2023-08-13 06:35:38
12/08/2023
At 83 years old, Dyango, the Spanish singer with a hoarse voice, the same one from Tonight I want brandy, sang four weeks ago at La Macarena, in Medellín, for an hour straight, on a day in which he alternated with great legends like Yuri and Amanda Miguel.
He had not had a concert in Colombia for 12 years and his voice, despite his eight decades, captivated those attending the music show of iron music, who sang all his hits in one voice.
“Heart that you have done // to my heart // full moon heart // love song // life has always // been like this // you by your side // and me by you // magical heart”, he sang Dyango with power.
Something similar happened with the Spanish Plácido Domingo, 82 years old, who performed in May at the Polideportivo Sur de Envigado, and more recently with the Venezuelan Oscar D’León, who was 80 years old, who accompanied Rubén Blades (75 years) on the Viva la Salsa Tour, on the same stage.
Dyango, Plácido and Oscar D’León, are just three names of artists over 80 who continue to tour the world, interpreting those songs that made them great.
The keys
Dyango, in an interview with EL COLOMBIANO, attributes this permanence in time more to the songs than to his physical vitality.
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He adds that these are issues that have touched a lot of people of different generations.
“And those songs, I can assure you, will never disappear, the artist will disappear, but for those songs there will always be someone who will sing them once more and someone else will make them succeed once more.”
Names such as Alci Acosta, Palito Ortega, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and Michael Jagger appear in the extensive list of octagenarian musicians who are still in force with live performances.
The oldest of all is Willie Nelson, a country singer, songwriter and guitarist, who at 90 is still on tour.
The reasons
Obviously, in this longevity issue there is a matter of discipline and self-care.
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Alba Lucía Betancur Rúa, vocal technique teacher at Corporación Te Creo, says that at that age and at any age it is essential for an artist not to speak before and following a concert, and that issues such as smoking, liquor and the night affect the “phonatory” apparatus.
Regarding octogenarians, he says that men’s voices are affected less with the passage of time, which is why the majority of artists who continue to sing following the 80s are men.
“The only radical change in the voice that men have is in adolescence (women don’t have it) and it is a very short process, while with us with menopause the tonality changes and the vocal cords become flaccid,” she details. I believe you teacher.
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On the other hand, men in old age stop producing testosterone and the voice tends to regain its shine.
and they don’t leave
In their recent visits to Medellín, last July, both Dyango and Óscar D’León reiterated that they have no farewell tours planned or hang up the microphone.
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“Many would like it that way, but as long as people continue to ask for my songs, I’ll be there,” said the Spanish Dyango, while the salsa singer D’León said that he not only wants to continue singing, but that he rehearses every day without fail. as if he was a new artist looking for an opportunity.
Behind these octogenarians comes another list of singers over 75 who don’t want to leave the stage either, there are Rubén Blades or José Luis Perales to name just two of those who visited Medellín this year.
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