The Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés died on Monday night, at the age of 79, after stay logged in in Madrid for more than a week.
Milanés, one of the most recognized voices of Cuban music, was the founder and creator of the Nueva Trova sound along with other renowned artists such as Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola.
Author of classics such as ‘Yolanda’, Milanés published more than 40 records throughout his career and obtained, among others, the Cuban National Music Award and the Latin Grammy for Musical Excellence.
The Cuban singer-songwriter was hospitalized on November 12 in Madrid for “the effects of a series of recurrent infections that in the last three months have been affecting his state of health”, according to a statement from his artistic office at the time.
From that moment on, he suspended several performances that he had planned in Pamplona (Spain), Mexico City and Santo Domingo. “This clinical situation – the note added – is secondary to an oncohematological disease that he has suffered for several years and which required him to settle in Madrid” at the end of 2017 to receive treatment.
The statement explained that “for now it has been necessary to cancel the concerts scheduled for the coming weeks and suspend all their artistic activity while this circumstance lasts.” Pablo Milanés also had to cancel a concert in September. One of his last performances live was last june In the Habana.
Source: Lasexta
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