Francisca Valenzuela

Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Secondary Genre: Pop Santiago, Not Applicable Chile Contact

Francisca Valenzuela is a 22 year old singer-songwriter from Chile. She entered the Chilean music scene with a fresh unique pop-rock-folk style -playing piano, guitar and singing. Her debut 2007 album went gold in Chile. She has performed in NY, Mexico and Uruguay.

Artist Information

Biography

Francisca Valenzuela's music is pop-rock with piano. Her influences range from The Beatles and Ben Folds to Violeta Parra (Chilean folk-music), Fiona Apple, Joni Mitchell and Alanis Morisette.
She combines jazzy piano, chilean folk and traditional rock to make her own unique sound while singing very honest and direct lyrics. She sings of love, of loss, of gender issues, discrimination, the abuse of power and heartbreak.


You´ve Come a Long Way Baby

Francisca Valenzuela is a 22 year old singer-songwriter. She has joined the Chilean music scene with a new and unique style. She plays the piano and the guitar. She composes music, writes lyrics and sings in English and Spanish. She mixes a little bit of jazz, a little bit of rock, a little bit of pop.

In 2007, she launches her debut CD “Muérdete la lengua” (Bite your tongue) with 11 songs - 10 in Spanish and one in English – all written and composed by her. Once released, the local press calls her “the new musical revelation” and “the princess of rock”. The album goes Gold in Chile in 2008, and it is re-issued in a special edition, which includes two additional songs and a DVD containing four videoclips and several videos of songs peformed in vivo. In addition, the videoclips of the album´s five singles rotate in MTV-LA as well a local TV channels in Chile.

Francisca has been performing throughout Chile – from Iquique to Punta Arenas! – and also internationally in NY, Montevideo and Mexico City. She has participated in many other musical projects, composing music for documentaries and theater pieces, collaborating with others in composition and interpretation of songs, as well as participating in tribute CDs for great Chilean composers.


The Facts

• In 2007, her CD quickly escalates to the Top 10 at music stores in Chile.
• Various magazines and websites (Blondie, Caras, Ya) select “Muérdete la lengua” as one of 10 best albums of the year 2007 or 2008.
• Rolling Stone Chile includes it as number 16 - in its “50 best CDs of 2007” (in an international list!).
• She receives the APES Award as the “2007 Revelation Artist” (APES: Asociación de Periodistas y Espectáculos de Chile).
• She receives the Elena Caffarena Award from the National Center for Women, in the category of “2007 Young Talent”.
• She is selected as one of “100 Young Leaders 2007” of Chile by the main local newspaper El Mercurio.
• Her debut album goes Gold in 2008.
• Her album is voted #1 by readers of Caras Magazine and she is voted “Best of 2008” by readers of Ya Magazine.
• Latin America MTV selects her as one of the few artists to participate in its program MTV 15x15.
• In April 2009, American Latino TV selects Francisca as one of four nominees for the category Favorite American Latino TV Newcomer Award. In July 2009, she wins the Award by direct voting of supporters via web.




A Little Bit of History

Francisca was born and raised in the US. At 12, she moved to Chile. Since an early age she was interested in music and art. When she was 10 she started playing acoustic guitar and classical piano. Shortly after, she was already writing songs on both instruments. In parallel to her music abilities and activities, Francisca begins to write poetry and short stories. In the year 2000, a collection of her poems and two of her fiction pieces are published. The former, “Defenseless waters” (El Andar books) is published in the US –all illustrated by Francisca- and is prologued and praised by the writer Isabel Allende. The two short stories “Abejorros/Madurar (Bumblebees/Coming of Age)” (Plaza y Janés books), are published in Spain and also distributed in Latin America.

Once in Chile, Francisca participates in local high school music festivals as a solo artist with her own songs. In 2004, during her senior year, she begins to play in underground music bars and jazz clubs in Santiago with her keyboard and guitar.

By then in 2006, she uploads her songs on the internet (www.myspace.com/franciscavalenzuelamusic) and begins to develop her project with the help of cyberspace and the digital world. Her first single “Peces” (Fishes) begins to play at local radio stations.

