered one of the best Uruguayan folk music songwriters and singers.

Santiago Chalar was born on September 25, 1938 in Montevideo, Uruguay.