Xiomara Laugart Sánchez is a Cuban singer currently based in New York City. Before emigrating to the United States, Laugart had an extensive career performing ''
nueva trova
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Nueva Trova has its roots in the traditional trova, but differs from it beca ...
'' music in
Cuba
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and she has recorded over 17 albums.
Early life
Xiomara Laugart was born in the
Guantanamo province of
Cuba
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.
She attended college and pursued a degree in
Economics
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, then began her musical career through the ''nueva trova'' musical political protest movement, which was popular throughout the 1960s and 1990s.
2003–05: Yerba Buena
Originally based in
New York
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, Laugart was a founding member and lead singer of the Afro-Latin band,
Yerba Buena
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.
2007–08: ''Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz''
In 2007, Laugart was cast as
Celia Cruz
Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a naturalized Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during t ...
in the Off-Broadway musical, ''Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz'', a tribute to the life of the late Cuban-American singer. Celia ran at New World Stages in
New York
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,
New York
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from September 26, 2007 until May 25, 2008.
During that tour period, the musical made stops at:
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Los Angeles
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,
Miami
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,
Dallas
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Washington, D.C
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Boston
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, as well as a South American tour.
The musical won four
Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) awards in 2008.
Discography
* ''Fé'' (Self released, 1990)
* ''Xiomara'' (
Chesky, 2006)
* ''La Voz'' (Chesky, 2010)
* ''Tears and Rumba'' (Chesky, 2015)
With Yerba Buena
* ''President Alien'' (2003)
* ''Island Life'' (2005)
See also
*
Cuban music
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Yerba Buena (band)
Yerba Buena was a Latin fusion band. The group, active between 2003 and 2009, was founded by Venezuelan musician and producer Andres Levin.
Yerba Buena's music (as described by Razor & Tie, the band's record label) is a blend of Latin music ...
References
Cuban women singers
Cuban musicians
Chesky Records artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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