{"id":292014,"date":"2023-11-22T18:57:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=292014"},"modified":"2023-11-23T18:44:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T23:44:23","slug":"alain-perez-i-risked-being-what-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/music-culture\/alain-perez-i-risked-being-what-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"Alain P\u00e9rez: \u201cI risked being what I am\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alain P\u00e9rez (Trinidad, 1977) is a jack-of-all-trades of Cuban music. The kid who left <\/span>Manaca Iznaga to sing when he was less than ten years old has become, with the passage of time and an extensive tour of international stages, one of the most complete and respected artists on the island, both inside and outside of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, arranger, band director, Alain has taken his music around the world, has been nominated for and won the <\/span>Latin Grammy<\/b><\/a>, and has worked alongside figures such as Paco de Luc\u00eda, <\/span>Chucho Vald\u00e9s<\/b><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Celia Cruz<\/b><\/a>, Isaac Delgado, Enrique Morente, Diego El Cigala, and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, even with all that experience and accumulated knowledge and influences, he has not lost even an iota of Cuban identity. If anything, he has strengthened and expanded it, without failing to always recognize his roots, an essence that, he confirms, comes naturally to him and that he drank \u2014 and continues to drink \u2014 from his father, the poet and composer Gradelio P\u00e9rez.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was able to bet on already proven formulas, on commercial shortcuts to success, but he has preferred to maintain his authenticity and follow a path that does not shy away from experimentation with different currents and sounds, but always with Cuban popular music as the center, as a forked prop from which to leave and return to.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI risked being what I am,\u201d Alain confesses, with honesty and also with healthy pride, about his musical commitment, while ensuring that he keeps his arms open \u201cto the world of music,\u201d but \u201calways as a Cuban musician.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These days Alain P\u00e9rez is on tour in Mexico, where since last weekend he has been performing on stages in Xalapa (Veracruz) and at the well-known Mam\u00e1 Rumba club in the Mexican capital. In addition, he will <\/span>teach a master class<\/b><\/a> at the MAP School, in Puebla.<\/span><\/p>\n