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	omara portuondo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Omara Portuondo was born in Havana in October 1930.
		Omara had watched her sister rehearse so often that she knew all the steps and was asked to stand in.
		On their radio debut Omara was introduced as “Miss Omara Brown, the fiancée of filin.” She is still known by many Cubans as “la novia del filin.” Omara recalls that Cuban music around this time was influenced by the popular music from a variety of countries including Argentina, Brazil, and of course the United States.
	www.sacksco.com /roster/omara/omara_bio.html (1515 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Omara Portuondo is one of Cuba's greatest vocalists, and has been acclaimed as such almost from the day she started singing professionally in the late forties.
		Omara Portuondo was born in Cayo Hueso (Havana) in 1930.
		Omara, her sister Aidee, and Elena Burke (who got Omara her first real gig) decided to form a quartet with three female and one male voices, but after meeting with Aida Diestro, they approached Moraima Secada, and formed the Cuarteto d'Aida, with Diestro directing and playing piano, and four female voices harmonizing.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=793 (1675 words)

	Cuban chanteuse rode 'Buena Vista Social Club' to fame
		Portuondo met Cooder at a Havana recording studio while he was putting together a collection of vintage songs by elder musicians and Cooder invited her to sing with the Club.
		Portuondo was asked to stand in because she knew all the steps from watching rehearsals.
		Portuondo says that the United States is very different from when she first visited as a girl.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/10/24/NBGL02FQL51.DTL&type=printable (677 words)

	CMT.com : Omara Portuondo : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A native of Havana, Portuondo was one of three daughters born to a baseball player on the Cuban national team and a woman of Spanish heritage who left the comfort and support of her wealthy family home to marry the man she loved.
		Portuondo balanced her dancing with singing engagements with friends, including Cesar Portillo De La Luz, Jose Antonio Mendez, and pianist Frank Emilio Flynn, calling themselves Loquimbambla Swing.
		While Portuondo returned to her homeland, continuing to perform with Cuarteto d'Aida until 1967, her sister elected to remain in the United States.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/portuondo_omara/bio.jhtml (468 words)

	Omara Portuondo - Cuban Music - Havana Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Omara Portuondo, pop queen of Castro's communist republic, is adored on stage and mobbed in the street.
		By the time the set reaches a frenzied rumba-drumming climax, followed by Omara alone on stage leading the ecstatic crowd in singing a final sentimental ballad, we are utterly bowled over by her stamina and professionalism.
		Later, as we are shown round the poor district of Havana where Portuondo was raised, the reaction of the people coming out to greet her is full of real affection, and she is happy to spend time in conversation with anyone who approaches.
	havanajournal.com /culture_comments/A1656_0_3_0_M (1205 words)

	Spotlight: Omara Portuondo's Romantic Intentions / The Washington Post - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News
		The duet, "Silencio," featured 72-year-old Ibrahim Ferrer and 68-year Omara Portuondo; she was the only woman featured in Wenders's film, as well as the only woman to participate in the original "Buena Vista Social Club" recording project that inspired that documentary.
		Americans are only now discovering her; but at home, Portuondo has been a musical icon for decades, first with the seminal female vocal ensemble Cuarteto Las D'Aida, from 1952 to 1967, and after that as a solo artist.
		Portuondo, whose velvety vocals evoke the richness of pre-revolutionary Cuban music, finally made it back to New York for Buena Vista Social Club's 1998 concert at Carnegie Hall and has since toured the states with Ferrer and Gonzalez.
	www.cubanet.org /CNews/y00/oct00/20e5.htm (1180 words)

	Omara Portuondo, diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, sings at Hancher April 12
		In "The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo" she is backed by some of the original Buena Vista members, as well as some of the new generation of Cuban musicians.
		Portuondo was born in Havana in 1930, to a mother from a rich Spanish family and a fl baseball player, in an age when interracial marriages were frowned upon.
		On their radio debut Omara was announced as "Miss Omara Brown, the fiancé of filin," the nickname by which she is still known.
	www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2002/march/0322buena-vista.html (875 words)

