Liuba María Hevia (born in

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. She has released several CDs, toured internationally, and collaborated with various artists. Hevia took up the guitar at age 8 and began performing as part of the Cuban musical movement called

Nueva Trova Nueva Trova (, "new trova") is a movement in Cuban music that emerged around 1967–1968 after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, and the consequent political and social changes. Nueva Trova has its roots in the traditional trova, but differs from it ...

(New Cuban Verse) in 1982. She has recorded with Silvio Rodriguez and

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Polito Ibañez Polito Ibáñez (born March 29, 1965) is a Cubans, Cuban singer and composer who is among the generation of contemporary artists in Cuba known as troubadors. He graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte ingresó and joined the Nueva Trova music ...

, Gema and Pavel, Raul Torres, the duet Cachivache, and the trio En Serie. Her first song recorded was ''Coloreando la esperanza'' (Coloring Hope) in 1993. She performs in various styles including guajira,

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, habanera and

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Discography

Solo albums

*''Coloreando la esperanza'' (1993) *''Señor Arcoíris'' (1995) *''Habaneras en el tiempo'' (1995) *''Alguien me espera'' (1996) *''Del verso a la mar'' (1999) *''Travesía mágica'' (2002) *''Ilumíname'' (2002) *''Ángel y habanera'' (2004) *''¡Atentos! Traigo un regalo'' (2005) *''Secretos cantados'' (2007) *''Puertas'' (2010) *''Ilumíname en vivo'' (2010) *''Naranjo en flor'' (2012) *''Liuba canta a Teresita'' (2012) *''El mapa de mis canciones'' (2014)Discography
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