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Sebastián Santa María | |
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 Santa Maria, 1983 | |
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| Born | 24 September 1959 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 20 October 1996 (aged 37) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Genres | Soft rock Jazz |
Sebastián Santa María Pérez (September 24, 1959 – October 20, 1996)[1] was a Chilean-Swiss musician.[2] He was born in 1959 in Santiago, Chile, but settled in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 17.
He played the piano in several clubs in Lausanne until beginning a fertile career as a composer, composing a number of songs including some made for Catherine Lara, Bernard Lavilliers, for Viktor Lazlo's album My Delicious Poisons and Isabelle Adjani.[3]
Besides these composing activities, he also played numerous piano duet jazz concerts with François Lindemann, and a few years later, he founded with Lindemann a unique group of seven Steinways called Piano Seven.
He also participated in the reincarnation of British band The Zombies,[4] playing on their 1991 album, New World. As a solo artist, he released a few singles and one full-length album (Latino, 1994). A second album, Corpus, was released posthumously in 1997.[5]
Santa María died of adrenoleukodystrophy in 1996 in Lausanne.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sebastian Santa Maria | Composer, Soundtrack". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
- ↑ O'Neill, Claire. "Francie Conway shares album of reworked hits, Another Night In Amsterdam". Hotpress. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
- ↑ "Sebastian Santa Maria vinyl, 13 LP records & CD found on CDandLP". www.cdandlp.com. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
- ↑ Mullen, Paul (2024-06-02). "Colin Blunstone: Zombie, Romantic, Trailblazer, The Voice". The Broken Spine. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
- ↑ Fuentes, Jorge (2018-12-27). "Sebastián Santa María, el talentoso músico chileno que conquistó Europa con la canción "Keep on singing"". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
External links
[edit]- Official webpage
- Discography (in French)
- Latino
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