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Founder of the New Trova, Pablo Milanés is one of the great references of the music of Cuba in the world.
The Sea of ​​Music awards this year his award to the Cuban singer-songwriter for "tracing the bridge between the XX and XXI centuries with an incomparable talent making the humble word sung more inspiring and necessary in an art of incalculable aesthetic and social value, and For writing some of the most beautiful love songs in the world. "
Milanés will receive his award on Monday, July 17, where he will also give a concert accompanied by Rozalén, Jorge Marazu and Victor Manuel in the Auditorio El Batel.
The concert will be broadcast by Radio 3 and presented by Lara López.
Locations, sold out.
The Councilor for Culture of the City of Cartagena, David Martínez Noguera stressed: "It is an honor to reward a figure as relevant to music as Pablo Milanés, singer-songwriter who has spent many times in our city and joins our winners for the festival".
La Mar de Músicas has already awarded the festival prize to Oumou Sangaré, Cheik Lô, Susana Baca, Omara Portuondo and Gino Paoli.
Pablo Milanés was born in Bayamo on February 24, 1943, where he began musically singing as a child on the radio.
At the age of six he moved to Havana where he continued his musical training, both academically and in the streets learning from the troubadours.
At the beginning of the sixties Milanés began to make music from multiple influences: North American music like jazz, the Brazilian song but fundamentally of the feeling and the traditional Cuban music.
It integrated several vocal formations like Quartet of the King, grouping of black spirituals, interpreting its first songs in the clubs habaneros.
In 1965, with "My Twenty-two Years", he introduced himself to a new musical language that emphasized his composer status and created themes that deal with love or political and social commitment.
He joined the Sonoran Experimentation Group (GES) in the early 1970s along with important troubadours and musicians, under the tutelage of teachers Federico Smith and Leo Brower.
In 1974 he recorded his first album, "Versos Sencillos", in which he composed the poems of José Martí.
At the beginning of the 80s he published the albums "Yo me quedo", "El Guerrero" or "Beginning and end of a green tomorrow";
As well as "Querido Pablo" (1985), an album recorded in collaboration with musicians friends like Victor Manuel, Chico Buarque, Mercedes Sosa or Luis Eduardo Aute.
In the decade of the 90 in addition to continue publishing several discs: "Identity" (1990);
"Song of the grandmother" (1991));
"Origins" (1995);
"Despertar" (1997), among others, launched a non-profit foundation for the development of Cuban culture, a project that helped to make visible the work of many artists on the island.
The decade ended with a great collective work, "Pablo Querido", a tribute by Latin American artists to Pablo's work and in which Joaquín Sabina, Fito Páez, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, Los Van Van and the Maná group participated.
In 2006 he won a Grammy for Best Songwriter for the album "Like a Cornfield" and in 2015 received the Grammy for Musical Excellence.
In the last decade Pablo has collaborated with outstanding musicians like Chucho Valdés, Pancho Céspedes, Andy Montañéz or José María Vitier.
Together with Miguel Núñez, the pianisa of his group, he has just presented a piano and voice work: "Flores del futuro";
Has participated in the album homage that his daughter Haydée has done with classic songs of the singer's work and continues to compose for a new album of his own while performing his live performances.
The rest of the concerts of the day
The group Murciano Dog in the Plaza San Francisco, Chancha Vía Circuito in the square of the Town Hall and Kandace Springs in the Artillery Park complete the concerts of this Monday.
Springs who learned to play the piano after listening to Norah Jones, who also recognizes one of his major influences as a singer.
He was born in Nashville 27 years ago and has just recorded his first album, none other than the Blue Note label.
Walk quickly and steadily.
It was opening of Gregory Porter and was invited by Prince to act next to him in Paisley Park on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Purple rain.
From Jese Harris' initial Talk to me, his album refers to iconic soul vocalists from the 1970s;
Say, for example, Randy Crawford.
Of the production this is his first work is Larry Klein, the most famous when it comes to treating female voices (Madeleine Peyroux, Melody Gardot, Joni Mitchell, Lizz Wright ...) The music critic sees in her a great star.
Let's be careful.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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