A concert that the Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés wanted to offer in the National Theater of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, it has been cancelled because of the deterioration in his health.
According to local newspaper El Caribe, the presentation of the author of “Yolanda” in that city was scheduled for December 5, but the show’s production would have pointed it out the artist’s office has decided to cancel it.
According to Alfonso Quiñones, a Cuban journalist and promoter living in the Dominican Republic “Pablo Milanés’ health seems to have deteriorated” as the interpreter “had to be hospitalized in Spain, where he lives”.
Likewise, another public presentation in Pamplona next Sunday, November 13 was suspended, as reported by the Spanish newspaper Diario de Navarra.
However, this medium attributed the suspension to “a recent intestinal illness which has caused the artist to rest on medical grounds”. The production announced the full refund of the ticket amount instead of postponing the concert.
Pablo Milanés’ concert in Santo Domingo, part of his “Days of Light” tour, had previously been postponed to December after being initially suspended on September 21st. After the final cancellation, the money from the tickets will also be refunded, the organizers said.
The Cuban singer-songwriterConsidered one of the most important of the Latin American scene and one of the fundamental figures of what is known as Nueva Trova Cubana, For years he has been suffering from health problems that those around him have handled discreetly.
During her last presentation in Havana in June, Yania Suárez, DIARIO DE CUBA collaborator, remarked: “I have seen Pablo Milanés live many times. I can say that this presentation had a parting taste. Not precisely because the farewell to the musician was manifested, but because of the environment: because of his elderly appearance, because of his mobility impairment (it is said he uses a wheelchair) and because of the nostalgia that particularly dominated the presentation, both continuing the role of Singer -songwriter towards his audience as well as the viewer towards him”.
This concert, held under surveillance to avoid public demonstrations of dissatisfaction among the participants, took place amid controversyafter the regime tried to fill the National Theater with its acolytes, which independent civil society rejected.