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Isabel López Soto
"Chabela"
Stage name:
"La Rancherita Hidalguense"
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| Born:
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July 10, 1941 in Reál del Monte, Hidalgo. |
| Resides:
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Mexico City |
| Instrument: |
Violin |
| Group(s): |
Mariachi Estrellas de México, 1950
Mariachi Las Adelitas
Mariachi Las Coronelas
Mariachi Las Alteñitas, formed by Isabel López.
After about twenty years, members of Mariachi Estrellas de
México and Mariachi Las
Coronelas reunite. Present were: Malena Berrones,
Josefina Correa,
Concha Madera,
Isabel López,
Josefina Correa, Dora,
María de Los Angeles,
Juana Lara,
María
de Jesús Lara, Lupe Villa,
Enriqueta Aguilar and
Isabel López. (approx. 1993-2000). During that
reunion the group contracts a tour to Puerto Rico and Chicago, IL.
Mariachi Las Alazanas, formed by Isabel López. (1995) |
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Performs with male groups in
Garibaldi Square, Mexico City.
In 2008, performing with the Pioneras Tour Group, Mariachi Las Pioneras de México.
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Audios and Videos: | Appeared in the Mexican movie, "Escuela
de Música", with Pedro Infante (1955)
Recorded collection of songs by
Pepe Guizar and
Epimenio Díaz. (1987) |
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Her Musical Tree: |
Father was a musician. They would perform on the buses together when she was a young girl.
Her sister,
Hilda Lopez Soto, was also a first generation pioneer in Mexico.
Her four daughters perform mariachi music:
Raquél,
Aída,
Aurora and
Martha.
Her two sons, Jaime (guitarron, vihuela, guitar) and Hector (guitar, vihuela) are mariachis.
Some of her grandchildren, girls and boys, are continuing the family tradition.
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| Updated: May 2008 |
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