HAVANA, Cuba. – The musician William Vivanco, one of the best-known singer-songwriters in Cuba in recent decades, currently lives in Madrid, Spain, where act and collaborates with other groups such as Interactive, of which he was a part for several years.
Vivanco, 49 years old and born in Santiago de Cubawould have left the Island in “recent times,” according to several sources consulted by CubaNet.
“William has played in recent years in several European countries with great success and is currently living in Madrid, where his work has not ceased to have an impact; It has even attracted the attention of journalists and specialists for its rich fusion of Cuban rhythms,” he told CubaNet a journalist from Santiago who lives between Cuba and Madrid.
The musician, according to the source – who requested anonymity to avoid reprisals upon his return to the Island – could perform alongside Interactivo during the Christmas concert offered by the group founded and directed by the pianist and composer. Robertico Carcasses this Saturday in Madrid. Carcassés emigrated to Spain after suffering several episodes of censorship in Cuba as a result of his demands for freedom and free elections during a concert at the so-called Anti-imperialist Tribune in 2013, located in front of the United States Embassy, on Havana’s Malecon. The concert was organized by the Cuban regime to request the release of the five spies imprisoned at that time in the United States.
Vivanco maintains a significant number of followers in Cuba, where he became known with his first album I have it to think and for his collaboration on the subject So that I fall in love of rapper Telmary Díaz, who is living between Cuba and Canada, according to artists close to the rapper consulted by CubaNet.
Vivanco is known for his experience in the fusion of Cuban, African and Latin rhythms, a mix that governs his discography, made up of the albums The world is changing, The miraculous island and Thirteen with magicamong others.
On the Island, the musician stayed away from the Government’s political calls and declared his intention to make his way independently.
The singer-songwriter is part of a wave of artists from different manifestations who have left Cuba in the midst of the serious economic and social situation that the country is experiencing, marked by a mass exodus, food shortages and the presence of more than 1,000 political prisoners. .
In this context, not only artists critical of the regime have emigrated but also others who regularly participated in political activities such as the troubadour Mauricio Figueiral and the former musical director of Moncada, the pianist Juan Carlos Rivero. They both live today in Florida, United States.
