Santo Domingo. DR
Paloma San Basilio first traveled to the Dominican Republic in the early 1980s on a promotional tour and has since become one of the most admired Spanish ballad singers by the local public.
Entire generations of Dominicans identified the voice of Paloma from their mothers’ wombs. They spent childhood listening to his songs, they reached puberty and adapted their lyrics to love experiences. They fell in love, married, had children and grandchildren and today these amazing love stories are a part of their lives and of many who no doubt continue to enjoy their singing.
For the Madrilenian, the great legacy of an artist is that the songs are part of the story of the people who listen to them and that they are passed on from generation to generation.
“The fact that they remain in popular taste has to do with the fact that hits and hits stayed for a whole year, an album was played for a year. There was time for the songs to permeate the emotions, for this song to permeate each person’s life,” Paloma told LISTÍN DIARIO.
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This Friday and Saturday, Paloma, along with her compatriot Pasión Vega and Dominican Maridalia Hernández, will go to the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater in the concert “Three Great Voices … Three Great Divas” in a production by César Suarez Pizano.
She was always very careful when sharing the stage with other artists. There must be a certain affinity and great admiration for this.
Hearing Pasión sing for her is a “joy” and Maridalia admires her great voice and delicacy in singing.
“There we will join voices, join forces and sensibilities, I think it’s a great idea from my friend and businessman César Suárez and I’m happy to share the stage,” she said.
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Spain has seen two of its most transcendental artists withdraw from its stages, singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat, who is taking the world on his tour “The Beginning of Farewells,” and José Luis Perales, who was in anticipation of the pandemic at the beginning of Coming into the country in 2020 with “Balada para una farewell”, Paloma San Basilio does not plan to retire from singing for the time being given this scenario, but would do so when her voice no longer responds to what the audience is listening to her with.
The 71-year-old Spanish artist has devoted herself to writing and painting and, in view of her possible retirement, said that the time will come when she will have to give space to others, knowing that her music does not permeate the new generations in the same Way.
“We’re people with a very long career, I’ve been singing for 47 years, and there comes a time when you have to rethink what’s off the stage. In my case, it would be the voice that lets you down, so you’re not able,” he revealed in the interview.
Criteria. Paloma San Basilio believes that the artist must show the public the highest level of discerning quality in order not to disappoint his followers. Respect is key in this relationship.
“It’s very important to realize when the voice isn’t responsive, when there isn’t a careful voice, when it’s not of great range, that you’re allowing yourself to sing at a high level and you’re going to have to give up those registers, the artist needs to consider , because there are points where it is not worth continuing to sing if your own qualities are not optimal. I think it’s disrespectful not only to the public but also to yourself.”
In his case, when that time comes, he realizes that he has to play fewer concerts and more theater since he knows how to move from one space to another. “It’s knowing where to be in every moment of your life.”