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Celebrations on the centenary of
Compay Segundo’s birth
• House-Museum inaugurated in Havana
THE
Compay Segundo Casa Museo (House-Museum), honoring
the legendary Cuban musician, was inaugurated in
Havana as part of the celebrations for the centenary
of the composer of “Chan Chan.”
In a
press conference at the Hotel Nacional, Salvador
Repilado, Compay’s son, said that the collection to
be exhibited in the museum consists of personal
objects, instruments that his father used, and
unpublished photographs.
Compay Segundo (1907-2003) would have been 100 years
old in 2007, and his family, together with the
Ministry of Culture and the Cuban Institute of
Music, have organized a program of commemoration.
In
addition, a visual arts exhibition titled “Compay
Segundo, 100 years” is to open at the Cuban Museum
of Fine Arts. That exhibition includes work by
outstanding Cuban artists like Zaida del Río,
Eduardo Roca “Choco,” Roberto Fabelo, Kcho,
Sosabravo, and other young talents.
Likewise, a concert will be held in the eastern city
of Santiago de Cuba on November 18 (the birthday of
the composer of “Se secó el arrollito,” with Compay
Segundo’s band and the Oriente Symphonic Orchestra.
It
is also expected that the 2007 Habano Festival will
be dedicated to the star, who all of his life
combined his profession as a tobacco worker with
that of musician.
Finally, a monument is to be erected in Santa
Ifigenia Cemetery — a national heritage site — in
Santiago de Cuba to honor the memory of Francisco
Repilado (the son musician’s real name),
designed by artist Fernando López, winner of the
National Architecture Award.
The
monument, according to the designer in a video, will
be located near the graves of Pepe Sánchez, creator
of the bolero, and Miguel Matamoros, one of the most
outstanding Cuban musicians in history, with whom
Compay Segundo performed for 14 years.
Next
December, the Compay Segundo group will tour
northern Italy in a tribute organized by that
European country to the legendary Cuban singer. (PL)
(Translated by Granma International)
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