Soledad Pastorutti celebrates 30 years of music with a new record and a tribute to her father

The lights come up, the band starts, and Soledad Pastorutti steps onto a stage that now carries three decades of a trajectory built song by song. On this occasion, the santafesina presents Vale la pena, her new album produced with Afo Verde for Sony Music Latin, a work that brings together the sounds of Argentine folklore with bolero, waltz, candombe and ballad.

The record arrives at a particularly emotional moment. Her father, a central figure in her beginnings and the person who helped shape the first artistic structure of her career, is living with an illness and advanced memory loss. Pastorutti recalled the moment she had to confront that change: one day, he no longer knew who she was. Today, she continues singing, but the recognition she once received from him is no longer there.

A career built on commitment and memory

In her conversation with the portal, the singer did not hide behind the occasion. She spoke about the support she received from her father, including during difficult decisions and a legal process she faced as a minor. In her words, he received every possible blow. Now, she faces the additional pain of seeing her father's memory fade while she keeps moving forward on stage.

“One day he no longer knew who I was.”Soledad Pastorutti

Pastorutti also identified self-demand as the greatest obstacle in her career. Even after thirty years, the expectations remain intact: she had hoped that turning forty would bring more calm, but admitted that some internal demands do not disappear with time. Her public image, then, is not only the result of a career accumulated over decades, but also of the discipline she has imposed on herself to keep going.

“I am the worst enemy I have had in all these years.”Soledad Pastorutti

Despite the personal complexity, the album opens a window into the artist's musical search. Most of the songs were written by Afo Verde and later shaped with Pastorutti, giving the material a collaborative imprint. The selection moves between genres without abandoning the roots that accompanied her trajectory, and includes traditional styles such as zamba, chacarera and cumbia alongside other popular forms.

• Bolero, waltz and candombe appear alongside Argentine folklore genres.
• Afo Verde wrote much of the repertoire and worked with Pastorutti on the final shaping of the album.
• The disc marks thirty years of the santafesina's career.
• Pastorutti is completing the recording cycle 30 Pueblos and preparing to perform at the República Folklore festival.

A place to return to in Arequito

There is also a project beyond the record and the stage. Pastorutti is planning a cultural space on a farm near Arequito, in the south of Santa Fe, where she was born and where her daughters are growing up. The proposal includes lodging, a peña and an archive that could preserve parts of her artistic path. She imagines spending more time there in the future, a desire she has carried for some time.

“I always have the fantasy that in the future I will stay there and never move again.”Soledad Pastorutti

The singer believes that the relationship with her audience has also changed. When she started as a teenager, the generational impact was different; now, she values a bond based on a shared trajectory and the continuity of her work. In that sense, the tribute to her father and the new songs are not separate stories: both speak about what it means to remain active, remember the people who accompanied us and find a new way to continue.

From my point of view, Vale la pena arrives at a time when Pastorutti does not only celebrate her career, but also puts a name to the vulnerability that comes with aging and loss. Still, the stage remains a place where that experience turns into music. The audience arrives carrying memories, and the singer offers a repertoire that tries to hold them together, even when the closest person can no longer do the same.