Amparo Ochoa
Musical Artist
1946 – 1994
Who was Amparo Ochoa?
María Amparo Ochoa Castaños, better known as Amparo Ochoa, was a Mexican singer-songwriter. She was one of several other Mexican artists who emerged in the 1960s belonging to a genre known as Nueva canción.
Ochoa was born in 1946 in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Before becoming involved in music, Ochoa served as an elementary school teacher. She became heavily involved in songwriting beginning in 1962, and her career took off when she won a contest in her native state with the song "Hermosísimo Lucero".
In 1969, she moved to Mexico City to attend a music school. Shortly after, she released her first album De la mano del viento.
Ochoa is best known for writing songs with strong messages against social injustice as well songs about Mexican history and culture. Most of her lyrics focus on poverty, indigenous rights, and women's rights.
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- Born
- Sep 29, 1946
Culiacán - Also known as
- Ochoa, Amparo
- Died
- Feb 8, 1994
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on July 23, 2013
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