Rosana
Roles
Singer-songwriter · Composer · Guitarist
Genres
Authorial pop · Pop rock · Singer-songwriter music · Latin pop
Instruments
Voice · Guitar
Activity
1994

Music career

Rosana learned music from childhood in Lanzarote, with a first guitar at the age of five and songs of her own from an early age. At twenty she moved to Madrid to study solfège and guitar. Before publishing as a performer, Fuego y miel, composed by Rosana and performed by Esmeralda Grao, won the Benidorm Festival in 1994. In 1996 she recorded Lunas rotas after sending a demo to MCA Records; it was the album that projected her internationally, with songs such as El talismán, A fuego lento and Si tú no estás.

Contribution

Her importance for the Canary Islands music catalogue lies in representing a Lanzarote path of authorial pop with international circulation. Unlike profiles centred on folklore or timple, Rosana shows how an artist born in the Canary Islands could enter the Spanish and Latin American record industry through her own writing, guitar and popular songwriting without severing the link to her island of origin.

Style

Her music moves between Latin pop and pop rock. Her trajectory evolves from Lunas rotas through Luna Nueva, Rosana, Marca Registrada, Magia and later works around popular song, guitar, direct voice and life-affirming lyrics. Her self-titled album brings in Canarian rhythms and rock sounds; Magia opts for a renewed pop-rock sound; and Buenos días, Mundo! consolidates that language.

Repertoire

Her repertory includes Fuego y miel as a composition before her performer career, Lunas rotas and its most widely circulated songs, Luna Nueva, Rosana, Marca Registrada, Magia, Buenos días, Mundo!, 8 Lunas, En la memoria de la piel and OMOW.

Legacy

Her legacy combines authorship, performance and institutional recognition. In 2006 she received the Medalla de Oro de Canarias, and her figure remains tied to Lanzarote and to her solo debut with Lunas rotas. Her trajectory expands Canarian music toward mass pop and female singer-songwriter work from the 1990s.

Canary Islands connection

The Canarian connection rests on her birth in Arrecife, her identification as a Lanzarote singer, the 2006 Medalla de Oro de Canarias and an artistic narrative that sums up her origin as “from Lanzarote to the world”.

Works and recordings

1994

Fuego y miel

Composición de Rosana interpretada por Esmeralda Grao y ganadora del Festival de Benidorm.

1996

El Talismán

Canción de Lunas rotas convertida en tema de gran proyección pública.

1996

A fuego lento

Tema de Lunas rotas destacado junto a El talismán y Si tú no estás.

1996

Si tú no estás

Uno de los temas más difundidos de Lunas rotas.

Timeline

  1. Nacimiento

    Nace en Arrecife, Lanzarote, el 24 de octubre de 1963.

  2. Madrid

    Con veinte años se traslada a Madrid para estudiar solfeo y guitarra.

  3. Fuego y miel

    Fuego y miel, compuesta por Rosana e interpretada por Esmeralda Grao, gana el Festival de Benidorm.

  4. Lunas Rotas

    Publica Lunas Rotas y alcanza proyección internacional con El talismán y otros temas del disco.

  5. Luna Nueva

    Publica Luna Nueva, su segundo álbum, con colaboraciones destacadas.

  6. Medalla de Oro de Canarias

    El Decreto 49/2006 concede la Medalla de Oro de Canarias a Rosana Arbelo Gopar.

  7. En la memoria de la piel

    Publica En la memoria de la piel, una etapa de madurez artística.

  8. OMOW

    Presenta OMOW, nuevo proyecto musical y audiovisual.

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