by the El Reportero’s news services
Seventy-one-year-old Spanish singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat will celebrate fifty years of artistic career with concerts in four Colombian cities, where he will perform songs from his latest album titled “Antología desordenada”, organizers said today.
The album compiles a total of 50 songs by the writer of pieces like “Mediterráneo” and “Palabras de amor”, which have been recorded by around 30 singers.
The performance that takes place on Thursday night at Bogota’s Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theater will be the first of a series of performances in the country.
After three days of performances in Bogota, Serrat will then travel to Manizales, Cali and Medellín.
“I still don’t know if this is my destiny, I don’t know what I will do for the rest of my life,” said the artist to Semana magazine.
Serrat holds nine doctorates honoris causa for his contributions to the Spanish music and literature, as well as the 2014 Latin Grammy for Person of the Year, among other awards.
Buena Vista Social Club at The Beacon Theatre in New York
The Buena Vista Social Club, one of the most prestigious Cuban groups worldwide, will perform today at The Beacon Theatre in New York, as part of its Adios Tour through the United States.
We are here, New York. Two nights with all sold out. Candela, Chan Chan, Dos Gardenias and much more we will be singing tonight, commented the band on social networks.
Last month, the orchestra and its lead singer Omara Portuondo, added another great event to their privileged acting career at the White House, the first Cuban band to appear there in the last half century.
In addition, the band gave concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, the Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, the Denver Botanic Gardens and Rialto Center for the Arts, among others.
Mostly comprised by veteran musicians from the Caribbean island, defenders of son, bolero, danzon and salsa; the project brings together since 1996 prestigious exponents of Cuban traditional music, especially that of the 1930s to 1950.
Under the leadership of guitarist and producer Ry Cooder, they recorded an album that won a Grammy and an Oscar-nominated documentary in 2000.
International Children and Youth Book Fair In Mexico announced
The 35th International Fair of Children and Youth Books will take place November 6 to 16 at the National Center of Arts of the Mexican capital, with France as guest of honor. According to organizers, it will have five spaces destined to readers of all ages, a cabin to record podcast and a Reading Center.
The Hall of Interactive Reading will have as main scenario the space called On this Earth, in tribute to deceased Mexican writer Eraclio Zepeda.
Panamanian writer Mariela Sagel said the country could be rescued trough culture, thus the need for a dynamic Ministry, which is able to be in touch and interact with artists.
The author of “Fuga” (2015), an edition that compiles 80 articles about the country’s cultural work, gave details about the activities like handicrafts, painting, reading, among others, which are successfully being implemented at penitentiary centers. “Even writers go there to talk about their books”.
While assessing the performance of the sector in the country, Sagel said that theater is the most developed artistic expression, as she lamented that culture is in no government’s agenda.
