Amelita Baltar

She is mostly known for her collaboration with composer Astor Piazzolla and writer Horacio Ferrer, specially as first performer of their song “Balada para un loco”.

She starred in places such as Olympia (Paris), De Kleine Komedie (Amsterdam), Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (Istanbul, Turkey), Cocoanut Grove at Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles) or Ginásio do Maracanãzinho (Rio de Janeiro) and shared the stage with celebrities such as Charles Aznavour, Franck Pourcel, Henry Mancini, Gerry Mulligan, Gary Burton and Chick Corea.

Immediately released as a single by CBS Records International, it sold 200.000 copies in just a few weeks, thing that could only be achieved at the time in Argentina by foreigner stars such as The Beatles or local pop singers such as Palito Ortega and Sandro de América.

Back in Argentina, she performed “El gordo triste”, Piazzolla and Ferrer's tribute to Aníbal Troilo, in the presence of the honoree.

In 2012 she released the CD “El nuevo rumbo” featuring the famous rock singers Fito Páez, Pedro Aznar, Fernando Ruiz Díaz from Catupecu Machu and specially Luis Alberto Spinetta in one of his last recordings before passing away.