The famous Cuban musician Manuel “Guajiro” Miraval, the trumpeter of the band “Buena Vista Social Club”, died yesterday Monday in Havana at the age of 91, the Cuban Music Institute announced. Miraval is “considered among the most important trumpeters in Cuba and the world” and his death is a “tremendous loss for Cuban music and culture,” the institute said on Facebook. “Thanks for everything dear friend” was the reaction of Buena Vista Social Club diva Omara Portuondo via the same social networking site. She referred to her “beloved brother”, “a great friend, a great musician, a great person”. The 94-year-old singer, famous for her warm voice, announced at the beginning of October that she was ending her artistic career. The institute clarified that the funeral of Manuel Miraval will take place this morning (local time) in Havana. Born on May 5, 1933 in Melena del Sur, some fifty kilometers from the capital of Cuba, he began his musical career in 1951 and […]
Source: News Beast
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