• Submitted by: manso
• Arts and Culture
• 07 / 12 / 2011

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2011.07.11 - 13:10:30 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu.Holguin, Cuba.- Cuban singer songwriter Raul Torres dedicated one of his best-known songs on a concert in the eastern city of Holguin to Argentinean composer and poet Facundo Cabral, who was murdered on Saturday in Guatemala.

“To that unforgettable voice I dedicate my song Candil de Nieve,” Torres said on his concert on Sunday at the Comandante Eddy Suñol Theater.

He added: “Cabral will continue to be an unquestionable referent of the Latin American protest song, a source which we all have to provide from because of his intelligent and profound texts…he is an essential figure within the musical stave of the continent.”

In his over one-hour concert, Torres, who became famous in Cuba in the early 1990s for Candil de Nieve, sang pieces from his most recent record Fenix de Cristal. He was accompanied on stage by a quartet made up of piano, guitar, bass and drums.

After recording Candil de Nieve, featuring renowned Cuban singer songwriter Pablo Milanes, Torres became one of the most original voices of the Nueva Trova musical movement. His songs have been interpreted by Spanish Ana Belen and Joaquin Sabina, Brazilian Simone and Argentinean Fito Paez.

Anniela Dominguez, producer of the Provincial Music and Show Center of Holguin, said Torres’ concert in the City of Parks is part of national tour that will go on westwards in Ciego de Avila, and then Cienfuegos. Raul Torres (Photo: ACN)