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William Vivanco (born October 6, 1975 in Santiago) is a Cuban composer and musician.[1] Vivanco learned to play guitar by visiting Casa de la Trova on Calle Heredia in Santiago. He busked in the streets, and also performed with a professional children's choir. He trained his voice, learning the techniques that would enable him to develop his distinctively percussive vocal style. He also played day-long romerias and at the Festival of Singers of the Americas in Guantánamo.

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William Vivanco
William Vivanco
Background information
Born	October 6, 1975
Origin	Santiago, Cuba
Genres	Reggae, pop
Labels	Bis Music

Vivanco first came to Havana when he was 23 years old. The Bis Music label, at the Santa Clara song festival, spotted him and offered him the chance to make his first solo album in 2002 called Lo Tengo To' Pensa'o, a mix of Brazilian music, pop and reggae. His most known song is "Cimarrón" (means: "one who lives on mountaintops"). The song refers to African slaves who ran away from their Spanish masters.

In 2006, Vivanco recorded his second solo album, La Isla Milagrosa, produced by Descemer Bueno and Roberto Carcassés. In recent times Vivanco has started to distance himself from his funkier, poppier tunes in favor of rhythmic traditional Cuban music from Santiago.

Vivanco has performed in France. In 2003 he performed at Les Transmusicales de Rennes festival, then in 2004 at the Paleo Festival de Nyon, at the Cuban night of Les Nuits de Fourvière de Lyon, and in August 2005 he played at the Vence festival Les Nuits du Sud.

Discography

• 2002: Lo Tengo To' Pensa'o
• 2006: La Isla Milagrosa
• 2009: El Mundo Está Cambia'o

References

• Video interview of William Vivanco on Havana-Cultura

External links

• http://www.planete-aurora.com/en-vivanco/a.php
• https://www.nme.com/video/id/kYyewB0iMyc/search/vivanco
• http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4by5d_william-vivanco-el-pilon_music
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100329045703/http://www.cubaabsolutely.com/music/contemporary.htm

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William Vivanco (Santiago de Cuba, 1975) es un músico cubano, miembro de la más reciente generación de la nueva trova criolla. Cantante y compositor de una música fresca, joven, llena de vida, mezcla de ritmos muy variados como el reggae, la bossa nova, el blues y el rap, los cuales une para crear una melodía que atrapa al oyente.

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