Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés died on Monday night at the age of 77 after being hospitalized in Madrid for more than a week, official media reported.
Milanés, one of the most renowned voices in Cuban music, was the founder and architect of the Nueva Trova sound along with other renowned artists such as Silvio Rodriguez and Noel Nicola.
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Author of classics like “Yolanda”, Milanés published more than 40 records throughout his career and won, among others, the Cuban National Music Award and the Latin Grammy for Musical Excellence.
Born on February 24, 1943 in Bayamo (east), the family of Milanese He moved to Havana in the 1950s, at a time of great boiling and brilliance of Cuban music, to study music at the conservatory.
Throughout his career, Milanese He has recorded dozens of albums, and musicalized poets such as Cesar Vallejo, Nicolás Guillen and José Martí.
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In 1985, Joan Manuel Serrat, Ana Belén, Luis Eduardo Aute, Silvio Rodríguez and others paid tribute to him in the album “Dear Pablo“, interpreting his most emblematic songs with him.