2023-05-27 17:24:00
The Cuban musician Juan Carlos Formell Alonso, bassist of Loose From Vancould not get over the heart attack he suffered in full concert of the legendary group, held on Friday at the Lehman Center in New York.
A video of the concert shows the eldest of Juan Formell’s sons (1942-2014) leaving his place on stage and walking slowly to the side where he collapsed.
Two other children of the founder of the popular orchestra, Samuel, the current director, and Vanessa, the vocalist, were at the show that night.
The Cuban Institute of Music confirmed the death of the 59-year-old guitarist and composer, exiled in New York since 1993, and highlighted his musical career, with more than five albums and collaborations with prestigious musicians.
The orchestra’s current tour of the United States began with a controversial cancellation of its concert in Miami, scheduled for May 19, at the Miami Beach Bandshell, at the request of Miami Beach Commissioner Alex Fernández, who accused them of using its popularity to promote Cuban tyranny and its violation of basic human rights.
The Cuban-American politician wrote on his social networks that the concert was canceled after a conversation with the directors of the Rhythm Foundation, which has brought numerous musical groups to that venue.
According to the leader of the group, the cancellation was due to delays in the visa of three musicians and a singer.
‘I told Ernesto Lago (producer) that I couldn’t risk (keeping a concert on the agenda) without those visas. The ones who canceled were us and not them due to a visa problem,’ Samuel Formell assured the official website Cuba Sí.
The so-called ‘Cuban music train’ is scheduled to perform this weekend at the carnivals of San Francisco and San Diego, in the state of California, to later do 12 concerts in Europe.
“We inform our fans that the tour in the United States continues, we will be paying tribute to Juan Carlos in each presentation, in each musical note, in each Vanvanero chorus as Juanca would have wished,” the band said in a statement.
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