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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.
La Mar de Músicas has awarded this year its award to the Cuban singer-songwriter for "tracing the bridge between the XX century and the XXI 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 collected his award this Monday at the Auditorium and Congress Hall El Batel, where he also gave a concert accompanied by Rozalén, Jorge Marazu and Victor Manuel, at a ceremony attended by the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, who was in charge To deliver the award and dedicate a few words, and the councilman delegate of Culture, David Martinez.
The concert was broadcast by Radio 3 and was presented by Lara López.
It is noteworthy that the localities were exhausted for this tribute.
The Councilor for Culture of the City of Cartagena, David Martínez Noguera said: "It is an honor to reward a figure as relevant to music as Pablo Milanés, singer-songwriter who has passed many times through our city and joins our winners by the festival".
La Mar de Músicas has already awarded the festival prize in previous editions 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 begins 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 dealt with love or political and social commitment.
He joined the Sonoran Experimentation Group (GES) in the early seventies 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 eighties 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 nineties, in addition to continuing to publish several albums such as 'Identity' (1990), 'Canto de la Grana' (1991), 'Origen' (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 of 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 'Como un campo de maíz' and in 2015 received the Grammy for Musical Excellence.
In the last decade Milanés has collaborated with outstanding musicians such as Chucho Valdés, Pancho Céspedes, Andy Montañéz or José María Vitier.
Together with Miguel Núñez, a pianist of his group, he has just presented a piano and voice work, 'Flores del futuro', he has participated in the album homage that his daughter Haydée has done with classical themes of the singer's work and continues composing for A new album of his own while performing his live performances.
THE REST OF CONCERTS OF THE DAY
The Murcian group Perro performed in San Francisco Square, Chancha Vía Circuito did it in the Town Hall Square and Kandace Springs did the same in the Artillery Park to complete the concerts on Monday.
Springs who learned to play the piano after listening to Norah Jones, who also recognized one of her major influences as a singer, was born in Nashville 27 years ago and has just recorded her first album, none other than the Blue Note label.
Walk quickly and steadily.
She was the opening act of Gregory Porter and was invited by Prince to act alongside him in Paisley Park on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of 'Purple Rain'.
Since Jese Harris's initial "Talk to me," her album has referred to iconic 1970s soul singers such as Randy Crawford.
Larry Klein, the most famous of the women's singers (Madeleine Peyroux, Melody Gardot, Joni Mitchell, Lizz Wright ...) was the first to work on this production.
Musical criticism sees in her a great star.
We must be attentive.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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