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Cuban singer Fara García Callava, who kept her stage name Farah María, died on Wednesday, confirmed by a note on the social networks of the Cuban Institute of Music.
The institution mourned the death of the singer known as “La Gacela de Cuba”.
“Farah started her career very early and was a symbol of Cuban grace, sensuality and mestizo beauty. She was a remarkable singer who knew how to choose her repertoire and showed her elegance and unquestionable dominance on stage. your family and friends, condolences from the heart “, it was mentioned in the publication.
According to the newspaper Tribuna de La Habana, Farah could be accompanied by an entire orchestra and that unmistakable timbre led us to the image of the very Cuban who was detached from her talent in the famous quartet Los Meme, by Meme Solis, with Héctor Tellez and Miguel Ángel Piña, after replacing the goddess of the sentimental song (bolero) Moraima Secada.
His ability to draw the attention of thousands of fans to every move on stage he leaves us picaresque themes such as El tiburon (Don’t bathe on the beach …), or his foray into Tango with the anthology “Adiós Muchachos” or a good Son like “La negra Tomasa”, or in his personal versions of “La flor de la cinnamon”, preceded only by the essential Ignacio Villa (Snowball).
However, we remember her in that song, “El pajaro Chogui”, “A Story”, with which she was awarded internationally, or its aroma under the skin of the deceiver, with Cha Cha Chá, by master Enrique Jorrín, in “Alardoso”, or in his very popular “Jaws”, until he ventured into the work of Silvio Rodríguez with his excellent versions of “El mayor” and “Happy Coming Day”.
For her, they wrote masterful songs such as Adolfo Guzmán, Juan Almeida Bosque, Meme Solís, Silvio Rodríguez, Mario Aguirre, Juan Pablo Torres, Eddy Gaytán, Barrerita. He shared the stage at the Gran Teatro de La Habana “García Lorca” with Josephine Baker and Bola de Nieve.