	Vocalist Omara Portuondo to Give Laxson Auditorium Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since then, Portuondo has toured extensively with the Social Club's Ibrahim Ferrer and RubenGonzalez (who was her pianist in the '40s), released an accliamed self-titled album, and embarked on a headlining trek that brings her to Laxson Auditorium on the CSU, Chico campus April 4 at 7:30 p.m.
		Kicking up the energy level with grand ballads and riveting up-tempo numbers, the majestic Portuondo is joined by fellow BVSC artist Barbarito Torres, a virtuoso of the Spanish lute whose blend of musica guajira ("the blues of the Cuban countryside) with the modern sophistication of jazz captures the essence and richness of Cuban music.
		Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo is presented by Chico Performances and is supported, in part, by grants from the California Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; Western States Arts Federation; and the City of Chico and its Arts Commission.
	www.csuchico.edu /hfa/chicoarts/omarapr.html (598 words)

	Omara Portuondo Music, News, Concerts, and More from SonicBreakdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Portuondo was born in October 1930 in Havana, one of three sisters; her mother came from a wealthy Spanish family, and had created a scandal by running off with and marrying a fl professional baseball player.
		Omara started her career in 1945 as a dancer at Havana's Tropicana Club (following her older sister, Haydee).
		In 1967 Portuondo embarked on a solo career, and in the same year represented Cuba at the Sopot Festival in Poland, singing Juanito Marquez' "Como un Milagro".
	www.sonicbreakdown.com /Z/artistDetails/selectedArtistId_15681/newsId_62240.html (516 words)

	Omara Portuondo Downloads :: calabashmusic.com
		Omara Portuando is one of Cuba's greatest vocalists, and has been considered one of the best since she started singing in the late forties.
		On Palabras, Omara Portuondo sings Cuban classics, written by such well-known composers as Arsenio Rodráguez, Sindo Garay, Jaime Prats, Jose Antonio Méndez, Marta Valdés, Nico Rojas, Bola de Nieve, Martán Rojas, and Juan Formell.
		This wonderful recording is appropriately entitled, as it highlights the words of the songs, and showcases the unique beauty of Portuondo's renowned voice.
	omaraportuondo.calabashmusic.com (294 words)

	Chico News and Review - Music - October 30, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Her mother was from a rich Spanish family but rejected her society upbringing when she ran off with a tall and handsome baseball player from the Cuban national team who happened to be fl, in a time and place when mixed marriages were still frowned upon.
		Though they were too poor to afford a gramophone, their home was a haven filled with the joyous singing of family members who had to pretend not to know each other in their daily lives on the streets.
		By 1952, Portuondo had formed Cuarteto Las D'Aida, what would become one of Cuba's most famous vocal groups, and she soon undertook her first tour of America.
	www.newsreview.com /issues/chico/2003-10-30/music.asp (611 words)

	Biographies - Buena Vista Social Club
		Omara Portuondo's family history is a romantic New World saga.
		Her mother was born into a rich Spanish family and was expected to marry within her social caste, but instead eloped with a Cuban baseball player—a fl man. Omara began her show business career as a dancer at the fabled Tropicana in Havana.
		Omara loved both American jazz (early in her career, she worked with Nat King Cole) and the romantic legacy of Cuban music—coming to be known as the “fianceé of feeling.”
	www.pbs.org /buenavista/musicians/bios.html (2060 words)

	Seattle Weekly - music: Omara Portuondo, The Delgados.
		More than 35 years later, Omara Portuondo returned to the US as the only female member of the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club; her duet with Compay Segundo on the mournful "Veinte años" was one of the group's highlights.
		Portuondo's new solo album, the third BVSC sequel, harnesses the glamour and thinly veiled sensuality of the big-band era with time-capsule-perfect renditions of old-time boleros and habaneras.
		Portuondo closes with two pre-Castro relics, a Spanish- language version of the Gershwins' "The Man I Love," and "Siempre en mi córazon," once a popular melody in the US thanks to bandleaders like Glenn Miller.
	www.seattleweekly.com /features/0027/cd-staff.shtml (654 words)

