About Fernando Delgadillo
Fernando Delgadillo is a Mexican musician and composer. He is considered a major representative of the Folk music genre in Mexico often referred to as ¨Trova¨ . He is considered the ¨Creador de la canción informal¨
In 1986, Delgadillo began performing in "El Sapo Cancionero", a venue in Mexico City popular with undiscovered folk singers. In 1988, he became a regular performer.
In 1989, along with other musicians and writers, he created SEIMUS, or "Sociedad de Escritores y Músicos Urbanos Subterraneos" .
In 1990, SEIMUS recorded a home-made cassette, and in the same year Delgadillo recorded another two, named "Fernando Delgadillo" and "La Cancion Informal" . in 1991 he recorded two more cassettes. In 1992, he recorded his first CD, "Con cierto aire a ti" . The words in this title also have a double-meaning in Spanish "Con cierto = With a certain; Concierto = concert".
He continued to record a number of albums in the years that followed, and in 1997 he travelled to the Beijing International Television Festival, as the only Spanish-speaking singer, and some of his songs are translated into Chinese.
Delgadillo was also invited to the "Youth Festival" in Cuba, and in 1998, he presented his first CD in front of a major audience in the Metropolitan Theater in Mexico City. Later on, he played alongside Cuban musician Silvio Rodríguez during his Mexican tour in the National Auditorium.
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