tania libertad de souza ziga born 24 october 1952 better known as tania libertad is a peruvian singer who has lived in mexico since 1978 and mexican naturalized she is considered one of the best singers in the world music genre and one of the most popular artists of latin america tania has been named an ambassador for peace by unesco comendadora by the peruvian government a member of the order of rio branco by the brazilian government among many other recognitions to her legacy in the music world in 2009 she received the latin grammy lifetime achievement award for musical excellence to honor her brilliant career with more than 38 albums and sales of over 40 million copies her work has been hailed throughout the americas europe and africa she has performed successful concerts in france italy spain portugal belgium germany switzerland holland england morocco angola senegal the united states peru ecuador puerto rico venezuela the dominican republic honduras uruguay colombia costa rica guatemala panama el salvador argentina brazil and mexico in early 2012 she began celebrating 50 years as a performer with two soldout performances at the palacio de bellas artesmexico citys most prestigious concert halland began an extensive tour throughout latin americathe emotion her singing elicits is summarized by a beautiful quote from nobel prizewinning portuguese author jose saramagothe first time i heard tania libertad sing it was a revelation from on high from a place where only a naked voice might go alone in the world unaccompanied by any instrument tania was singing the rafael alberti composition la paloma a capella and each note touched a string in my soul until i was completely dazzled jos saramago during her career tania has shared the stage with other international artists such as mercedes sosa joan manuel serrat silvio rodrguez pablo milans alberto cortez len gieco juan carlos baglietto chico buarque gal costa alfredo zitarrosa cesria vora vicente fernndez juan gabriel miguel bos plcido domingo armando manzanero simn daz willie coln tito puente oscar chvez ivn lins ricardo cocciante soledad pastorutti marco antonio muiz soledad bravo amlia rodrigues susana rinaldi phil manzanera lucha villa and the group inti illimani among others