The Uruguayan artist has joined IICA’s campaign to channel greater political and social attention towards those who guarantee our food supply during Covid-19.
San Jose, 10 June 2020 (IICA). Uruguayan composer, singer, guitarist and visual artist, Rossana Taddei, has joined the campaign of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) to pay tribute to key actors in the agrifood chain, whose efforts are ensuring the production, transportation, marketing and supply of food during the pandemic.
In her more than 30 years in music, Taddie has released 13 records that are free of stylistic limitations – an eclectic combination of songs ranging from folk, rock, pop, and jazz to Latin American and Río de la Plata folk rhythms.
Her record, BandAlegre—recorded in Switzerland—copped the Premio Graffiti award for Best Urban Music Album in 2014 and she won the Premio Graffiti award as Best Female Soloist in 2015 and again in 2017.
Taddei has performed on stage with Montevideo’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and with Vicentico, Paulinho Moska, Gal Costa, Pedro Guerra and Lila Downs. She also appeared as a back-up singer for Gloria Gaynor during her three concerts staged in Uruguay.
IICA’s campaign has brought together renowned artists from different countries in the Americas, who are selflessly participating in the POPULAR MUSIC TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO WORK DAY TO DAY TO PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLES.
Gustavo Santaolalla, João Bosco, Gilberto Gil, León Gieco, Carlinhos Brown, Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, Mart’nália, Maria Luiza Jobim, Teresa Parodi, Soledad Villamil, Víctor Heredia, Hilda Lizarazu, Paulo Miklos, Lidia Borda, La Charo (Tonolec), Willy Piancioli (Los Tipitos), Agustín Ronconi (Arbolito), Alejandro Davio (Mundo Alas), Anabella Zoch, Peteco Carabajal, Dolores Solá, Acho Estol (La Chicana), Guadalupe Urbina, Lila Downs, Los Folkloristas, Nano Stern, Ana Prada & Pata Kramer, Adrián Goizueta and Larbanois & Carrero are just some of the performers who have selflessly and generously contributed to the IICA campaign.
Enjoy Rossana Taddei’s performance here:
Several organizations in different countries have taken part in the tribute organized by IICA. In Argentina, it has received the backing of the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; the Ministry of Culture of the Nation; the Ministry of Social Development; the anti-hunger program – Plan Argentina contra el Hambre; the Secretariat of Media and Public Communication; the public broadcast entity, Contenidos Públicos Sociedad del Estado and the arts foundation, Fondo Nacional de las Artes.
Meanwhile, in Brazil, UNESCO Brazil and the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (ABRAS) have both endorsed and become a part of this campaign.
Access the concert by the Argentinian performers who have joined this campaign by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1CxNALDus. Contributions from the other artists can also be found on the IICA YouTube channel.
IICA will continue to publish the contributions of the artists participating in the campaign on all its digital platforms and on those of its partners in this initiative, using the following hashtags on social media:
#GRACIAS
#HEROESYHEROINAS
#PORLOSALIMENTOSENNUESTRAMESA
#OBRIGADO #OBRIGADA
#HERÓISEHEROÍNAS
#PORALIMENTOSEMNOSSAMESA
#THANKS
#HEROESANDHEROINES
#FORFOODONOURTABLES
More information:
Institutional Communication Division, IICA.
comunicacion.institucional@iica.int
