Guillermo Anderson

Guillermo Anderson (February 25, 1962 – August 6, 2016) was one of the best known Honduran musicians. His music is about the beauty in different forms in Honduras, sometimes talks about social problems, but also personal topics. His music mixes tropical rhythms, garifuna drums and contemporany music. Some of his discs were created to be enjoyed by kids.

Early years

Anderson was born in La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras, February 26, 1962. He studied primary school Escuela Mazapán, at La Ceiba, and High School at San Isidro School also in La Ceiba.

His career at United States

Guillermo traveled to United States and studied at University of California, Santa Cruz were studied letters with focus on Hispanoamerican literature, were he graduated on 1986. On this time he produced a disc and concert called "Para Los Chiquitos" (a disc album for kids). After this time he worked on teather with "El Teatro De La Esperanza" on San Francisco, California, and El Teatro Campesino with Luis Valdez (producer of La Bamba).

Honduras career

In 1987 Guillermo returned to Honduras, and created La Ceiba COLECTIVARTES, an artist movement with other group of artists, and invited other artists from Europe and USA to perform different works on La Ceiba. The most popular of these works was "Sabor A Sombra", based on Nelson Merren poetry.

After this, Guillermo started to make concerts and performances on festivals like "Aires de Abril" on Tegucigalpa and country sides of Honduras. During this era, Anderson made his first records of songs like; "Retratos" and "En Mi País" that recorded on cassettes that sell athis concerts. He often traveled to forest areas of Honduras, among them, La Mosquitia a kind of Central American Amazonia where he recovered their musical traditions.

Discography

Album name Year Record Label Format
Para Los Chiquitos 1986 Independiente Cassete
En mi país 1987 Colectivartes Cassete
Retratos 1989 Colectivartes Cassete
La Fuerza Que Tenés 1992 Colectivartes/Comunica Cassete
La Fiesta En El Bosque 1994 Colectivartes/Guaymuras Cassete
En El Patio De Mi Casa 1995 Colectivartes /Comunica Cassete
Para los Chiquitos 1995 Costa norte Records Cassete
Rumor de Mar 1995 Colectivartes Cassete
Guillermo Anderson Acústico 1997 Costa Norte Records Cassete
Todos Unidos 2001 Costa Norte Records/UNESCO Cassete
Encarguitos de el caribe 2005 CD CD
Costa y Calor 2005 CD
Pobre marinero 2005 CD
El tesoro que tenes 2006 CD
Desde el fondo de el mar 2006 CD
Mujer canción mujer 2006 CD
Del tiempo y del tropico 2007 CD
Para los chiquitos 2008 CD
El tesoro que tenes 2009 CD
Lluvia con soll[1] 2012 CD

Awards

Secretary of State for Culture, Arts and Sports awarded Anderson with "la orden Laurel de Oro" for his contribution to Honduran culture.

Death

On November 2015 was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Guillermo Anderson died on August 6, 2016 at La Ceiba, Atlantida.[2]

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