Rosario Bléfari

Rosario Bléfari 
Self portrait of Rosario Bléfari wearing a green dress and lipstick, smiling to the camera
Bléfari in 2008
PronunciationSpanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo βʟeˈfari]
Born(1965-12-24)24 December 1965
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died6 July 2020(2020-07-06) (aged 54)
Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Burial placeSanta Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina[1]
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actress
  • writer
Years active1978–2020
Notable work

Rosario Bléfari  (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo βʟeˈfari]; 24 December 1965 – 6 July 2020) was an Argentine singer-songwriter, actress, and poet, widely considered an emblematic figure of Argentine independent music and cinema.[2][3][4]

Life and work

She was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

From 1989 to 2001 she led the lo-fi indie rock band Suárez. By their fourth and final album Excursiones they moved towards a more indie pop sound and even achieved a mainstream hit with Río Parana.

After the dissolution of Suárez Rosario embarked on her solo career, which was generally characterized by a more acoustic and melodic sound than her work with Suárez, while still conserving punk and noise elements, and staying faithful to her DIY ethic.

In the 2010s she formed the band Sue Mon Mont and the duo Los Mundos Posibles, with younger collaborators from indie bands like Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Los Reyes del Falsete, and Mi Pequeña Muerte.

As an actress, she is most identified with her roles in Martín Rejtman's early films: the short Doli vuelve a casa (1986), and the features Rapado (1992), and especially Silvia Prieto (1999). She also appeared in Poor Butterfly (1986), I, the Worst of All (1990), Los dueños (2013) and The Idea of a Lake (2016).[5]

Bléfari died on 6 July 2020 from leukaemia-related problems at a hospital in Santa Rosa, Argentina at the age of 54.[6]

Discography

Suárez

Name / Date
1 Hora de no ver (1994)
2 Horrible (1995)
3 Galope (1996)
4 Excursiones (1999)
5 29:09:00 (EP, 2000)
6 La colección (compilation, 2005)

Solo

Name / Date
1 Cara (2002)
2 Estaciones (2004)
3 Misterio relámpago (2006)
4 Versiones relámpago (EP, 2006)
5 Calendario (2008)
6 Privilegio (2011)
7 Brazos en Huelga (EP, 2017)
8 Sector apagado (2019)

Sue Mon Mont

Name / Date
1 Sue Mon Mont (2014)
2 Contratiempo (EP, 2015)

Los mundos posibles

Name / Date
1 Pintura de guerra (2018)

Splits

Name / Date
1 4 Women No Cry (2005)

Filmography

Literary works

References

  1. ^ "Adiós a Rosario Bléfari, una artista inquieta". La Arena (in Spanish). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ Strassburger, Juan Manuel (6 July 2020). "Rosario Bléfari, una artista integral que siempre llevó las riendas de su creación". La Nación (in Spanish).
  3. ^ Pérez, Martín (12 July 2020). "Una despedida a Rosario Bléfari". Suplemento Radar, Página/12 (in Spanish).
  4. ^ Álvarez Núñez, Gustavo (9 July 2020). "Rosario Bléfari, ese magnetismo arrollador". Revista Ñ, Clarín (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Argentine Actress Rosario Bléfari, Protagonist of SILVIA PRIETO, Dies at 54". Cinema Tropical. 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ Murió Rosario Bléfari: La música, actriz y escritora que representó a toda una generación (in Spanish)