Natalia Lafourcade
| Natalia Lafourcade | |
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Lafourcade performing in 2014
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | María Natalia Lafourcade Silva |
| Born |
February 26, 1984 Coatepec, Mexico |
| Origin | Mexico |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Sony-BMG |
| Associated acts | Natalia y La Forquetina |
| Website | lafourcade |
| Notable instruments | |
| Acoustic Guitar, Piano | |
María Natalia Lafourcade Silva (Spanish pronunciation: [naˈtalja lafurˈkade]; born 26 February 1984 in Coatepec, Mexico) is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter who since her debut in 2003 has been one of the most successful singers in the pop rock scene in Latin America. Her band's name is Natalia y La Forquetina. Lafourcade's voice has been categorized as a lyric soprano.
Lafourcade's parents were musicians. Her father is the French-Chilean musician and her uncle is writer Enrique Lafourcade.
She attended Instituto Anglo Español, a Catholic middle school, and studied painting, flute, theater, music, acting, piano, guitar, saxophone and singing. When she was 10, Natalia sang in a Mariachi group.
She then lived in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico, where she studied music with her mother,María del Carmen Silva Contreras, imitating artists like Gloria Trevi and Garibaldi. Her mother studied piano career with a specialty in musical pedagogy and is the creator of the Macarsi Method for musical training and the integral and human development of children and educators, which she adapted and practiced in Natalia as a result of an injury she received on the forehead by a horse, with the purpose of helping her in her rehabilitation through music.
In 1998, Natalia was part of a girl trio called Twist. The group was unsuccessful and they split up the following year.
When she was 17, Loris Ceroni gave Natalia the opportunity to be in a pop/rock group under his guidance, but when she wasn't sure, he encouraged her to go solo. Ceroni produced her first LP under the label of Sony Music. It was recorded in Italy and was cowritten with Aureo Baqueiro. Sabo Romo played in 2 songs. Natalia Lafourcade is a mix of pop, rock, bossa-nova and Latin rhythms. It features the songs "Busca Un Problema", "Elefantes", "Te Quiero Dar", "Mírame, Mírate", and her biggest hit, "En El 2000".
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