Charo Bogarín

Charo Bogarín (born 24 September 1972) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and actress. She is better known as half of the folclore duo Tonolec, alongside Diego Pérez.

Charo Bogarín
Bogarín performing with Tonolec in 2011
Background information
Born	(1972-09-24) 24 September 1972 (age 52) Clorinda, Formosa, Argentina
Genres	Folk
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2000–present
Labels	La Charo

In 2020, she starred in a biopic miniseries as the Mapuche Tehuelche singer-songwriter Aimé Painé.^[1]

Background

Bogarín was born on 24 September 1972 in Clorinda, Formosa Province into a family of Guaraní descent. She is the great-granddaughter of cacique Guayraré.^[2] Her father, Francisco "Pancho" Bogarín, was a peronist politician who was "disappeared" by the military dictatorship in 1976.^[3] After her father's abduction, she moved with her mother and her sister to Resistencia, Chaco.^[4]

Musical career

Tonolec performing in Tecnópolis in 2011.

Bogarín formed what would become Tonolec in 2000 with Diego Pérez, a native of Resistencia who was living in Córdoba at the time. After spending several years researching Qom musical culture, they began experimenting by mixing Qom music with Mbyá Guaraní folk singing and electronic music. Bogarín has cited the influence of Chelaalapí Qom Choir, with whom Tonolec has collaborated several times.^[5] Much of Tonolec's music is sung in the Qom language, as well as in Guaraní.^[6][7]

In 2022, she was appointed vice-president of the INAMU (Instituto Nacional de la Música), an Argentine government agency promoting musical endeavors since 2012.^[8] As part of the institute's authorities, she has stated her intention to promote women in the music industry and safekeep indigenous musical traditions.^[9]

Personal life

Bogarín has a daughter, Gala, whom she raised on her own as the father died when Gala was a toddler.^[10] She has been in a relationship with actor Juan Palomino since 2018.^[11]

Discography

With Tonolec

• Tonolec (2005)
• Plegaria del árbol negro (2008)
• Folk - Los pasos labrados (2010)
• Tonolec acústico (DVD) (2011)
• Cantos de la tierra sin mal (2014)
• Tonolec: Cancionero (anexado al libro La Celebración: Cancionero 2005-2015) (2015)
• Mitai (2017)

As a solo artist

• La Charo (2018)
• Legado (2019)
• La Formoseña (2022)

References

1. Sánchez, Sergio (23 August 2020). "Una miniserie repasa la historia de Aimé Painé". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
2. "Charo Bogarín, la "Princesa Guayraré"". La Capital de Mar del Plata (in Spanish). 13 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
3. "Francisco Javier Bogarin "Pancho"". desaparecidos.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
4. "Charo Bogarín reivindicó a su padre militante peronista desaparecido: "Es mi faro en la música y el arte"". Agenfor (in Spanish). 22 March 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
5. Zubieta, Sebastián (5 October 2016). "Argentina's Tonolec Experiments With Tradition". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Tonolec rescata cantos de infancia tobas y guaraníes y los cruza con la electrónica en "Mitai"". Télam (in Spanish). 17 May 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
7. "TONOLEC". buenosaires.gob.ar (in Spanish). 9 June 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
8. "NUEVAS AUTORIDADES DEL INAMU". INAMU (in Spanish). 10 May 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
9. Pagés, Pablo; Aguilera, Marvel (30 August 2022). "Charo Bogarín: "La música independiente es un sector vulnerado en la escena de la industria"". Caras y Caretas (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
10. "Charo Bogarín: "Me siento representada y orgullosa por nuestro género"". La Tinta (in Spanish). 14 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
11. "Juan Palomino y Charo Bogarín: "Estamos en una primavera sexual"". Radio Más FM 935 (in Spanish). 21 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

External links

• Charo Bogarín on Instagram