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Hugo Fattoruso

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Hugo Fattoruso
Hugo Fattoruso in 1965
Hugo Fattoruso in 1965
Background information
Born
Hugo Fattoruso Dorci

(1943-06-29) 29 June 1943 (age 83)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • bandleader
  • composer
Instruments
Years active1952–present

Hugo Fattoruso Dorci (born 29 June 1943) is an Uruguayan musician, composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist. He is considered a significant figure in contemporary Latin American music, with a career encompassing rock, jazz, candombe, funk and fusion since the 1950s.[1][2]

Fattoruso first became known as a member of Los Shakers, a 1960s Uruguayan rock band noted for its Beatle-influenced sound. The group gained widespread popularity in South America.[3][4] While their first two albums drew heavily on the Beatles' musical style, their third and final album, La Conferencia Secreta del Toto’s Bar (1968), incorporated elements of tango, candombe and bossa nova, and is regarded as an important contribution to the development of Latin rock.[5][6]

In the early 1970s Fattoruso moved to the United States, where he co-founded the jazz-fusion ensemble Opa with his brother Osvaldo Fattoruso originally as the backing group for Airto Moreira. The group blended electric jazz with Afro-Uruguayan candombe, Brazilian music and funk, and later achieved a cult following within the Latin jazz-rock scene.[7][8]

Throughout his career Fattoruso has collaborated with artists such as Milton Nascimento, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Hermeto Pascoal, Djavan, Jaime Roos and Ruben Rada. His solo work spans a wide range of genres, and he has led or participated in numerous projects, including Trio Fattoruso, Barrio Opa and Rey Tambor, often focusing on the fusion of candombe and jazz.[9]

Fattoruso has received several awards for his work, including a Latin Grammy Award for Musical Excellence.[10] He continues to perform and record, and remains an influential figure in Uruguay's musical culture as well as in international jazz and world music.[11]

Career

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  • 1952–1958: Trío Fattoruso
  • 1959–1963: The Hot Blowers.
  • 1964–1969: Los Shakers
  • 1969–1981: Opa
  • 2000–present: Trío Fattoruso
  • 2003–present: Hugo Fattoruso and Rey Tambor
  • 2004–present: Solo artist
  • 2007: With Yahiro Tomohiro created "Dos Orientales"

Discography

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With Los Shakers

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With Hugo y Osvaldo

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  • La Bossa Nova de Hugo y Osvaldo (1969)

With Opa

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  • Goldenwings (1976)
  • Magic Time (1977)
  • Opa en vivo (1987)
  • Back Home (1996)

With Otroshakers

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  • A Los Shakers (1981)

Solo albums

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  • Varios nombres (1986)
  • Oriental (1990)
  • Las aventuras de Fattoruso & Rada: En blanco y negro (with Ruben Rada) (1991)
  • Momentos (with Jorge Graf) (1994)
  • Homework (1997)
  • O último blues (2002)
  • Ciencia Fictiona (2004)
  • Canciones (2009)
  • Café y bar Ciencia Fictiona (2009)
  • Ángeles (2009)
  • Acorde on (2011)
  • Canciones sin fin (2013)
  • Hugo Fattoruso y Barrio Opa (2018)
  • Recorriendo Uruguay (2021)
  • Maquetas y Borradores (2021)

With Trío Fattoruso

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  • Trío Fattoruso (2001)
  • En vivo en Medio y Medio (2005)
  • Brainstorming (2020)
  • Global Warming (2021)

With Dos Orientales (Tomohiro Yahiro)

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  • Dos Orientales (2008)
  • Orienta (2011)
  • Tercer viaje (2016)

With Fatto-Maza-Fatto

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  • Tango del Este (2011)

With Cuarteto Oriental

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  • Cuarteto Oriental (2012)
  • Sin corbata (2017)

With Ha Dúo (Albana Barrocas)

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  • Neo (2013)
  • Canciones y aéreos (2015)
  • 2020 (2020)
  • Nuevo Ha Duo (2021)
  • Puente (2023)

With Barrio Sur

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  • Barrio Sur (2016)

With Trío Oriental

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  • Trío Oriental (2019)

Filmography

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Awards and recognition

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References

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  1. ↑ "Country Brand :: Hugo Fattoruso - Embajadores". XXI. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Con Hugo Fattoruso. "¡Mi oportunidad todavía no llegó!" - Revista DOSSIER". revistadossier.com.uy. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Zolov, Eric (25 July 2011). "Shakers And Mockers: Uruguay's Place in Latin Rock History". NPR. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Toohey, Ellsworth (7 January 2025). "How Uruguay's answer to The Beatles shaped Latin American rock in the 1960s". Boing Boing. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Lechner, Ernesto (18 September 2023). "The 50 Best Latin-American Rock Albums". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Torrón, Andrés (2014). 111 discos uruguayos. Montevideo: Aguaclara Editorial. ISBN 978-9974-8349-3-4.
  7. ↑ "The Fabulous Fattoruso Brothers | Latinolife". latinolife.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Waring, Charles (30 July 2025). "'Goldenwings': How South American Jazz-Funkateers Opa Got Off The Ground". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "In the studio with Uruguayan jazz-funk maestro Hugo Fattoruso – The Vinyl Factory". thevinylfactory.com. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Awards: Honoring Artistic Contributions | LatinGRAMMY.com". latingrammy.com. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Hugo Fattoruso recibe premio Iberoamericano". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Hugo Fattoruso recibirá la Orden del Sol Naciente". Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Premios Morosoli 2023: 50 expresiones culturales distinguidas y el galardón de oro para el músico Hugo Fattoruso". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 26 November 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Awards: Honoring Artistic Contributions". latingrammy.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Tabárez, Nicolás (14 November 2019). "Hugo Fattoruso fue reconocido con el premio Grammy Latino a la excelencia musical". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Hugo Fattoruso. Premio Konex Mercosur 2015: Música Popular". Konex Foundation (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Hugo Fattoruso Ciudadano Ilustre". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
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