An illustrated presentation by cultural researcher and historian Rosa Marquetti based on her book Celia in Cuba (1925-1960), focusing on the life and career of legendary singer Celia Cruz in Cuba before leaving the Island and going into exile. With vintage musical numbers from Celia’s concerts and films, this presentation celebrates Women’s History Month and is part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos festival. A Q&A with the audience will follow.
TO WATCH THE PRESENTATION, CLICK HERE ON THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME:
https://youtu.be/ilz3VYRZSDU
To participate in the Q&A via Zoom AFTER the streaming, click here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89526024766
This presentation is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature, and it will be held in Spanish, with English subtitles.
Born in Alquízar, Havana, Cuba, Rosa Marquetti Torres received a degree in philology from the University of Havana. Her professional connection with Cuban music began in 1993 as an executive at the Pablo Milanés Foundation. The Pablo Milanés Foundation was the first private Afro-descendant institutional initiative in Cuban culture, and since then it has grown, with projects in diverse domains such as the record industry, intellectual property; archival, production, consulting and musical supervision in films and documentaries; curatorship, and historiographic and musicographic research. Marquetti is the author of Chano Pozo: A Life (1915-1948), El Niño con su tres. Andrés Echevarría Callava, Niño Rivera, Desmemoriados: Histories of Cuban Music, Triunfar era la opción: 20 mujeres afrocubanas en la música del siglo XX, as well as Celia in Cuba (1925-1960) and Celia en el mundo (1962-2003) (forthcoming).
She also created and is the editor of the blog Desmemoriados– Histories of Cuban music (www.desmemoriados.com), which was founded in 2014 and selected by the Library of Congress for its Latin American digital collection in recognition of its sociocultural value. Marquetti has also worked at Magic Music Records, the General Society of Authors and Editors of Spain, and the Gladys Palmera Collection. She has also worked as research consultant for feature films and documentaries, directed by Fernando Trueba (Spain), Matt Dillon (USA), Pavel Giroud (Cuba), Carlos Carcas (USA-Spain), Fabio Meira (Brazil), T.G.Herrington (USA), etc. As music historian and researcher, she has taught and lectured at New York University, Middlebury College and Florida International University, and at cultural institutions in Cuba, Spain, and the United States. Her research articles and essays on pivotal events and notable figures in Cuban music have been published in media outlets and specialized music sources in Cuba, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, France, and the United States.
This event is part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos festival, and is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature.
With the promotional cooperation of Rialta, 14yMedio and Diario de Cuba
