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Uña Ramos
Argentine musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mariano Uña Ramos (27 May 1933 – 23 May 2014) was an Argentinian musician.
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Uña Ramos | |
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![]() Ramos playing quena flute | |
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Born | (1933-05-27)27 May 1933 Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina |
Died | 23 May 2014(2014-05-23) (aged 80) Paris, France |
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Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Quena |
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Uña Ramos was born in Humahuaca, Argentina, near the border with Bolivia. He was a renowned Andean musician and composer, a virtuoso of the quena, the end blown bamboo flute of the Andean Altiplano. He died in 2014 in Paris, four days before his 81st birthday.[1][2]