Natalia Lafourcade

María Natalia Lafourcade Silva (; born 26 February 1984) is a Mexican pop-rock, jazz and folk singer and songwriter who, since her debut in 2002, has been one of the most successful singers in Latin America. Lafourcade's voice has been categorized as a lyric soprano. Early life María Natalia Lafourcade Silva was born on 26 February 1984 in Mexico City, but grew up in Coatepec, Veracruz, surrounded by music and art. Her father is the Chilean musician , and her mother is the pianist María del Carmen Silva Contreras. Her uncle was Chilean writer Enrique Lafourcade, a representative of the so-called "Generation of the 50s". During her childhood, Lafourcade studied music with her mother, imitating artists such as Gloria Trevi and Garibaldi. She would be influenced by Fiona Apple, Björk and Café Tacvba as well as Ely Guerra and Julieta Venegas. Her mother studied piano with a specialty in musical pedagogy and is the creator of the Macarsi Method for musical training and personal development for children and educators. She adapted and practiced the method with Lafourcade to help her rehabilitate through music, following a head injury from being kicked by a horse.