Chabuca Granda

About Chabuca Granda

Chabuca Granda is the queen of Peruvian música criolla, a composer and singer whose elegant waltzes became the country's most cherished songs. Her masterpiece La Flor de la Canela, an ode to old Lima, is a Latin American standard recorded around the world. In her later years she moved beyond the vals into experimental Afro-Peruvian rhythms, championing artists like Susana Baca and leaving a legacy as Peru's most beloved songwriter.