Silvana, as Madonna, You don’t need another name in Ecuador so that whoever listens to it remembers an interpretation or a melody of the artist who immortalized his name among the most outstanding voices of the national repertoire.

Born in Milagro canton, her parents decided to settle in Guayaquil to guarantee a better future and, here she will be, through the renowned Radio Cristal, where Silvana’s voice would begin to conquer its audience, on a music tour that has not ended until today, in 2023.

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After winning third place in a competition organized by the station, the following year, the artist recorded the waltz Cruel Juramento and pasillo Plegaria, although she immediately decided on ballads Love that I love you so much and Other, which catapulted her into national stardom.

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In 1987, he had the opportunity to meet the Mexican Juan Gabriel during his presentation in Ecuador. “One of the most beautiful things that happened to me as an artist was to exchange the stage with one of the world’s greats, you will always live in my heart“, Silvana recalled in 2016, the year El Divo de Juárez died.

Her physical attractiveness has contributed to her popularity, making her considered the most desirable woman in Ecuador. and enabled him to successfully jump into acting, joining as the protagonist of the soap opera Woman from Ecuavisa (1992) and also sang its promotional theme. He also gave life to Lorena Bobbit in an episode of the dramatization Real life.

Convinced that political and artistic life are not opposed, she ran for and was elected as a representative of the Republic in Congress for the Ecuadorian Roldosista party (PRE).

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In 1990, she married fellow artist Gustavo Pacheco, with whom she was married for 29 years until 2019, when they decided to divorce. After the delicate health condition that Pacheco went through during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. the couple, parents of beauty queen Ámar Pacheco, have become close again.

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In all the decades of her musical career, Silvana has not stopped playing music. In 2018, she presented her production Silvana de Bohemia, which compiled musical hits from the 1960s and 1970s. “Jockola music, we wanted to pay tribute to these artists who managed to create some songs that reached people, to their hearts,” the artist explained to this newspaper at the time.

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Likewise, in 2012, he was part of theater and musical performance mr oath which made Julio Jaramillo, the American Nightingale, famous.

Silvana’s musical legacy has also been transferred to new platforms, and you can listen to her radio on Spotify here.