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Artist
Ima Galguén
12+ albums
spanishfemale vocalistspotify
about
Her real name is María Carmen González. She was born in 1960 in the municipality of Tijarafe, in the Canary Island of La Palma. She is an Art Education teacher at the Tijarafe Public Primary School. "My home is a balcony over the sea. Here the sky is of a deep blue and at dusk the soul feels the yearn to fly over the cliffs and disappear beyond the horizon. I search in my guitar for the sounds that will take me back to my most intimate and personal space, music." "Carmen and Pedro (her husband, well-known painter) have created in Tijarafe their secret garden, a place for calm and peacefulness, a niche where colours, verses and melodies arise in a natural, spontaneous way, as a logical consequence of the beauty that surrounds them..." wrote local Journalist Nomar Ojuaro. She became interested in literature at school with the encouragement of her teachers. While studying teaching in La Laguna (Tenerife Island), she sang in a choir for the first time. She also became interested in painting, and took part in some exhibitions. Later she joined the choir Coral del Pino, a very gratifying and enriching experience for her. Afterwards, together with Miguel González, she formed the children's choir Coro de Voces Blancas de Tijarafe, continuing to direct it on her own. For several years they sang with the recognition and the support of the public and were able to share very interesting experiences in the different recitals and events both on and off the Island. "Singing for me h
