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- country:Cuba
- region:Madrid
- style(s):Latin, World Jazz
- label:not signed
- type:Band, Trio, Quartet, Quintet
- gender:female
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal
- artist posted by:Jahviva Concerts & Promotion
Line up
- Eme Alfonso (Vocals, Piano)
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Eme Alfonso (Havana, 1986) is a young singer and composer from Cuba, graduated in Piano and Choral Conducting at the National Arts School of Cuba. She recorded for the first time an album when she was 7, together with Silvio Rodríguez.
She started her professional career when she was 14, with the Afro-Cuban rock band Sintesis, from which she was nominated for Latin Grammy 2002. With Sintesis she travelled America and Europe for 10 years, performing at international festivals such as Rock in Rio in Brazil, Jazz á Vienne in Austria and Nice Jazz Festival in France. She collaborated with artists such as Pablo Milanés and Audio Slave.
She started her solo career in 2006. As a soloist, she has collaborated with renown artists such as Fito Páez, Chucho Valdés, Omara Portuondo and Florence K. She sang for one million people at Juanes´Peace Concert in Havana, 2009. Whe she was 23, her solo debut "Senales" ("Signs") won the Cubadisco award for best Cuban Fusion album.
"Eme" ,her second album was awarded for Cubadisco best Pop-Fusion album 2013. "Buscando inspiración" was awarded for Lucas best Cuban music video of the year.
In her new album, Eme shows an innovative genre by mixing the Cuban and Latin music with Soul and Jazz. the artist recreates in "Eme" the Golden Age of Cuban music from the 50's. Acoocrding to NPR, "the album's compositions hinge on (Eme) Alfonso's warm and moving vocals".
Her music has been broadcasted on Cuban, Canadian, American, Spanish and French radios.