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Pablo Milanés Arias (24 February 1943 – 22 November 2022)[1] was a Cuban guitar player and singer. He was one of the founders of the Cubannueva trova, along withSilvio Rodríguez andNoel Nicola. His music, originating in theTrova,Son and other traditional styles of early 20th CenturyCuban music, set him apart from the style ofSilvio Rodríguez.
Pablo Milanés, widely known as Pablito, moved with his family fromBayamo to Havana in 1950. He studied in the Conservatorio Municipal de La Habana, at the time the most prestigious musical school in the country. His first public performance was in 1956.[2] By age 15, he was active in "bohemian" musical circles in Havana, associated with the so-called "filin" musicians.
Although he supported theCuban Revolution, in 1965 he was sent to theUMAP agricultural forced-labor camp inCamagüey.[3] In 1967, he escaped and fled to Havana to denounce the injustice of the labor camp.[3] This resulted in his imprisonment, first for two months inLa Cabaña, an 18th-century fortress in Havana, and then for a time in a prison camp.[3] He was released when the prison camp was closed due to international pressure.[3]
In 1969, he became part of theGrupo de Experimentación Sonora, a seminal group of young musicians, many of whom became founding members of thenueva trova, which started as a movement with a concert given by Pablo, Silvio Rodriguez, and Noel Nicola on 18 February 1968. Until the late 1980s, nueva trova was the unofficial musical style of the Cuban Revolution.
Since his first recording ("Versos sencillos de José Martí" in 1973),[2] he issued more than 40 solo records, and many more in collaboration with other artists from Cuba, elsewhere in Latin America, and Spain. His first record with original songs (the eponymous "Pablo Milanés") was not issued until 1976.[2] The heyday of his creativity occurred probably in the early 1980s, with his records "Yo me quedo", "El guerrero", and "Comienzo y final de una verde mañana".
He lived inVigo, Spain, with his Spanish wife and two sons since 2004.[5] In 2014, he received a kidney transplant, receiving an organ donated by his wife.[5]
Since relocating to Spain, Milanés was publicly critical of some aspects of the Cuban government, though he remained dedicated to theCuban Revolution. In 2011, it was reported that his willingness to speak openly about the failures of the revolution strained his relations with Silvio Rodriguez.[6] At that time, he did not participate in pro-government campaigns.[7][8]
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