Leonor Harispe

After her family's exile to Europe in the 1970s and 80s, everything began for her in Argentina. Her childhood in Buenos Aires after the military dictatorship, and her discovery of traditional music, open stages and folklore, became her inspiration, her commitment and her calling. She studied folklore at the Escuela de Estudios Folklóricos in Buenos Aires. On arriving in France, she specialised in South American and feminist literature at the universities of Aix-en-Provence and Toulouse, and earned a master's degree in Latin American literature. She took to the stage with the company Les Anachroniques as a bilingual French-Spanish actress (La casa de Bernarda Alba, Yerma(s), Las Crónicas del Sochantre, Les Délieuses de Langue, Pared…), moved into theatre training and radio presenting (Fréquences latines / Radio Mon Païs), and became a director and writer of shows for young audiences (Prix des Incorruptibles, J'entends la Lluvia…), never leaving music and song behind. Then came the bands LiuBila and Cuarteto Tafi, with whom she composes, writes and sings at many music festivals. Over time she has devoted her inspiration entirely to Cuarteto Tafi, writing lyrics rooted in her Argentine identity that pay tribute, through song and writing, to the country's cultural blending and history.