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Marco Villota is an Ecuadorian singer-songwriter with an important national and international trajectory who has played many different kinds of music, including ballads, boleros, short step, pop, among others.

Marco began his music career at a very young age, however; his first job as a professional singer-songwriter took off in 1995 with the CD "Es la Vida" whose hit, "Una Noche Mas" was received with a warm welcome by radio stations in Quito and Quayaquil.

The Ecuadorian singer-songwriter is member, vocalist, and composer of the band Pueblo Nuevo (1992), which is one of the folk groups with great international projection from Ecuador. His experience with Pueblo Nuevo allowed him to travel to many countries and share the stage with such artists as Mercedes Sosa, Piero, and Silvio Rodriguez in the "Todas las Voces Todas" concert organized by the Guayasamin Foundation in 1996.

Villota has composed nearly 70 songs for various national artists, some of which include Grafitti (Pueblo Nuevo), Boda a la Luna, Pequeño Ramo de Luz, Manhattan, and El Negro Antonio.

As a soloist he has had the honor of participating in the concert opening for Victor Manuel and Ana Belen (Teatro Nacional de la Casa de la Cultura), for Joan Manuel Serrat (Teatro Nacional de la Casa de la Cultura) in Quito, and for the Chilean singer-songwriter Alberto Plaza in Loja. He is presently working on his second CD with the Colombian music company, MTM.

General information

1964.	Marco Villota was born on February 4th. in Loja.
1991.	He got married with Flor de Oro and have 2 children, Pamela 7 years old and Daniela 9 years old.
1992.	Became part of Pueblo Nuevo group.
1993.	Won the 2th. Award in the OTI Festival. Ecuador Chapter.
1994.	Represented Ecuador in the International Festival of Valencia-Spain.

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Updated: 11/01/04