	World Music Central - Swiss Red Cross Appoints Singer Omara Portuondo as Ambassador
		Fuhrer thanked Omara for her work, her solidarity and selfless support and her commitment to the poor in the world.
		The ceremony, attended by Omara and her band, diplomats and friends from Montreaux, followed with a speech by the organizer of the city´s cultural events.
		Omara appreciated the gesture and reiterated her disposition to defend the poorest sectors.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php?story=20041126195843115 (293 words)

	Omara Portuondo - Flor de Amor / RootsWorld Recording Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Omara Portuondo was the gentle lady among the gentlemen of the Buena Vista Social Club and while outnumbered, she was never outshone.
		Again on her latest, Portuondo is the centerpiece of a jewel of an album - gently swinging; stately without being staid; beautiful without being remote.
		Portuondo is not a belter like fellow Cuban Celia Cruz Her talent is to act as a portal to a past that is tinged with the golden hues of nostalgia.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/omaraflor.shtml (228 words)

	EfreeBuy :: Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo
		Omara's solo CD does not dissapoint, her voice is beautiful and the orchestrations are superb.
		While she came to global prominence as the female singer on the Buena Vista Social Club album and in the film, Omara Portuondo has a career that--like the other participants--stretches back many years.
		There's little doubt that Portuondo is a world-class singer, and this is the ideal showcase for her extraordinary talents.
	www.efreebuy.com /index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B00004SVHO (488 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Flor De Amor: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cuban diva Omara Portuondo rose to prominence with Compay Segundo, singing "Veinte Años" on the blockbusting Buena Vista Social Club album, although her solo career actually dates back to 1959.
		The album sees Portuondo taking influence from her early work of popular bossa nova rhythms and being backed by various Brazilian musicians and also the Cuban outfit Orquesta Aragon.
		Omara is a talent indeed, and this album shows of her style greatly with an excellent collection of songs.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001M656K (443 words)

	Interview: Omara Portuondo - Brief Article - Interview
		Through it all, sixty-nine-year-old diva Omara Portuondo excelled in the most demanding genre of all: the silky bolero.
		Mainstream recognition arrived courtesy of the Buena Vista Social Club record and the Wim Wenders--directed 1999 documentary in which she and Ibrahim Ferrer share a sweet duet that exudes ice-melting tenderness.
		Omara Portuondo--the Cuban songbird whose voice is reaching more people than ever.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_30/ai_64993860 (830 words)

	Omara Portuondo : Flor de Amor - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Flor de Amor is the second World Circuit outing for Cuban diva Omara Portuondo, whose debut for the label topped the world music charts in 2000.
		This time out, Portuondo and producers Nick Gold, Jerry Boys, and Alé Siqueira assemble a sultry, steamy, and extremely elegant collection of love songs that are steeped in the popular Cuban bolero, rhumba, ritmo, guajira, and mambo traditions, but there is also the airiness of Brazilian pop music in the tunes produced by Siqueira.
		The album opens with the ethereal "Tabú." It is a song of longing for Africa with a gorgeous clarinet line played by Javier Zalba and a wispy backing chorus that winds around Portuondo; she blends in a Yoruban spiritual chant without breaking stride or upsetting the nocturnal balance of the tune.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,2893855,00.html (395 words)

	A&L News Release - Buena Vista Social Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Coincidentally, Portuondo was in the Egrem studios during the Buena Vista sessions.
		Omara released a debut solo album in 1959 and maintained a spectacular career straddling Cuban music and American jazz.
		Omara Portuondo will take part in a Meet-the-Artist Reception on Monday, November 3 at 3:30 pm at the UCSB Women’s Center Lounge.
	www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu /archive/2003-2004/pr/buena.asp (938 words)

	Omara Portuondo
		And the high priestess of this sumptuous sound is Omara Portuondo of the now famous Buena Vista Social Club.
		At the age of 71, Omara has seen many changes in her country and these life experiences make her music even more passionate.
		Omara Portuondo performs tonight at the Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide; tomorrow night at the Concert Hall in Melbourne; on Sunday night at the Opera House in Sydney; and next Tuesday night at the Royal Theatre in Canbera.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/arts/atoday/stories/s370182.htm (232 words)

