Ismael Durán
Born
Ismael Leonardo Durán Galfano

(1949-04-08)April 8, 1949
Punta Arenas, Chile
DiedOctober 5, 2021 (aged 72)
Detroit, United States
NationalityChilean
Other namesBandolero
Children2, including Vicente Durán

Ismael "Bandolero" Leonardo Durán Galfano (8 April 1949 - 5 October 2021) was a Chilean singer-songwriter and political activist. He gained fame during the 80's, when he made various collaborations with the armed resistance in Chile during the military dictatorship.

Biography

Ismael Durán was born on the 8th of April 1949 to Ada Adela Galfano Portales and Darío Durán Domínguez,[1] in Punta Arenas, Chile.[2]

In 1973, after the military coup in Chile, he immigrated to Argentina, and, later on France,[3] where he met his partner, Mary Clare Carolan. That's where he has the majority of his musical career, becoming a singer of the Nueva Canción Chilena.[4]

After this, he moved to Detroit, an American city with a substantial Latin American population, where he had two children: Vicente Durán,who would go on to become a rapper, using the artistic name of SubVerso,[5] and Amelia Durán, who, with her father, helped establish Garage Cultural, a cultural center dedicated to preserving Latin American culture in the United States.[6]

In 1984, he came back to Chile in order to play next to other Chilean artists.[7] In 1985, he wrote the song "El paro lo agito yo" (lit: I stop the strike) along with Ana María Miranda in the album Movimiento Democrático Popular, which was published by the organization of the same name.[8] In 1999, he collaborated in the album Con Vista a la Esperanza, which was published in honor of Miguel Enríquez, by writing and recording the song "Por ti Juventud",[9] (lit. For you, youth) which is a song calling out for unity between the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front and the Revolutionary Left Movement.

As time went on, he returned to Detroit, where he resided for many years. He was also invited to the Cuban dance festival Cubadisco on various occasions, including the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019 editions.[10]

He published two albums, Memorias de la dignidad and Antología.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ismael Leonardo Durán Galfano". Genealogía Chilena en Red (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  2. ↑ Durán, Ismael. "Bandolero Duran. El Parolojito. Apoyo a las marchas populares". Arcoiris TV (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ Schoettl, Christian (2015-08-22). "Ismael Durán Bandolero". Le Blog de Christian Schoettl (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Music of the Andes: Chilean songwriters celebrate poet Pablo Neruda". Northern Express. 2004-10-06. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  5. ↑ Ponce, David. "Rap al ritmo de las noticias". www.mus.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  6. ↑ Ignaczak, Nina (2019-08-27). "Garage Cultural director Amelia Duran aims to help Southwest Detroit's kids hang onto heritage". Model D. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  7. ↑ Asfura Insunza, Eduardo (2011). "Cultura popular y contrahegemonía en las liricas del rap chileno independiente" (PDF). 38 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  8. ↑ "Obra Colectiva: MDP (Movimiento Democrático Popular) (1985)". Perrerac. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  9. ↑ "Item 000002 - Miguel. Con vista a la esperanza". Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  10. ↑ "Anuncian programa del Cubadisco 2019". Radio Cadena Habana (in Spanish). 2019-05-15.
  11. ↑ "Ismael Durán". Cancionero de la Patagonia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
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