Prisma (singer)

Prisma
Prisma in the 1980s
Prisma in the 1980s
Background information
Also known asSylvia Tapia
Born
Silvia Tapia Alcázar

(1948-11-08) 8 November 1948 (age 77)
Mexico City, Mexico
GenreLatin pop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1966–1990s
LabelPeerless Records
Formerly ofTrío Juventud
Realízate

Silvia Tapia Alcázar (born 8 November 1948), better known by her stage name Prisma and also known as Sylvia Tapia, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, and music teacher. She developed her artistic career mainly during the 1980s and 1990s. She represented Mexico in the OTI Festival 1986, placing second with the song "De color de rosa".

In addition to her career as a performer and songwriter, she has developed activities and projects related to music education and children's reading. In 1993, she received the Children's Theatre Award of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura for her work Leer es mágico.

Background

Tapia in 1977

Silvia Tapia is the daughter of Spanish musician and educator Simón Tapia Colman [es] and Mexican teacher, historian, and educator Esperanza Alcázar Montenegro. In 1966, she began composing and singing jingles for television and radio commercials. In 1969, she created the musical group Trío Juventud, and in 1977, the musical group Realízate. On 16 August 1980, she made her solo debut under the name Prisma.

Discography

Albums

Works

In addition to her career as a performer and songwriter, she has developed activities and projects related to music education and children's reading, publishing several works.

In 1993, Leer es mágico received the Children's Theatre Award of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura.

At the OTI Festival

Tapia participated twelve times in the Mexican national selection for the OTI Festival both as a singer and a songwriter; winning the 15th edition with her song "De color de rosa", and thus representing Mexico in the OTI Festival 1986, where she placed second.

Participations in the Mexican national selection for the OTI festival
Year Song Performer Songwriter Result
1980 "Tarde" Prisma Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the qualifying rounds
1981 "Silencio" Prisma Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the qualifying rounds
"Madre" Alondra [es] Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the qualifying rounds
1982 "Y hablando de nostalgia" Prisma Candelario Macedo Eliminated in the qualifying rounds
1984 "Se me cansó el corazón" Prisma Sylvia Tapia 4th in the final
1985 "El amor es amor" Prisma Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the first semi-final
"Te quiero para mí" Morenita Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the first qualifying round
1986 "De color de rosa" Prisma Sylvia Tapia 1st in the final
"¡Ay, quiéreme!" Jaime Santini Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the third qualifying round
1987 "Hazlo todo tú" Hernán Visetti Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the first qualifying round
1988 "Seré, será" Prisma Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the fourth qualifying round
"Borrón y cuenta nueva" Rosenda Bernal [es] Sylvia Tapia Eliminated in the second qualifying round
Participations in the OTI festival
Year Country Song Performer Songwriter Result
1986 Mexico "De color de rosa" Prisma Sylvia Tapia 2nd

References

  1. ↑ "Biografía de Silvia Tapia Alcázar" (in Spanish). Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México [es].
  2. ↑ "Premio Bellas Artes de Obra de Teatro para Niñas, Niños y Jóvenes Perla Szuchmacher – Lista de ganadores" (in Spanish). INBAL literatura.
  3. ↑ Montecinos, Yolanda (17 November 1986). "Tres merecidos triunfadores y un disparate: La Pérgola". La Nación (in Spanish). p. 30 – via Internet Archive.