	Buena Vista Social Club presents: Omara Portuondo
		The album features Portuondo’s signature, velvety voice backed by a traditional big band that plays heartfelt boleros and habaneros along with toe-tapping mambos.
		Portuondo’s career began in the early fifties and this album harks back to her musical roots.
		This music has made a comeback not only in the US but throughout the world and its popularity has exploded into something no one could have foreseen.
	www.plume-noire.com /music/releases/omaraportuondo.html (381 words)

	Omara Portuondo - Desafios: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		On this thirteen track recording of voice and piano duets, there is no doubt from the first note to the last that you are experiencing the complete mastery of two Cuban music legends.
		Portuondo is never limp or mushy, always forceful in singing what's on her troubled mind, and expresses it in a way you clearly understand even if you don't know the words.
		A triumphant recording to be sure, and a hallmark in the annals of the continuing attempt to expose American audiences to the rich traditions of folkloric jazz informed Afro-Cuban culture.
	www.music.com /release/desafios/1 (300 words)

	Culture, Artistic Careers of Omara Portuondo and Danny Rivera Honored in Cuba: Cuba News, Cuba Travel, cultural, ...
		Cuban singer Omara Portuondo and her Puerto Rican colleague Danny Rivera received diplomas from the Cuban Higher Institute of Art (ISA) in recognition of their respective artistic careers, in this capital Monday.
		Portuondo, widely known as "The Lady of Buenavista Social Club", received this diploma for being "one of the voices of the feeling and sensibility of Cuban music, and a genuine symbol of the culture of the country".
		Omara Portuondo made her debut as a solo singer in 1967, and went on to become one of the greatest female singers of Cuba.
	www.cubaxp.com /modules/news/article-2599.html (485 words)

	MTV.com - Omara Portuondo
		Omara Portuonda is the grand old lady of Cuban music.
		Her solo album, The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo, released in 2000, reinforced her status as one of Cuba's greatest musical ambassadors.
		For those about to rock, this is the show for you.
	www.mtv.com /bands/az/portuondo_omara/bio.jhtml (487 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Omara Portuondo was, undoubtedly, the star of the Buena Vista concerts in the late 90s, impressing with her controlled, cool voice, suggesting a whole unsung subtext of emotion.
		From the very first track, Omara Portuondo's voice carries you away into a dimly lit nightclub.
		From the opening few bars right through to the last track Omara Portuondo lifts you from the mundane exsistance to another place.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004SDO7 (766 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts reviews \| Omara Portuondo, Royal Festival Hall, London
		Omara Portuondo came on stage at the Festival Hall with all the confidence of a lady who started out in the Havana cabaret clubs back in the 1940s and has been one of the great voices of Cuban music ever since.
		She looked thinner and more frail than in the past, but was still dressed like a mildly outrageous star with a multicoloured shawl slung across a floral dress, fl hair piled up on her head.
		Portuondo is a grand old professional with a fine, versatile, no-nonsense style; she is still capable of reworking her songs for a large, packed hall.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1208705,00.html (409 words)

	omara portuondo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Omara Portuondo's Flor de amor, the acclaimed solo album from the Buena Vista Social Club vocalist, is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album.
		“Hermosa Habana” finds Omara singing in tribute to her native city, while “Casa calor,” a ballad written specifically for Omara by the Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown, is sung in Portuguese.
		Flor de amor is the eagerly awaited follow-up to the singer's acclaimed Nonesuch debut, The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo, which was also produced by Nick Gold and Jerry Boys in Havana 's legendary EGREM studios.
	www.sacksco.com /roster/omara/omara_rls.html (439 words)

	WAC \| Calendar \| October 2000 \| Omara Portuondo
		In the wake of the emotional, sold-out Ruben Gonzalez/Ibrahim Ferrer concert of November 1999 come the newest stars of the global Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon.
		Omara Portuondo has been thrilling audiences in Havana with the passionate honesty of her voice for more than half a century, but it was the 1997 Grammy-winning recording (on which she was the only woman) that earned her wider international recognition.
		Twin Cities audiences responded rapturously to her irresistible stage presence and vocal prowess when she performed at last fall's concert and at the 1998 Afro-Cuban All Stars event at First Avenue (both copresented by the Walker and Northrop).
	www.walkerart.org /archive/E/AE7371D3478137856161.htm (245 words)

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