Juan de Marcos Gonzalez

Birth Name:

Juan de Marcos González-Cárdenas

Birth Place:

Havana, Cuba

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Art department, Music department

His signature group, the Afro-Cuban All Stars, released a Grammy-nominated album called "A toda Cuba le gusta․"
In the 1970s, he earned his B․S․ and Ph․D․ in agricultural engineering at the Water Resources Management Institute in Russia
Though he was originally drawn to American and British Rock, he formed a traditional Cuban band called Sierra Maestra in 1978
Quote: "The only place in the Caribbean, in the New World, where the spirit of Africa is truly alive is Cuba․"
Quote: "We have to use all the heritage of Cuban music to create a sound of the future․ It's important to have that continuity and to fight for our identity․"
Attempting to keep Cuban folk music alive for a younger generation, he recorded over a dozen albums in Cuba and performed around the world
Directed the Buena Vista Social Club concerts in Amsterdam and Carnegie Hall

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