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Rubén González was born in 1919 in Santa Clara, central Cuba, and studied at Cienfuegos Conservatoire. He was planning to become a doctor, but his love of Cuban son took over. In 1941 he moved to Havana to begin his professional career playing dance music with some of the major orchestras in Cuba, beginning his recording career in 1943 with the pioneering bandleader Arsenio Rodríguez.
Rubén González (born May 26, 1919, Santa Clara, Cuba - died December 8, 2003, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban pianist. He was a legend in Cuban music and counted as one of the most influential pianists of the music style Son. He became internationally known in the 1990's through Ry Cooder 's Buena Vista Social Club and afterwards released two albums.
Rubén González Fontanills (May 26, 1919 – December 8, 2003) was a Cuban pianist. Together with Lilí Martínez and Peruchín he is said to have "forged the style of modern Cuban piano playing in the 1940s".Between the 1940s and his retirement in the 1980s, he played with Cuba's most successful acts, including Paulina Álvarez, Arsenio Rodríguez, Orquesta América del 55, Orquesta ...
11 de may. de 2018 · Artist Profiles: Rubén González. A maestro musician whose piano playing in the 1940’s helped invent the pre-Castro Cuban sound as we know it today, Rubén González had in recent years virtually stopped making music. He suffers from arthritis, and no longer owns a piano. Born in Santa Clara in 1919, González was one of a trio of pianists ...
16 de jun. de 2017 · Mastered By – Duncan Cowell. Photography By – Cristina Piza, Lucy Duran. Piano – Rubén González. Producer – Nick Gold. Recorded By, Mixed By – Jerry Boys. Sleeve – Kathryn Samson. Timbales – Amadito Valdés. Trumpet – Mañuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal *. Vocals – Antonio 'Maceo' Rodríguez *, Juan de Marcos González, Manuel ...
Rubén González - Juvenile Nonfiction Nos remontamos a los antiguos tiempos, en los que dioses, monstruos y héroes convivían con los hombres entre el hielo, el fuego, los festines y las batallas, y cuyos acontecimientos han quedado recogidos en lo que hoy llamamos mitología nórdica, fuente inagotable de sabiduría que ha servido y sirve de inspiración al arte europeo en todas sus facetas.
Introducing... Rubén González is the second studio album by Cuban pianist Rubén González.It was recorded at EGREM studios in Havana, Cuba, during April 1996, as the last of the sessions that also yielded the albums A Toda Cuba le Gusta and Buena Vista Social Club. It was released on September 16, 1997, through World Circuit, thus becoming González's international debut.