During 2007 she forms her own band and, independently, records her debut album. By May of that year, she signs for distribution with Feria Music Chile. The “Muérdete la
Lengua” CD reaches stores in Chile in June 2007.


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Instrumentation

Francisca performs solo with accoustic or digital piano, guitar and voice.

Alternatively, she also performs with a full band, including drums, guitar and bass.

Discography

Muérdete la Lengua - 2007
Muérdete la Lengua (Double Edition with new songs and DVD) - 2008

"Muérdete la Lengua"
all tracks : music and lyrics by Francisca Valenzuela.

The songs can be heard by streaming on myspace (www.myspace.com/franciscavalenzuelamusic), also on Francisca's webpage (www.franciscavalenzuela.com).

Other songs composed in collaboration with LatinBitman - sung by Francisca Valenzuela
-Help Me
-Someday

These songs can be heard by streaming on http://www.myspace.com/latinbitman

Links

Audio

Lyrics

Video

Afortunada

Quiero Verte Más

Photo Gallery

Press

  • "Peces" by Francisca Valenzuela in Rolling Stone´s (Chile) top 100 songs of 2006 [+ Show ]

    - She rants so much against men that it gives way to second intentions. It sounds like pop, it so...

  • "Muérdete la Lengua" in top 50 CDs of 2007 [+ Show ]

    Francisca Valenzuela´s debut was a complete revelation. One would have expected a light and superfl...

  • Francisca Valenzuela: The new flavor in Latin Rock [+ Show ]

    Full interview: www.franciscavalenzuela.com -- Chile has always been an epicenter for rock in span...

  • Francisca bites your tongue [+ Show ]

    Full Interview: www.franciscavalenzuela.com - Her debut album "Muérdete la lengua" has been out a...

  • Francisca Valenzuela: A Star is Born [+ Show ]

    Special Edition: Vive Latino Chile 2007 - The young singer, pianist and composed Francisca Valenzu...

  • The Best Latin Music You Don’t Know [+ Show ]

    www.latina.com Exclusive Video: Francisca Valenzuela's "Dulce" This 20-year-old Chilean is our ...

  • Francisca Valenzuela: Top Tune in KCRW [+ Show ]

    Francisca Valenzuela is featured as the top tune at KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic (USA). www.kc...

  • Francisca Power [+ Show ]

    In one year, she hit gold with her album debut "Muérdete la Lengua" (Bite your Tongue"; she performe...

  • Francisca Valenzuela hits gold and debuts in digital sales [+ Show ]

    The best female voice reached the 7,500 copies sold of the debut CD "Muérdete la Lengua" (Bite your ...

  • New Single: Francisca Valenzuela "Quiero Verte Mas° [+ Show ]

    ....Valenzuela´s gited vocals are hardly captured on record; her instrumentalist abilites and owners...

  • Chile Pop Diva Francisca Valenzuela Wants to See You More [+ Show ]

    ... It´s a sign of good things to come. "Quiero Verte Mas" is an upbeat piano, vibraphone, and bass ...

  • Francisca Valenzuela Sweet Success - The most promising voice of Latin America [+ Show ]

    La libertad de la experiencia Después de sentirse perdida por un tiempo, Francisca Valenzuela lle...

  • Francisca Valenzuela Sweet Success - The most promising voice of Latin America [+ Show ]

    La libertad de la experiencia Después de sentirse perdida por un tiempo, Francisca Valenzuela lle...

Setlist

For a solo performance (piano/voice and guitar/voice) Francisca plays for about 30-45 minutes.

For performances with a band, the performance runs for 45 - 75 minutes.

For a solo performance, a typical set list - including covers (noted) would be:
- Afortunada
- Dulce
- Las Vegas
- No Necesito Mucho
- Queen
- Salvador
- Esta Noche
- Los Poderosos
- Muérdete la Lengua
- Excavador de Tumbas

- Run-Run (Cover- Violeta Parra)
- Vuelvo (Cover - IntiIllimani)

For band performance it would the previous songs plus other original songs such as
-Muleta
-Segunda Vuelta
-Peces
-Other new songs!

-Folsom Prison (Cover Johnny Cash)

Basic Requirements

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