Armando Manzanero will perform for the first time in Cuba at the age of 82

La Habana .- The singer-songwriter and Mexican musical producer Armando Manzanero, 82, will offer his first concert in Cuba on July 15 in an area of ​​the emblematic Malecón of Havana, the Instituto de la Habana Música de la Isla, magazine Efe

This will be a unique presentation in which Manzanero will review his repertoire and perform several songs from his new recordings, and will have as guests Cuban musicians Omara Portuondo and Elíades Ochoa -integrants of the emblematic group Buena Vista Social Club- and singer Hayla María Mompié

Manzanero, considered the most influential living composer of Latin American music, is very popular in Cuba among bolero lovers, who during the last decades of the 60s and 70s fell in love with their songs.

"This cultural fact will strengthen the historical artistic and social relations between the peoples of Cuba and Mexico", subr aya note published by the Noticiero Cultural of the Cuban public television

In the organization of the concert of the Popular Mexican artist, the Ministry of Culture of Cuba and its institutions, the Chancellery of the island, the Mexican Embbady in Havana and the Agency for International Cooperation for the Development of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, said the note.

In principle, Manzanero had scheduled two concerts for January that, for "health reasons" of the legendary Mexican Bolero, were postponed for the days 21 and 22 April, but eventually these presentations did not materialize in these dates either.

Manzanero is the author of more than 400 songs, including hits such as This afternoon I saw the rain ] We are boyfriends and with you I learned he recorded about forty albums and his music is part of the soundtrack of many movies [19]. 659002] His songs have been covered by other artists such as Alejandro Sanz, Luis Miguel, Frank Sinatra, Andrea Bocelli, Elis Regina and Juan Gabriel.

Throughout his career he has received major awards and recognitions, including a Latin Grammy and a Prize for Music Excellence, granted by the Latin Recording Academy.

His most recent album is titled I have permission and is composed of songs composed of texts of his friend, the doctor and the writer José Antonio Ceballos.