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Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco (born on November 20, 1951, in Cañada Rosquín, Argentina) is an Argentine folk-rock performer, composer, and interpreter.

Born in the Santa Fe town of Cañada Rosquín, León has recorded more than forty discs, has an autobiographical book, Chronicle of a Dream, written together with the journalist Oscar Finkelstein and carried out emblematic conceptual projects such as From Ushuaia to La Quiaca and Wings World.

Among the most outstanding recognitions he has received throughout his career are the five statuettes of the Gardel Awards for his latest studio album The landing; the Gardel Lifetime Achievement Award; the Gardel Solidario Award for the Memory Project Amia.

In addition, in 2018 he was distinguished with the White Handkerchief of the Grandmothers Association of Plaza de Mayo. He also received Honoris Causa distinctions from different universities in the country and was the first artist to receive the Manuel López Blanco Prize awarded by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of La Plata for his career and social performance.

From his first album, released in 1973, which includes classics like All the white horses, The land of freedom, Iron men and Let’s all be horses From now on, Gieco’s career was framed in his permanent commitment to the defense of Human Rights and his vocation to give testimony of a reality that counted as few.

With The memory As a mandate and guide, and a series of non-negotiable ideals, León punctuated his extensive repertoire with timeless songs such as If you see my father, The man and the swallows, Think of nothing, The hill of life, Be careful with the Orozco, A little understanding, River and sea, Five centuries the same, Heart seeds and The angel of the bicycle, among many more.

Of course out of series appears I only ask God, the song that almost fell out of the album’s track list 7 years and it ended up becoming a universal hymn that was translated into most of the languages ​​spoken in the world.

Mercedes Sosa used to say that if a León Gieco did not exist, it would have to be invented. Fortunately, the man saved us the first part, so instead of inventing it the best we can do is celebrate.