YAQUELINE CASTELLANOS - “THE LADY OF SON”

 Yaqueline Castellanos is the most outstanding female vocalist coming out of Cuba the recent years.  Her career started in 1984, when she won the first prize and the prize of the specialised press in the Cuban TV-show “Todo el mundo canta”

Her voice, trained at Cuba’s national school for the Arts, allows her to cover various musical styles, although it is her amazing capability for improvisation, which made her the real “Lady of Son”.

She has participated in Cuba’s most prestigious festivals:  “Jazz Plaza”, “Adolfo Guzman”, “Beny More” as well as “Oro Verde” (Brazil), “Boleros de Oro” (Mexico), “Antologia del Bolero”(Spain).

She shared the stage with Elena Burke, Maria Dolores Pradera, Omara Portuondo, Moncho, Celina Gonzalez, Dyango, Los Panchos, Armando Manzanero etc.

She has performed and toured in many countries like  Nicaragua, Brazil, Mexico, Curacao, Russia, Finland, Hungary, Luxemburg, Holland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Kroatia, Slovenia, France and Germany.

Discography:  “Merengue al kilo” with Opus 13, “Cubanisimo” with Mercedita Valdes, “La Dama del Son” (Egrem prize 1994) with Opus 13, “Solo vivo por ti” with her orquestra J.B. (songs of this CD got first place in both Miami and Californian hit parades), “Homenaje a Maria Teresa Vera”,” Homenaje a Marcelino Guerra” (with Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo and Rapindey), “Divas”, “30 Anos con la música de Juan Almeida”, “Homenaje a la Orquesta Sinfónica de Camagüey”, “Son de Cuba”, “Conozca a Cuba Primero”, “Tropical fever”, “El que no corre vuela”, “Yara Yara” and “El Regreso”.