Luis Alberto Spinetta

Known as “El Flaco” or simply by his last name, he was an Argentine singer, guitarist, poet, writer and composer of rock, considered one of the most important and respected musicians in Latin America. The instrumental, lyrical and poetic complexity of his works earned him recognition in many parts of the world.

Spinetta founded several groups, such as Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible, Spinetta Jade and Spinetta y los Socios del Desierto. His work is influenced by writers, philosophers, thinkers, psychologists and plastic artists such as Rimbaud, Van Gogh, Dalí, Escher, Lü Dongbin, Jung, Freud, Nietzsche, Foucault, Deleuze, Sartre, Castaneda and Artaud, as well as the cultures of the original peoples of America and the East.