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    • Omara Portuondo - HAVANA - NOVEMBER 12: Cuban singer Omara Portuondo (L) and jazz pianist Chucho Valdes of Cuba perform the song 'Veinte Anos' at ceremony for Portuondo after she won the 2009 Latin Grammy award, on November 12, 2009, in Havana, Cuba. Omara Portuondo, diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, won the Latin Grammy for the Best Contemporary Tropical Album for her album 'Gracias'. The 10th Annual Latin Grammy awards took place on November 5 in Las Vegas.
    • Omara Portuondo - HAVANA - NOVEMBER 12: Cuban singer Omara Portuondo (R) and jazz pianist Chucho Valdes of Cuba perform the song 'Veinte Anos' at ceremony for Portuondo after she won the 2009 Latin Grammy award, on November 12, 2009, in Havana, Cuba. Omara Portuondo, diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, won the Latin Grammy for the Best Contemporary Tropical Album for her album 'Gracias'. The 10th Annual Latin Grammy awards took place on November 5 in Las Vegas.
    • Omara Portuondo - HAVANA - NOVEMBER 12: Cuban singer Omara Portuondo attends a ceremony in her honor after she won the 2009 Latin Grammy award, on November 12, 2009, in Havana, Cuba. Omara Portuondo, diva of the Buena Vista Social Club, won the Latin Grammy for the Best Contemporary Tropical Album for her album 'Gracias'. The 10th Annual Latin Grammy awards took place on November 5 in Las Vegas.
    • Omara Portuondo - Cuban singer and dancer Omara Portuondo (R) sings as she arrives to be payed homage by the Union of artists and writers of Cuba (UNEAC), on November 12, 2009 in Havana. Portuondo, 79, who performed with The Buena Vista Social Club ensemble, won for best contemporary tropical album in the Latin Grammy Awards.
    • Omara Portuondo - Cuban singer and dancer Omara Portuondo (L) receives flowers from Cuban pianist and composer Jesus 'Chucho' Valdes, next to Cuban musician Guido Lopez Gavilan (C), on November 12, 2009 in Havana. Portuondo, 79, who performed with The Buena Vista Social Club ensemble, won for best contemporary tropical album in the Latin Grammy Awards, and Valdes won for best jazz album.
    • Omara Portuondo - Cuban singer and dancer Omara Portuondo (L) is payed homage by Cuban pianist and composer Jesus 'Chucho' Valdes, and Cuban musician Guido Lopez Gavilan (C), on November 12, 2009 in Havana. Portuondo, 79, who performed with The Buena Vista Social Club ensemble, won for best contemporary tropical album in the Latin Grammy Awards. Valdes won for best jazz album in the Grammy Awards.
    • Omara Portuondo - Cuban singer and dancer Omara Portuondo smiles during an homage by the Union of artists and writers of Cuba (UNEAC), on November 12, 2009 in Havana. Portuondo, 79, who performed with The Buena Vista Social Club ensemble, won for best contemporary tropical album in the Latin Grammy Awards.
    • Omara Portuondo - Cuban singer and dancer Omara Portuondo smiles during an homage by the Union of artists and writers of Cuba (UNEAC), on November 12, 2009 in Havana. Portuondo, 79, who performed with The Buena Vista Social Club ensemble, won for best contemporary tropical album in the Latin Grammy Awards.
    • Omara Portuondo - Members of the group Buena Vista Social Club, including singer Omara Portuondo (L), perform during the wake of Cuba's most famous Conga drummer, Tata Guines (Aristides Soto), in Havana, on February 4, 2008. Guines, who tought almost every drummer in the country, died today at the age of 77.
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    Biography

    Omara Portuonda is the grand old lady of Cuban music. While her early recordings made her a star in Cuba, her participation in the 1996 album and video documentary, The Buena Vista Social Club, brought her to international attention. Her solo album, The Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo, released in 2000, reinforced her status as one of Cuba's greatest musical ambassadors. A native ...more
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