Enrique Samaniego

Harpist and Composer

Enrique Samaniego

                He was Born in step Jobai, Colonia Independencia January 4 1934. He studied the harp from boy with Feliciano it Banks and being very young integrated their first musical group, the group The Cardinal. It traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay where later it was part of the Amerindian Group (1956), and it integrated then from 1964, the trio The Three of the Paraguay, for presentations and recordings discography, for RCA Víctor and Marpar, With this group recorded more than 12 LP. Their March of the excombatientes received the first composition prize in the First Festival of the Harp organized by the group Paraguay Ñe and. in the decade of the 70 it recorded to duet with María Cristina Gómez, and I eat soloist. He also stood out as educational of Paraguayan harp. Among their more popular compositions they are: Karaí chive, A Villa Patoreo, Boyerito, Asucena del Oriente, Celia Carolina, Paso Jobái, Despertar de mi aldea, Danza del colibrí, Nostalgia maternal, Ko'e koygua, Estrellas de mi Asunción and others.