In an executive resolution, signed this Sunday by the head of the branch, Carlos Aguilar, the institution expresses its regret for the departure of the “distinguished exponent of Ibero-American culture” and expresses condolences to the Republic of Cuba, her family and friends.
In the text, to which Prensa Latina had access, the physical disappearance of Milanés Bennet is also considered as a loss of great human importance, which leaves a great void in the cultural sphere that mourns his death.
She also expresses respect for the fruitful work she carried out for music, culture and female empowerment on the Island.
The Mincult, the document specifies, thus adheres to the personalities, institutions and organizations that express their consternation and sorrow for the death of the interpreter.
On the isthmus, friendly musicians, such as Rómulo Castro, with whom he shared stages in the canal nation; the writer Genaro Villalaz; and the lawyer Hady González, who collaborated with the organization of concerts at the National Theater of Latin American singer-songwriters, such as Proyecto América, also bequeathed condolences and sorrow for the physical loss of the vocalist. For its part, the Martiana Association of Cuban Residents in Panama, highlighted in its message of condolences the simplicity that characterized it, “…she shared her joy and her art with part of the Cuban community in Panama, here she also left her mark,” she says. the text.
Milanés Benett was a member of important bands, also a soloist and recognized in the artistic world for her work as a cultural promoter of feminist encouragement.
In life, he worked as a vocalist in the groups Adalberto Álvarez y su Son, Monte de Espuma, Aries and Tesis de Menta, and recorded several solo albums and collaborated with outstanding singer-songwriters such as Carlos Varela, Yussa, José Luis Barba, Raúl Torres and his sisters Haydée and Lynn, and their father Pablo Milanés.
Until the moment of her death, she served as executive director of the cultural institution PM Recordsch and excelled at the head of the Propositions, Proelectrónica and Eyeife festivals, an important international event of electronic music and fusion, based in Cuba.
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