The “girlfriend of feeling” began her artistic career in 1945 as a dancer in the Havana cabaret Tropicana.
The Cuban singer Omara Portuondo placeholder image, Buena Vista Social Club Diva, celebrates this Friday 91 years with an active and prestigious artistic career since its first phonogram, Black magic, recorded in 1958.
The feeling -genre of Cuban song born in the 1940s, bolero and traditional music have consolidated Portuondo’s career, considered a living legend by putting a distinctive stamp on songs such as Twenty years O Black tears.
The “bride of feeling”Began her artistic career in 1945 as a dancer in the Havana cabaret Tropicana, and came to share the stage with the legendary César Portillo de la Luz and José Antonio Méndez.
He was part, along with Elena Burke, Moraima Secada and his sister Haydee Portuondo, from the famous D’Aida Quartet led by Aida right that accompanied stars like Édith Piaf, Pedro Vargas, Rita Montaner, Snowball, Benny Moré and others.
Starting in the 1970s, he sang with the Orquesta Aragón, traveled extensively and recorded several albums, including the acclaimed Words and Challenges with the Spanish label Nubenegra.
At age 70, he joined the success of the musical project Buena Vista Social Club, in 2009 he won a Latin Grammy in the category of tropical music for his album Thanks and 10 years later it was awarded with another Grammy Latino to Musical Excellence.
He also received the National Music Award, the most prestigious of its kind in Cuba. (I)
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