| 15/01/2021 – 7:34 AM (GMT-4)
Family and friends said goodbye to the singer’s remains at an intimate ceremony held in Havana on Thursday Farah María, who died on December 30 at 76 years old.
“Wherever you are, mom, I know you will be proud of all the people who have loved you and all the people who are here with us today,” the daughter of the late artist said visibly moved in a statement to the Cuban. television.
The interviewed performers and show directors agreed to the joy and professionalism of Farah Maria, which has been highly appreciated for decades not only by the general public, but also by its employees.
“I mainly lost a sister. We loved each other very much, we exchanged ideas not only about art, but also about personal issues, ”said Cuban singer and songwriter Héctor Téllez.
“Cuba is losing a great artist, an artist to the people, a very punctual and very professional artist,” said Artistic Director Raúl De la Rosa, who emphasized that they worked in many provinces of the country and everywhere Farah always took great care. to his audience, who knew how to respond with affection to such devotion. “She always liked her very much, she was always very loved,” he concluded.
“The people of Cuba will always be in debt to Farah María,” said Hugo Oslé, director of the “Mariana de Gonich” singing academy; while Lázaro Castellanos, director of Radio Taíno, described her as “a good and happy companion on stage”.
“I am one of those who think that there are figures who become unrepeatable figures through their work, and Farah is one of those figures,” said Jorge Alfaro, director of the Teatro América.
Popular singer Farah María García, also known as “La Gacela de Cuba”, died just a day before the end of 2020 from Alzheimer’s disease.
The Ministry of Culture of Cuba published a note complaining about Farah María’s death and emphasizing that ‘she was a symbol of Cuban grace, sensuality and mestizo beauty’, ‘that’ she knew how to choose her repertoire and her unquestionable elegance and dominance. on the stage”.
One of his triumphs took place at the Yamaha festival, in Japan, in 1974, with the song ‘The memory of that long journey’, which marked one of the greatest successes in his artistic career and gained overwhelming popularity in the world. island. . The subject Not only did it become a national anthem in Cuba, but it was also the title of the artist’s first album.
In 2003 it was reissued in the series The voices of the century, and appeared in 2009 on the CD that EGREM published as a collection together with the recordings of the Los Meme Quartet, directed by Meme Solís and also composed by Héctor Téllez and Miguel Ángel Piña.
Are themes such as Shark, popularly known as Do not bathe on the Malecón, are an important part of the affective and musical memory of Cubans.