Arturo Sandoval He reached his 74th birthday this Monday “playing for a noble cause” that brings him closer to supporting medical research.
“Today, on my birthday, I am playing for a noble cause, ‘Music for Medicine’, will be a charity event dedicated to medical research,” he said from his profile on Facebook.
In addition, he took the opportunity to share a link on the social network Youtube which directs to a video whose description says: “Master Arturo Sandoval playing the piano, his hands look like octopuses.”
This Sunday the famous Cuban trumpeter was seen on his social networks playing ping-pong with the percussionist Tony Succarin Miami, in what is presumed to be an early celebration of the date.
The publication has been used by his fans to wish him congratulations on his birthday.
Also the United States Embassy in Cuba He referred to the date with a post from social network Xwhere he expressed: “Turn up the volume on the trumpet because Cuban American musician Arturo Sandoval has his birthday today.”
Sandoval was born in Artemisa, November 6, 1949.
His musical career marks the beginnings with the emblematic Cuban group Iraqisfounded together with saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera and the pianist Chucho Valdes.
This month, Sandoval will receive the Latin Grammy Award for Musical Excellence 2023conferred by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Recently, the renowned musician took part in the version of “Patria y Vida” that features the voice of Celia Cruz recreated with artificial intelligence and, last April, He premiered the song “Sueño” with Yotuel and Jencarlos Canelain which artists unite their talents for the freedom of Cuba.
In September, a mural with the figure of Sandoval. In front of this work based in Bogotá, the Cuban artist told the creator Johnny Ortiz: “My family is very, very grateful, all of them, my wife and my son are also plastic artists, that is, they understand a lot about this and they greatly appreciate your work and are very grateful. I was tasked with letting you know that we greatly appreciate what you’ve done. It is a great honor for me, a very great satisfaction that you have done that and it fills me with joy and pride.”
