Biography:

Karina Vismara ( Balcarce , Buenos Aires Province , 1990 – August 10 , 2022 ) ¹ was an Argentine folk music singer -songwriter .

Biography

Vismara was born in Balcarce in 1990. In her childhood she received a keyboard as a gift, and from that moment she decided to dedicate herself to music, also guided by her father, who was a guitarist and singer. To continue her musical training, at age 19 she moved to the UK to study at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, receiving her degree from Paul McCartney upon her graduation. 1

In 2015 he published his first record work, entitled Casa del viento and composed mostly of songs in English. ¹ After publishing some singles, in 2019 she published Selva , her second long duration. That same year she participated in events such as Cosquín Rock , Ciudad Emergente , Fardo Fest and La Bienal, and shared the stage with artists such as Juana Molina , Bandalos Chinos and El Kuelgue . 2

With the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic , Vismara dedicated herself to sharing music videos from her home, and published the single “Sola por la ciudad” in collaboration with the electronic music trio Poncho . ³ In 2020 she contributed her song “Mountain” to the soundtrack of the British series Long Way Up , which appeared in the third chapter, entitled “Southern Patagonia”. ¹ A year later she published “Do not let yourself be conquered”, her last single. 4

Death 

Karina Vismara died in Buenos Aires on August 10, 2022 due to kidney failure , aggravated by cancer with which she had been dealing. ^5 6 The Ministry of Culture of Argentina confirmed the news through its Twitter account . ¹ Before her death, the artist had been hospitalized for a month at the Güemes Sanatorium in the Argentine capital. ⁷ Musicians such as Leo García , Stu Larsen and Emmanuel Horvilleur , with whom she shared musical sessions, expressed their condolences through social networks. ⁷​

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