Estrella was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, and according to what he told in interviews, he had the revelation of the piano at the age of 12 when he discovered the musician Frederic Chopin, when his father took him to a concert of the symphony orchestra of that city.
In addition to being a talented musician, Estrella was a peace activistand in 2003 he was nominated Argentine ambassador to UNESCO and in 2009, a member of the jury of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.
He was also nominated Knight of the Legion of Honor in France and in 2013 the Argentine Senate distinguished him for his career and his defense of human rights.
In the French nation, Estrella had been nominated Knight of the Legion of Honor in France and decorated with the Danielle Mitterrand award from the France Libertés Foundation.
In 2013, the Argentine Senate had distinguished him for his career and his defense of human rights: “I want to fight with music against those who want to subjugate us,” the pianist, founder of “Música Esperanza”, remarked on several occasions, an initiative with which took his art to the most neglected sectors.
After learning of his death, political leaders lamented the news and highlighted his figure.
Cristina Kirchner He expressed from his Twitter account: “We say goodbye with immense pain to the great Argentine musician Miguel Ángel Estrella, former ambassador to UNESCO and fighter for human rights. See you always dear Miguel. My condolences to family and friends.”
Meanwhile, the chief of staff, Juan Manzur, expressed “deep sorrow” for the death of Estrella, whom he defined as “an immense artist committed to his people.”
“It is with deep sorrow that we bid farewell to Miguel Ángel Estrella, an artist of excellence and a militant for Peace. We are left with his music, his example of life and his immense struggle. We accompany his loved ones in this sad moment,” said the Ministry of Culture .
The musician currently directed the Casa Argentina in Paris, a residence dependent on the Ministry of Education located in the Parisian University City that receives and provides accommodation to Argentine students who wish to continue their studies in the French capital.
Estrella spent two years in prison and torture in Montevideo, when he was kidnapped in the 1970s, and says that he saved his life “due to pressure from the world” to release him.
About that tragic moment, he recalled that a bloodthirsty colonel explained to him that he was “a class traitor” and that he told him: “you are never going to play the piano again. Because you are not a guerrilla, but you are something worse: with your piano and your smile puts black people in your pocket and you make black people believe that they can listen to Beethoven”.
Source: Ambito
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