Jaime de Aguirre
Chilean musician and businessperson
Jaime de Aguirre Hoffa (born 2 February 1952) is a Chilean artist who served as Chile's Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage during Gabriel Boric's presidency.
Music producer
After beginning studies in law at the University of Chile, which he did not complete, he completed a diploma in sound engineering at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom.
Upon returning to Chile, he joined the production company Filmocentro, founded by Jaime O'Ryan and Francisco Vargas, which was based in the former Peña de los Parra. There, he managed recordings for several artists of the Alerce label during the 1980s. He participated in the musical production of the first anthem of the Teletón (premiered at the third edition), as well as the 2003 version marking the 25th anniversary of the campaign, as composer of the slogan “The Teletón is yours, don’t forget it!”. He also took part in the “No” campaign for the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite, composing the jingle “Chile, la alegría ya viene”, and worked on the soundtracks of films such as Imagen latente (1987), Caluga o menta (1990), ¡Viva el novio! (1990), La frontera (1991), and Archipiélago (1992).
In parallel, he participated in the jazz fusion groups Kámara (1978–1980), where he played bass, and Tercera Generación (1979–1982), where he performed as a double bass player.
Television career
In the late 1980s, he joined the team of the independent news programme Teleanálisis.
In 1991, one year after the return to democracy, reinstated executive director Jorge Navarrete offered him the position of director of programming at Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN).
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