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A few hours after the 15th anniversary of her death, Celia Cruz the undisputed queen of salsa, is more alive than ever in the eternal legacy of her music and among her millions of fans around the world [19659002] The most emblematic voice of Cuban music was released on July 16, 2003, at the age of 78 and after an intense fight against cancer. At that time, his outgoing personality, his charisma and his powerful presence on stage at the cry of "Azúcar!" Had succeeded to overcome the boundaries of Hispanic culture.
In commemoration of his death, the Latina community in the United States is preparing various acts of homage that will include the exhibition of his robes, colorful wigs and other items in New York, Miami and Washington.
Even after his death and despite his enormous success around the world, listening to Celia in Cuba is still a taboo for his open opposition to the government of Fidel Castro . It was only in 2012 that his voice was heard for the first time on Cuban radio.
Until his last days, the interpreter of Quimbara was persecuted by the sadness of not being able to return to his country or even bury his mother. The regime forbids him entry for leaving the island during a tour in 1960 with Sonora Matancera.
In 1990, he had the opportunity to take his music to the US Naval Base. at Guantánamo Bay, where, upon his arrival, he knelt and kissed the ground three times, while he was leaving with a handful of land that he was asking to deposit in his coffin
As happens every anniversary of his death, on Monday, his mausoleum will be open at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx New York, where the love of his life, Pedro Knight, is also buried. Sonora Matancera's trumpet player was his partner for over 41 years.
Woodlawn will pay him tribute with "Celia Vive", a show in his chapel at the end of September, in the month of Hispanic Heritage
The tribute will also be extended this year to the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora to Miami. with the exhibition "Celia Forever", which will open on October 18, according to the agency EFE Omer Pardillo, former representative of the artist and executor of his legacy.
"They wanted to do something for a while and I told them it was the appropriate year," said Pardillo, who noted that the "Miami" will be the biggest (shows) of Celia who has been made up to now, "with 700 pieces that include their trophies, dresses, wigs, documents, and which
The agenda also includes" Celia, the musical ", a tour project "very personal", the first of which took place last December in Miami and where Lucrecia, a Cuban singer based in Spain. The work will arrive on this Iberian nation on August 18, at the Starlive Festival in Marbella, accompanied by an orchestra and dancers.
The musical that covers the life of the artist with multimedia support will return to Miami on November 16 and 17 to appear at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
"His legacy is very much alive , his memory and his people remember him, his music is played all over the world, I feel honored, "said Pardillo.
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