▁and ▁career ▁▁ ▁Born ▁on ▁August ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁he ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁S ew ell , ▁Chile , ▁where ▁he ▁lived ▁together ▁with ▁his ▁parents , ▁A til io ▁Al arc ón ▁de ▁la ▁Fu ente ▁and ▁Z un ilda ▁S oto ▁R iqu el me , ▁and ▁his ▁three ▁brothers . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ten ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Ch ill án ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁study , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁here ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁teacher . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁Santiago ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁where ▁he ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁folk ▁music , ▁and ▁where ▁he ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁started ▁special izing , ▁as ▁a ▁teacher , ▁in ▁music . ▁ ▁In ▁Santiago ▁he ▁also ▁became ▁a ▁found ing ▁member ▁of ▁first ▁the ▁folk ▁music ▁cho ir ▁Cor o ▁Pablo ▁Vid ales , ▁and ▁later ▁an ▁integral ▁part ▁and ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁successful ▁C unc um én , ▁which ▁also ▁tou red ▁Europe ▁two ▁times ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁when ▁he ▁left ▁the ▁group . ▁He ▁then ▁formed ▁a ▁du o ▁together ▁with ▁Sil via ▁U rb ina ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁while , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁also ▁recorded ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁songs ▁in ▁Russian , ▁but ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁he ▁started ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁solo ist . ▁ ▁Al arc ón ▁was ▁gay , ▁and ▁he ▁kept ▁it ▁in ▁secret