Margot Loyola
Margot Loyola is a famous musician, folk singer and researcher of the folklore of her country and, in general, of Latin America.
Margot Loyola studied piano with Rosita Renard and Elisa Gayan at the National Conservatory of Music of Chile, and song with Blanca Hauser. In 1952 she immersed herself on the research and learning of some typical Peruvian dances and musical forms, the "marinera" and the "resbalosa". This allowed her to study the origins of these dances and to characterize the similitudes between the Peruvian versions and the Chilean ones ("resfalosa" and "cueca"). Subsequently, she worked with Porfirio Vasquez, the patriarch of black music in Peru, and then, she went on to study the indigenous culture of Peru, with Jose Maria Arguedas.
Later on, Margot studied Argentinean and Uruguayan traditional and folk music, with Carlos Vega and Lauro Ayestaran, respectively. In 1952, she began her celebrated research on the ceremonial dances of the Chilean north, with Rogelia Perez and other musicians and groups. Margot Loyola has researched on the folklore and traditional musical styles of all the regions of Chile as well as Easter Island . She has compiled and published a great deal of valuable material obtained from her scholarly research and is regarded as an artist and researcher of great talent and authority. Among the art expressions she has researched about there have been some which were virtually rescued from oblivion and extinction by her indefatigable and intelligent work.
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