24 years old. Chilean – north american singer, songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist.  Born and raised in California, until moving to Santiago, Chile at age 13. She is currently launching her second album called “Buen Soldado” (Good Soldier/ Independent, March 2011) which was produced by Vicente Sanfuentes (Sr.Coconut, Gepe, Matias Aguayo),  Mocky (Feist, Jamie Lidell) and Francisca.  Her songs range from piano pop rock, to some more jazzy, or even folkly tunes.  Her lyrics refer to social or political issues, personal stories, intimate reflections, humor and love stories.

Her first album, “Muérdete la Lengua” (Bite Your Tongue/ Independent, November 2007) contains 10 songs in Spanish and 2 songs in English. It was written and composed by Francisca Valenzuela and produced by Mauricio and Francisco Durán of Los Bunkers. The album went Gold in her country Chile, and allowed her to tour all over the country and the globe -from the World Expo Shanghai 2010 and 2008 LAMC Festival in NYC to a Homage to Chile in Pompeii to Vive Latino Mexico 2010 – and was highly praised all over Latin America and more.   As National Public Radio (NPR) Music in the US highlights:  “with a voice reminiscent of Fiona Apple and killer piano skills, Valenzuela raised eyebrows with her debut album , Muérdete la Lengua (“Bite your Tongue”)”.  Rolling Stone Chile named it 16 in its 50 best albums of 2007; American Latino TV awarded Francisca the 2009  "Favorite Latino TV Newcomer Award"; her 5 singles rotated on MTV and she was selected in the 2009 "15 x 15: artists to Watch" campaign, among other acknowledgements.

“Buen Soldado” (Good Soldier, Independent / March 2011) contains 12 songs in Spanish, all written and composed by Francisca Valenzuela and produced by Vicente Sanfuentes (Sr.Coconut, Gepe, Matias Aguayo), Mocky (Feist, Jamie Lidell) and Francisca Valenzuela.  In January 2011, the first single "Quiero Verte Más" ("I want to see you more") hit radios in all Latin America. Club Fonograma reviewed it as “this piano led single sparkles the second it starts and it is beautifully executed by Francisca´s soulful sensibilities, after all, she is the most glamorous artiste in Latin Pop". The album will be was just released in stores in Chile, and will be available in the rest of the world in the next months.

This 2011 has already been very busy. Among other things, Francisca was invited as the only chilean artist to perform in Shakira´s Popfest, in Santiago Chile;  she opened the Lollapalooza Festival, in its first international version in Santiago, Chile, performing in one of the two man stages;  she joined U2 and Bono as the only guest artist invited to sing “One Tree Hill” onstage during their performance in March; she performed at the Cannes Film Festival, El Rey Theatre (LA), Highline Ballroom (NYC), South by Southwest Festival (Austin, TX) and recently finished  successful tour of Buen Soldado all through Chile.

She has collaborated and performed with numerous artists such as Latin Bitman, Mocky, Beto Cuevas, Inti Illimani, Los Bunkers, Los Jaivas, Manuel García, Leonel García, CeÚ and Café Tacuba  among others. She has also made music for cinema and theatre and participated in international tribute albums for Violeta Parra, Inti Illimani, 31 minutos and Joan Manuel Serrat.

In addition to her albums, Francisca Valenzuela has published two books:

Poetry book (in english):
Defenseless Waters (2000)
Francisca Valenzuela
With in introduction by writer Isabel Allende.
Published by “El Andar Books” (USA).
Illustrated by Francisca Valenzuela.

Short story book (in spanish):
Abejorros/Madurar (2001)
Francisca Valenzuela
Published by Plaza y Janés (España y LA)
Literary agent “Carmen Balcells”