A guaracha dedicated to Havana, on the occasion of its 500th anniversary, promoted by Cuban Radio the renowned guitarist, composer and singer, Eliades Ochoa, native of Santiago de Cuba and one of the most exalted soneros cultivator of traditional music in the largest The Antilles.

Also a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, he dedicated the song that the Havana 500 website suggests listening to for the richness of his interpretation and the Cubanness in which the musician was inspired.

Beautiful lady that inspires / I share your colors / Your love, charm and passions / When the drumming ...

They shake with joy / handkerchiefs from balconies / La Jiraldilla de spells / lyrical stories and sones ...

Your 500th anniversary / we are going to celebrate / under a giant moon / that lights the capital ...

Eliades Ochoa has deeply peasant roots, hence her attachment to traditional music, characterized by her support for new generations of soneros and cultores of identity and tradition.

His time as a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, made him transcend as a renowned guitarist, however as a member of the "Cuarteto Patria", he was already an important figure in the traditional Cuban and Cuban trova.

The genres guaracha, bolero, son, and guajira are the most cultivated by Eliades Ochoa, considered one of the most recognized Cuban soneros of all time.

From him it has been expressed that: "Eliades enjoys music like nobody else, and personally he is a very simple man. Despite its fame, it has not lost its peasant essence "

Eliades Ochoa Bustamante was born on June 22, 1946 in Loma de la Avispa, Songo-La Maya, Santiago de Cuba province.

One of the fragments of the song dedicated to Havana states: You are the ceiba that embraces us / attraction of a thousand loves / dream of the poets / inspiration of singers ...

Along with Miguel Barnet, President of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, Ohoa was awarded the Latin Awards Canada, in its fourth edition, a distinction that was presented to them at a ceremony held at the Rialto Theater in Montreal. They were the first Cubans to receive the award.

Source: Portal of the Cuban Radio
Editor: Digital Writing Havana 500 / MSC