Yuri Buenaventura, Knight of Arts and Letters in France
The French Ambassador, Jean-Marc Laforêt grant the Order of Arts and Letters in the rank of Knight of the Lord Yuri Buenaventura, the Colombian singer and composer, in a ceremony at the Residence of France in recognition of his contributions to French culture and his musical career.
"Yuri Buenaventura was discovered in 1996 in France for his salsa version of" Ne me quitte pas "by Jacques Brel"
Known both in Colombia and France, Yuri Buenaventura was discovered in 1996 by the salsa version of "Ne me quitte pas" by Jacques Brel. Radio Nova gave it known to the French public and helped him find a producer and a label to record his first album "African Heritage", for which he received in 1996 a gold record, becoming the first salsa singer to obtain this distinction in France.
Yuri Buenaventura left the anonymity and began his solo career between France and Colombia. It incorporated several songs from repertoire of French song, he recorded five albums, a compilation of his best songs and composed the soundtrack for the movie "Ma femme s'appelle Maurice" Jean-Marie Poiré.
Thanks to its popularity, it has helped to disseminate a lot of French songs beyond French borders, particularly in Latin America, never fail to establish cultural bridges between France and Colombia. Thanks to his great love for France, it has been very close to the US Embassy in Colombia and its cultural dissemination service.
Yuri is perhaps the best known salsa in France »
Yuri's father, a professor of music and theater, conveyed his passion for this type of artistic expression. Yuri New York salsa grew up listening to Fania and social song of Chilean Violeta Parra. Yuri decides to travel to Paris to study at the Faculty of Economics at the Sorbonne.
To help with studies, Yuri plays in the Paris metro and participate in the "America fever" that swept in Paris in the early 1990s, singing with the Cayman and Mambomania groups. In a few months Yuri became one of the most famous salsa singers of Latin Paris, knowing Azuquita Camilo, Ernesto "Tito" Puente and the Venezuelan Orlando Poleo.
Within Chaworo Orchestra, directed by Orlando Poleo, Yuri climbed a new step. In July 1996, his concert at the Tempo Latino festival in Vic Fezensac remained etched in the memory of the five thousand spectators who attended there.
Source Link - http://www.ambafrance-co.org/Yuri-Buenaventura-Caballero-de-las
The French Ambassador, Jean-Marc Laforêt grant the Order of Arts and Letters in the rank of Knight of the Lord Yuri Buenaventura, the Colombian singer and composer, in a ceremony at the Residence of France in recognition of his contributions to French culture and his musical career.
"Yuri Buenaventura was discovered in 1996 in France for his salsa version of" Ne me quitte pas "by Jacques Brel"
Known both in Colombia and France, Yuri Buenaventura was discovered in 1996 by the salsa version of "Ne me quitte pas" by Jacques Brel. Radio Nova gave it known to the French public and helped him find a producer and a label to record his first album "African Heritage", for which he received in 1996 a gold record, becoming the first salsa singer to obtain this distinction in France.
Yuri Buenaventura left the anonymity and began his solo career between France and Colombia. It incorporated several songs from repertoire of French song, he recorded five albums, a compilation of his best songs and composed the soundtrack for the movie "Ma femme s'appelle Maurice" Jean-Marie Poiré.
Thanks to its popularity, it has helped to disseminate a lot of French songs beyond French borders, particularly in Latin America, never fail to establish cultural bridges between France and Colombia. Thanks to his great love for France, it has been very close to the US Embassy in Colombia and its cultural dissemination service.
Yuri is perhaps the best known salsa in France »
Yuri's father, a professor of music and theater, conveyed his passion for this type of artistic expression. Yuri New York salsa grew up listening to Fania and social song of Chilean Violeta Parra. Yuri decides to travel to Paris to study at the Faculty of Economics at the Sorbonne.
To help with studies, Yuri plays in the Paris metro and participate in the "America fever" that swept in Paris in the early 1990s, singing with the Cayman and Mambomania groups. In a few months Yuri became one of the most famous salsa singers of Latin Paris, knowing Azuquita Camilo, Ernesto "Tito" Puente and the Venezuelan Orlando Poleo.
Within Chaworo Orchestra, directed by Orlando Poleo, Yuri climbed a new step. In July 1996, his concert at the Tempo Latino festival in Vic Fezensac remained etched in the memory of the five thousand spectators who attended there.
Source Link - http://www.ambafrance-co.org/Yuri-Buenaventura-Caballero-de-las
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