Calatambo Albarracín

He was born in 1924 in Santa Laura in Chile's Tarapacá Region, an area known for nitrate mining.

He began composing at age 16 and moved to Santiago in the early 1950s.He worked to popularize the musical rhythms and instruments of northern Chile, including zampoñas, pusas, sikus, quenas, sikuris and lichiguayas.

He also performed and recorded with his group, Los Calicheros de Sierra Pampa.

[1][2] His notable compositions include "Trote Tarapaqueño”, "Navidad del desierto", "El huachitorito", “El cachimbo de Tarapacá”, “Caliche”, “Camanchaca”, “Adiós Salitrera Victoria”, “Tamarugal”, “Cueca San Lorenzo” and “La Tirana chica”.

In 1998, he also received the annual award of the Chilean Union of Folklorists and Guitarists.