{"id":5310,"date":"2026-09-19T05:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/?p=5310"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:58:50","slug":"new-latin-grammy-nomination-for-omara-portuondo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/new-latin-grammy-nomination-for-omara-portuondo-19092026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Latin Grammy Nomination for Omara Portuondo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Eternamente Omara<\/strong>, the latest album by Buena Vista Social Club\u2019s great diva, has been nominated for the 2026 Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Traditional Tropical Album category.<\/p>\n<p>Omara Portuondo joins the list of nominees alongside eight other Cuban artists, who will compete for awards in the tropical music, Latin jazz, instrumental music, and classical composition categories, according to a press release issued by the Cuban Institute of Music.<\/p>\n<p>For music specialists, <strong>Eternamente Omara<\/strong> represents an extraordinary moment in the career of the legendary Cuban singer. Released in 2024 under the musical direction and arrangements of acclaimed pianist Roberto Fonseca, and produced by Montuno Producciones and Omara Producciones, the album celebrates her long and remarkable artistic career.<\/p>\n<p>The album features a repertoire of ten tracks, including collaborations that bring together different generations in a musical dialogue: \u201cPor eso yo soy cubana\u201d and \u201cQuiz\u00e1s, quiz\u00e1s, quiz\u00e1s\u201d with Nathy Peluso; \u201cNoche de Ronda\u201d with Pablo L\u00f3pez; \u201cDemasiado\u201d with Silvio Rodr\u00edguez; and \u201cGuant\u00e1namera\u201d with Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo.<\/p>\n<p>Among her other award-winning recordings is Vida, which earned her the 2023 Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album.<\/p>\n<p>She has also received a Latin Grammy for Best Contemporary Tropical Album, as well as the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which she received in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Solar Latin Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eternamente Omara, the latest album by Buena Vista Social Club\u2019s great diva, has been nominated for the 2026 Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Traditional Tropical Album category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1221,1222,938],"ppma_author":[244],"class_list":["post-5310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-cuba","tag-eternamente-omara","tag-latin-grammy-awards","tag-omara-portuondo"],"authors":[{"term_id":244,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"edelvis-lopez-zaldivar","display_name":"Edelvis L\u00f3pez Zald\u00edvar","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5312,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5310\/revisions\/5312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5310"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}