Luis Eduardo Aute
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Luis Eduardo Aute Gutiérrez-Répide September 13, 1943 Manila, Philippine Commonwealth |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Musician, singer-songwriter, film director, painter and poet |
Luis Eduardo Aute Gutiérrez-Répide (born September 13, 1943) is a Philippine-born Spanish singer, songwriter, film director, actor, sculptor, writer and painter. Best known for his work as a cantautor (songwriter and singer), Aute is part of the musical tradition known as Nueva Cancion. During his long career, he has written over four hundred songs, many of them now considered classics. In addition to music, Aute is a well-respected artist, poet, and filmmaker with an impressive body of work.
Luis Eduardo Aute was born in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, on September 13, 1943. His father, a Catalan (from Catalonia, Spain) had worked in that country for a tobacco company since 1919 and was married to a Filipina of Spanish descent. In his childhood, Aute studied at the De La Salle School, where he learned English and Tagalog, which is used within his family. At an early age, he showed unusual ability as a painter and sketcher. Another childhood passion was cinema; his interest in filmmaking was abetted by his parents' giving him an 8 mm camera, which he used to produce home-made movies with his friends.
At the age of eight, he made his first trip to Spain. In Madrid, he sang for the first time in public with the Hotel Aveneda orchestra, interpreting the song Las hojas muertas (The Dead Leaves). At age 9 he watched On the Waterfront, a movie that had a powerful influence on him and inspired him to write his first poems in English. Another cinematic influence at that age was the movie Niagara, where he discovered the eroticism and sensuality of Marilyn Monroe.
In 1954 after a short stay in Barcelona, Aute returned definitively to Madrid, where he studied in the "Colegio Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas" (Catholic School). At 15, with his new guitar received as a birthday present, he performed at an end of school party, as part of a trio with two friends. Although he enjoyed music, art remained his primary passion. During these early years he was strongly influenced by German Expressionism and dedicated most of his time to painting, winning a silver medal in a Spanish 'Juvenile Art Contest'.
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