Acroarte regrets the death of Rafael (Bullumba) Landestoy

NEW YORK.-The Association of Art Writers (Acroarte) in this city, said the death of the composer and classical artist Rafael Enrique (Bullumba) Landestoy, occurred Tuesday in the Dominican Republic, mourns the Dominican artistic class in The country and abroad, but says that his compositions are not dead.

He maintains that, however, his compositions will remain in the performances of renowned artists such as the Mexican actor and singer Fernando Fernández, who immortalized the songs "Carita de Angel" and "My sweet love" ; Lupita Palomera, who recorded the song "No need"; The Jarocha, Toña la Negra, who recorded his songs "Pesar", "Dilo de una vez", "Oye vida mía", "Cuenta conmigo" and "Soy Mulata", the latter also recorded by the Dominican Milagros Lanty. [19659002] The journalist Adalberto Domínguez, president of Acroarte's subsidiary, communicated by telephone with Aleida Landestoy, to express the condolences of the council of the entity for "the irreparable loss of his uncle Bullumba, who had a long life devoted to the "Aleida, daughter of the artist Pedro -Keko-Landestoy, told us that his uncle Bullumba, who on August 16 would be 94 years old, had suffered a fall in his apartment a few months ago and since then his health was deteriorating, "he said

Dominguez pointed out that the Dominican community abroad paid tribute to Rafael Enrique deserved -" B ullumba "- Landestoy in February 2008 through the Consulate Dominican Dominican in New York, with the Citizen Citizen Recognition, the Dominican Florida Jazz Festival of South Florida that was dedicated in October 2016, and the Association of Dominican Classical Artists who founded the Dominican pianist and pedagogical Tilsia Brens

"Bullumba will remain in force with his piano music and compositions that have been performed by Celia Cruz, Vicentico Valdes, Rafael Solano, Ney Rivera, Cuban Panchito Riset and Daniel Santos, among others. from other famous artists, "concludes Domínguez, who is part of the board of Acroarte with Chino Estrella, Raymond Abad, Santiago Matos, Andy Salas, Orlando Flores and Alejandro Cruz.