Velásquez ("Comandante Everardo"). Pérez recently provided contextual information on Puerto Rican poetry for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's memoir, My Beloved World (2013). Lourdes Pérez was honored, alongside Ali Akbar Khan, as one of the country's "finest living artists" and was awarded a 2006 United States Artists unrestricted fellowship for her contribution to music. The contemporary Puerto Rican trova group, Somos Tres, and the Lebanese singer, May Nasr, have recorded and interpreted Pérez's work. Pérez is openly lesbian, and has written songs about lesbian experience. "Yo Pari Una Luchadora" (I Gave Birth to a Fighter) is a song dedicated to the mother of a lesbian human rights activist. Perez has lived and traveled with her partner and collaborator, Annette D'Armata, since 1991. Published work Tengo la Vida: Lourdes Pérez in concerto, live from Rome (Block Nota Records, 2018) Still Here: Homenaje al Westside de San Antonio, Oral history book and music CD, Lourdes Pérez composer, multiple artists (Chee Wee Records/Esperanza Press, 2018) Al Caer la Tarde, Lourdes Pérez and Eva Ybarra, 6 track EP (Chee Wee Records, 2016) Written in Water, Lourdes Pérez and May Nasr (duet CD in Spanish and Arabic) with special guest Ahmad Kaabour (Chee Wee Records, 2016) Dulce Vigilante: Remembranzas de la Región Oeste de Puerto Rico, Illustrated book and music CD, (Chee Wee House, 2015) 20 Años, Boxed collection of works from 1994 -2014, includes 8 CDs (Chee Wee Records, 2014) Te Llamo * Ounadikum, 3-track CD single recorded in Spanish and Arabic with May Nasr and special guest Ahmad Kaabour (Chee Wee Records 2011) En Vivo, Lourdes Perez con Miriam Perez, live duet concert with younger sister, Miriam Perez (Chee Wee, 2007) Este Filo, solo CD (Chee Wee, 2005) Azúl y Serena, commissioned work, recorded with the Dama de Noche Orchestra (Chee Wee, 2003) Pájaros de otro canto, commissioned soundtrack for the film, ¿Adónde Fue Juan José? (Chee Wee, 2003) Selections from Tres Oraciones (Chee Wee, 2002) Vestigios (Vivavoce Records, 1997) Recuerdate Por Mi (Chee Wee, 1994) Full-length scores Azul y Serena (multimedia tribute concert) Santuarios (modern/folkloric dance) conflama (word opera, theater) Adonde Fue Juan Jose (feature film) Marejada (multimedia, oral history) See also List of Puerto Ricans References External links lourdesperez.com 1961 births Living people Women guitarists Puerto Rican lesbian musicians Puerto Rican LGBT singers Puerto Rican LGBT poets Puerto Rican LGBT songwriters People from San Sebastián, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican activists