Sílvia Pérez Cruz returns to Havana

Spanish singer and composer Sílvia Pérez Cruz will offer a unique concert in the courtyard of the National Museum of Fine Arts, in Havana, on November 11 at 8:00 pm. The presentation, which takes place in the context of her Latam Tour, means her return to the island's stages after six years. 

The performer -who recently received the prestigious Premio Nacional de Músicas Actuales, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, and the Premio Pop-Eye al Duende, both in recognition of her career- is united by several ties of love for Cuba and its music. 

"My father was in love with Cuba. He traveled for 20 years to Havana to search for lost songs and to organize the Archive of the Casal Catalán in that city. It makes me very excited to do this concert on that day, the same day my father's birthday. That date is the title of my first album, November 11thwhich is now celebrating its 10th anniversary; an album dedicated to my father, who died in 2010. I can't think of a better way to celebrate this album, with all that meaning, than in Havana and on that day," the artist confessed. 

As a sign of her affection for the music of the island, Sílvia rescued the Cuban filin in the project En la imaginación (2011), along with double bass player Javier Colina. In addition, he collaborated with Haydée Milanés, in the single You seefrom the album Amor Edición Deluxe to be published by the Cuban interpreter in 2019. 

Sílvia Pérez Cruz is one of the most outstanding voices of contemporary Spanish song. The artist, born in Girona in 1983, has spoken the language of music for as long as she can remember: she grew up among popular Iberian and Latin American songs, and was educated in classical and jazz. Infected by flamenco through a connection that seems supernatural, she sings in a way that is uniquely hers and thrills.

As part of his discography, in addition to the aforementioned titles, the following titles stand out Grenada (2014), published as a duo with Raül Fernandez (Refree); Dressed in nit (2017) and Farce (impossible genre)a 2020 project that gathers the compositional reality of the last years of Sílvia: thirteen original songs with her own lyrics and some borrowed poems. 

Composing soundtracks for plays and movies is another of her passions. She was also the voice of the film Snow White by Pablo Berger, winner of 10 Goya Awards in 2013, including Best Original Song.

In 2015, he composed and recorded the soundtrack for. Near your homeby Eduard Cortés, a film in which she also starred as an actress. This process crystallized in the edition of Domus (2016), an album with which he won the Silver Biznaga for Best Original Music at the Malaga Film Festival (2016), the Award for Best Original Music at the PÖFF (Black Nights Festival) in Tallinn (2016), the Gaudí Award for Best Original Music (2017) and the Goya Award for Best Original Song for Ai, ai, ai (2017).   

Her Latam Tour, with which Sílvia Pérez Cruz arrives in Havana, has already had stops in countries of the continent such as Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, and will close in Brazil.