Buena Vista Social Club diva Omara Portuondo continues her luxury tour of cities across the United States today. Photo: Omara Portuondo Team
After eight successful presentations, Buena Vista Social Club diva Omara Portuondo continues her luxury tour of cities across the United States, which began on October 14 in Chicago.
The trip will be carried out with a lot of love and affection, said his representative, Ariel Jiménez Portuondo.
The reception from the Latin American and American public has been very positive, while there are still presentations in Pittsburg, Minneapolis and two in New Jersey, he commented.
The renowned singer turned 93 on October 29 with a concert in Seattle and three days later she performed in Cleveland, a city that recognized her artistic career as a legendary singer.
Omara is very well known in the United States, a country where she has stood out since the 1940s and 1950s.said Jiménez Portuondo, also the son of Feeling’s girlfriend.
The tour promotes her album Vida, recorded during the pandemic, which featured Gaby Moreno – also the music producer of the record -, Susana Vargas, Natalia Lafourcade, Rubén Blades, Carlos Rivera, Amaury Pérez and Alexander Abreu, among others Andy Montanez.
Vida is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Album, a recognition that came after a complex recording process.
Omara’s voice was recorded almost entirely at her home in Havana during the pandemic with the assistance of sound engineer Orestes Águila, her representative explained.
The result of this work is also the tour in the United States, which has already had stops in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Traverse, Mich.; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Seattle, Washington State; Cleveland, Ohio; or New York.
We are also accompanied by very talented Cuban musicians such as Ramcés Rodríguez on drums, Degni Bofill on minor drums and José Portillo on piano.he commented.
Several decades on stage have earned him recognitions including the 2006 National Music Prize, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts from the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Songlines Pioneer Award and the Prize for Musical Excellence. from the Latin Recording Academy.
Additionally, he received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album and another for his career in 2009.
Buena Vista Social Club diva Omara Portuondo continues her luxury tour of cities across the United States today. Photo: Omara Portuondo Team
Buena Vista Social Club diva Omara Portuondo continues her luxury tour of cities across the United States today. Photo: Omara Portuondo Team
(With information from Prensa Latina)
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