Miguel Ángel Estrella

Miguel Ángel Estrella (born 4 July 1940 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina), is an Argentine pianist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and a juror of the Russell Tribunal.

As a pianist, he numbers Celia de Bronstein, Erwin Leuchter, and Nadia Boulanger among his mentors.

He went into exile on 1976 during the National Reorganization Process and was imprisoned and tortured in 1977 by the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay. He was released in 1980.[1]

Since 2007 he has been the Argentine ambassador to the UNESCO and in 2010 he performed in the Estudio País Bicentenario programme broadcast by the state-run Canal Siete. On 11 March 2013 he was honoured by the Argentine Senate for his career and his defense of human rights.[2]

References
  1. Miguel Angel Estrella homenajea en París a su “ángel liberador”(in Spanish)
  2. Miguel Ángel Estrella recibió la distinción de honor del Senado(in Spanish)
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