Caitro Soto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Caitro Soto

Peruvian musician

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1934

Place of Birth: San Vicente de Cañete, Lima, Peru

Date of Death: 19-Jul-2004

Profession: singer-songwriter, musician, percussionist

Nationality: Peru

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Pedro Carlos Soto de la Colina (23 October 1934, Cañete Province, Peru – 19 July 2004, Lima, Peru), popularly known as Caitro Soto, was an Afro-Peruvian musician and composer.He was known for his version of the Peruvian folk song, "Toro Mata" and as part of the Afro-Peruvian artist's collective Peru Negro.
Peru Negro, located in Lima, is one of the most important organizations dedicated to preserving Afro-Peruvian music, dance and culture.
Soto appeared in The Motorcycle Diaries as "Papá Carlito", a resident of the leper colony at San Pablo, Peru.
There is a book by Caitro Soto written in Spanish with an accompanying compact disc entitled De Cajón: Caitro Soto – el duende en la música Afroperuana, published by el Comercio in Lima, Peru, in 1995.