• Submitted by: manso
• Arts and Culture
• 09 / 16 / 2011

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2011.09.15 - 11:01:31 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Omara PortuondoHAVANA, CUBA.-  Omara Portuondo, the Diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, has been nominated, along with the groups Adalberto Alvarez y su Son and Septeto Santiaguero, for a Latin Grammy award in its 12th annual edition.

Omara’s nomination and those of the rest of the Cuban artists was announced on Wednesday during a press conference held in the US city of Los Angeles, where the other nominees competing in the contest’s 46 categories were also presented, the event’s official Web site informed.

The former singer of the Las D´Aida quartet, winner of a Latin Grammy in 2009 with her CD “Gracias”, entered the competition in the category of Best Latin Children’s Album, with the CD “Reír y cantar” (Laugh and Sing), by the Bismusic record label, showing one of the lesser- known facets of the artist: nursery rhymes.

Adalberto Alvarez y su Son’s nomination for an Oscar came for his CD “El son de altura”, also recorded under BisMusic, while the Septeto Santiaguero was nominated for the album “Oye mi son santiaguero” recorded under the Spanish PICAP label. The two of them will compete for a prize in Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album.

The awards ceremony of the Grammy Prizes, according to the Web site of the Latin Academy, has been scheduled for the evening of November 10 in the US city of Las Vegas, where the names of the winners in the various categories will be announced.(ACN)