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Festival Mar Abierto 2024 presents the international star Omara Portuondo on a unique and unrepeatable world tour, 'The Farewell Tour', with which she pays tribute to the legendary Buena Vista Social Club together with the Failde Orchestra.
The Spanish Cuban singer of Feeling, winner of numerous Latin Grammy awards, Omara Portuondo, offers a unique and unrepeatable concert with the Failde Orchestra, with which she will pay tribute to the Buena Vista Social Club, within the tour 'The Farewell Tour', with the one that is touring Europe and the United States and with which it arrives in the Canary Islands to be the international star of the 18th edition of Festival Mar Abierto 2024.
For Mar Abierto Producciones “it is an honor to receive” a legendary figure of Cuban music. At 93 years old, the Cuban icon won the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards for his album 'Vida', released in May of that same year. The album is nominated for the 2024 Grammy Awards. These recognitions join the Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album along with a Latin Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2009; three 2019 Grammy Award nominations; the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Spain and the prestigious Songlines Pioneer Award for his lifetime contribution to Cuban music and culture in 2021.
Omara was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1930, and over the last few decades she has become not only an icon of her country's music but also of world music. As a leading figure in the filin genre, Portuondo captivated audiences with his style that combines classic American torch songs and Cuban-influenced jazz. In 1997, at the age of 67, she made her US debut at Carnegie Hall as the only female member and diva of the award-winning Buena Vista Social Club. Since then, through his world tours, he has presented himself to the world and has earned the admiration of new generations.
The Failde Orchestra. Ethiel Failde, descendant of Miguel Failde, creator of the first danzón Las Alturas de Simpson, founded The Failde Orchestra in Cuba in 2012. It is made up of the vast majority of graduates of artistic education, which aims to continue the legacy of Miguel Failde and For this reason, he assumes danzón as the basis of his repertoire, to which he adds a wide range of genres of Cuban music such as danzonete, mambo, chachachá, bolero, son and timba. This group, in addition to other artists, will accompany Omara in her concerts in tribute to the Buena Vista Social Club.