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Without words to explain his emotion, today she received the singer, composer and actress Gloria Estefan the gold medal of the beautiful -Arts in Spain, act in which she made Gala from her Spanish roots and badured that her first musical idol was Joselito and from him the first songs that he sang.
In an act held at the Teatro Real de Madrid, the Spanish Minister of Culture and Sports José Guirao gave him this recognition that he could not receive, for "reasons of force majeure", kings of Spain at the ceremony held at the Pompidou Museum in Malaga (southern Spain) last February.
The Cuban-American singer gathered her today with her inseparable husband, producer Emilio Estefan, a "motivating" man to whom she was united for 43 years and without whom, at least she says, "there would be no medal".
Gloria Estefan – "Child, you fell into the pot of strength and energy of Asturias – and the award winner took over by remembering that his grandfather Leonard was one of the He discovered in theaters his first musical idol, Joselito
" Spain has always been a big part of who I am and still very living in my life. heart . My first musical idol was Joselito and his first songs I sang he went to all his movies with my grandfather Leonardo and thought it was very funny . The music of Spain touched my heart and continued in me because you will never forget your roots "he said.
He also thanked Luis Merino , former director of the radio formula and today a musical consultant who paved the way for his album "Mi tierra" in Spain. "Without him perhaps he would not have listened. They knew me from other records in English, but it was important that they hear me in my native language, Spanish, "recalls a woman" still proud to be Spanish, Cuban and American. "
Surrounded by her Spanish family, she revealed that her mother, who died last year, planned to accompany her in the collection of this gold medal Fine Arts .
After receiving the award says: "I wear Spain with me always in my heart, I am very grateful for the support and with even more, because it's another piece of Spain. "
Minister Guirao, who badured him that he deserves it" absolutely ", pointed out that the singer made a" spectacular breakthrough "on the Spanish music scene," Putting the dance "back to the country with albums like "Mi tierra", the favorite of Estefan because "he gave way to Latin American culture and sound", and "Great exitos"
milestones in a long career ca and successful that shaped the producer of the musical "On Your Feet", released on Broadway in 2015 and currently touring the United States, although a Dutch version also arrived in the Netherlands, in 2019 she will be broadcast in London " One day I told Emilio that I would like to be able to clone myself and I realized it, I have three Glories working on this musical ", he joked, artist who plans to make a Spanish version for Spain and Latin America
His audience will appreciate in January 2019 his new album, in which he explores "Brazilian rhythms with musicians from there", for what he "reinvented" "Conga" is now calling " Samba "and has an impressive percussion," he said, and created four new ones for a job with which he wants to "celebrate Brazil".
Proud mother of singer Emil and Estefan – "I would like to sing while my little girl is singing" – and grandmother of a grandson, Gloria Estefan now starting a week of vacation in Spain, the first that she takes with her husband in four years, and they will not miss the anchovies, one of their favorite foods. "There are already some in Miami, but it's not the same thing." EFE
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