Liliana Felipe es cantante, compositora, pianista, actriz y activista argentina. Es conocida por sus alegres danzones, hermosas canciones de amor, provocadoras presentaciones en el escenario, imágenes impactantes y su dedicación al mensaje de libertad. Ella es una artista cuya obra se caracteriza por sus fuertes señalamientos contra el autoritarismo de Estado, la hipocresía de la Iglesia Católica, la cerrazón mediática, la desigualdad, el racismo, el machismo, el especismo, y a favor de los Derechos Humanos y de los Derechos de todos los Animales: humanos y no humanos.

Liliana Felipe was born in Las Varillas, Córdoba in 1954 and spent her youth in Villa María. She studied piano at the Felipe Boero Provincial Conservatory of Music. In 1973, she began studying Composition and Instrumental Performance at the National University of Córdoba’s School of Arts. You might expect that she would merely spend her time training in the arts and pursuing performance opportunities. Instead, while at the University, she became one of the most vocal activists in the country, and a founding member of Canto Popular Córdoba, a national resistance movement of artist-activists who were fighting against the government.

Liliana fought because her youthful years in her home country were a time of consistent political unrest. The early 1970s in Argentina were marked by the fall of the infamous Juan Perón, leading to the Guerra Sucia, or Dirty War. During this time, right-wing leaders led a campaign of state-sponsored terrorism and military violence against leftist & progressive politicians, violently silencing and displacing dissident organizations and citizens.

Liliana was one of those citizens. She was progressive and forward-thinking and loudly spoke out against this military dictatorship. However, by 1975, the Argentinian government began going after universities, professors, and students like her. It shut down the National University of Cordóba and the School of Arts. So, Liliana dedicated her full time to the movement. In 1976, she began performing with the activist ensemble “Nacimiento”, or the Birth. However, artists and activists, too, were under constant threat of violence. The group left the country and traveled to Mexico, joining Centro Argentino de Solidaridad, or the Argentinian Center of Solidarity, still sharing the message of protest. “Disappearing” is a term often used in latinoamerican countries to describe when the government kidnaps and secretly imprisons or murders dissident citizens, and, in 1978, the Argentinian military “disappeared” Liliana’s sister and brother in law. At that point, she knew could not return to Argentina.

Settling in Mexico, she began a solo career as a singer and performer. Her life experiences up to that point became the cornerstone of her artistic message while also embracing new art forms like mexican danzones.