Serafín Zubiri
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Serafín Zubiri is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a singer, composer
Composer
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and piano
Piano
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player.
Biography
Zubiri is a blindBlindness
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singer and pianist
Pianist
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who has represented Spain twice in the Eurovision festival. He was the vocalist for the group Equus until 1987. In 1992, he recorded the Spanish soundtrack for the Disney film Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)
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. That same year, he went to the Swedish
Sweden
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city of Malmö
Malmö
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to represent TVE at the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1992
The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger. Linda Martin, representing Ireland, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me?. The song was written by Johnny...
with the ballad "Todo esto es la música
Todo esto es la música
"Todo esto es la música" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in Spanish by Serafín Zubiri.The song was performed first on the night, preceding Belgium´s Morgane with "Nous, on veut des violons"'....
". In 2000, he won Eurocanción 2000
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with an entry selected through a national preselection called "Eurocanción 2000", hosted from Madrid by Carlos Lozano and Paloma Lago. It was the first national final organized by Televisión Española since 1976...
, a contest organized by TVE, and represented Spain at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2000
The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 2000 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's victory in Jerusalem the previous year. It was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. The...
in Stockholm
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, with the song "Colgado de un sueño
Colgado de un sueño
"Colgado de un sueño" was the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in the year 2000. It was performed by the blind singer and pianist Serafín Zubiri, who had finished fourteenth for Spain in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest with "Todo esto es la música".The song, which had a gentle verse...
" by Chema Purón.
He has also worked in radio and hosted the program for Disabled Unlimited (local TV in Pamplona). He starred alongside Marta Sánchez
Marta Sánchez
Marta Sánchez López is a Spanish female vocalist. She was born on 8 May 1966 in Madrid. Her father, Antonio Sánchez Camporro, was a Galician opera singer.- Biography :...
in the musical play called La magia de Broadway, which premiered at the Teatro Lara in October 2000. In 2005, he was appointed vice president of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). In 2007, he competed in the TVE show ¡Mira Quién Baila!, the Spanish version of Dancing With the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
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(where he was runner up). On April 14, 2008, he joined the Argentinian
Argentina
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version of the same show. He has also showed his skills in other international franchises of this show.
Discography
- 1987: Inténtalo
- 1988: Pedaleando
- 1991: Detrás del viento
- 1992: Te veo con el corazón
- 1995: Un hombre nuevo
- 2000: Colgado de un sueño
- 2008: Colgado de un sueño (re-release for ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
) - 2010: Sigo aquí