Among this year’s honorees are Rosario Flores, Myriam Hernández, Rita Lee, Amanda Miguel, Yordano, Manolo Díaz, Paquito D’Rivera and Abraham Laboriel
Yesterday morning (25), the Latin Grammy Academy announced that Rosario Flores, Myriam Hernández, Rita Lee, Amanda Miguel and Yordano will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award as part of its annual special awards presentation. In addition, Manolo Díaz, Paquito D’Rivera and Abraham Laboriel will receive the Trustees Award.
“The collective accomplishments of this extraordinary group of artists and their contributions to Latin music are immeasurable,” said Manuel Abud, CEO of the Latin Recording Academy. “It will be a great privilege to honor these legendary figures during Latin Grammy Week in Las Vegas.”
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to artists who have made creative contributions of great artistic importance to Latin music and their communities. The Trustees Award is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to Latin music during their careers in ways other than performance. Both awards are voted on by the Grammy Latin Academy Board of Trustees.
The honorees will be celebrated at a private event as part of Latin Grammy Week on Wednesday, November 16, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Eduardo Osorio will return as executive producer along with the Latin Grammy Academy production team.
Check out the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees:
Rosario Flores (Spain)
Since the beginning of her remarkable career, this Spanish pop phenomenon has added elegance and understatement to all her performances, whether it’s a rock ballad, an authentic Catalan rumba, or a joyful love song. Born in Madrid into one of Spain’s most iconic musical families, she began recording music at a young age and enjoyed the tutelage of her older brother, singer/songwriter Antonio Flores, on albums such as 1994’s Siento. A year after his tragic death, Rosario’s moving tribute to his memory, “Qué Bonito,” became one of his biggest hits. In 2002, a role in Pedro Almodóvar’s masterpiece Talk To Her showed her versatility as a performer, which also shines on her most recent album, the exuberant Te Lo Digo Todo Y No Te Digo Na from 2021.
Myriam Hernández (Chile)
One of Chile’s most influential and commercially successful singer/songwriters, Myriam Hernández emerged in the late 1980s and has left a deep mark on contemporary romantic music. Following the success of El Hombre Que Yo Amo from her 1990 album Dos, La Baladista de América – as she is affectionately known – has been creating hit after hit thanks to her “amyrianado” style, juxtaposing delicate, nocturnal moods with the inherent passion of her delivery. Hernández has collaborated with respected artists such as Gilberto Santa Rosa, Marco Antonio Solís, Cristian Castro, and Paul Anka, as well as establishing herself as a respected television personality.
Rita Lee (Brazil)
Rita Lee is one of the best-selling singers and songwriters in Brazilian history, a visionary artist whose unique sound identity blends ballad pop, MPB, bossa and new wave. She began her career with the band Os Mutantes, and recorded albums with the backing band Tutti Frutti, including the 1975 album Fruto Proibido. In 1979, she released the legendary Rita Lee LP in partnership with her husband, multi-instrumentalist Roberto de Carvalho, and their collaborations continued throughout the 1980s with a long string of radio hits and sold-out shows. In later decades, she began to step out of her comfort zone with acoustic recordings like Here, There, Anywhere, a collection of live songs based on Beatles covers.
Amanda Miguel (Argentina)
Born in the province of Chubut, Argentina, Amanda Miguel studied music in Buenos Aires, where she met singer/songwriter Diego Verdaguer, her future husband and creative partner. With Verdaguer as producer, Miguel released
a visionary trilogy of concept albums known as El Sonido between 1981 and 1984. Recorded in Los Angeles with top session musicians, the albums connected with lovers of torrid ballads, spawning massive hits like Así No Te Amará Jamás. In 1992 she released Rompecorazones, a sophisticated excursion into ranchera territory, followed four years later by the pop blockbuster Ámame Una Vez Más. In a career that now spans more than four decades, her passion for music continues with her 2022 Siempre Te Amaré tour with her daughter Ana Victoria.
Yordano (Venezuela)
Italian-born Venezuelan singer/songwriter Yordano has infused Latin music with his poetic vision through a delicate and constantly evolving songbook of cosmopolitan pop, tropical idioms and romantic ballads. After graduating in architecture, he began his musical career in 1978 as lead singer of the band Sietecuero. His second solo album, Yordano, from 1984, and the song Manantial de Corazón, made him an international sensation. His subsequent LPs boasted memorable radio hits, such as Locos de Amor in 1988 and the social commentary song Por Estas Calles four years later. In 2016, he revisited his catalog on El Tren de los Regresos, with special appearances by Carlos Vives, Kany García, and other prominent artists.
2022 Curators Award Honorees:
Manolo Díaz (Spain)
After a decades-long career in the music industry, Manolo Díaz invested his experience as a singer, songwriter and socially conscious record label executive in his role as senior vice president and now board member of the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation, where he served for more than seven years. He was an active participant in the Spanish rock wave of the 1960s in his native country as guitarist for Los Sonor, and later writing and producing hits for Los Bravos and Aguaviva. In the 1970s, Díaz transitioned into a respected career as a music executive at CBS, Sony, IFPI and UMG, working closely with such luminaries as Julio and Enrique Iglesias, Raffaella Carrá, Juanes, Carlos Vives and others.
Paquito D’Rivera (Cuba)
Winner of nine Grammys and five Grammys, Cuban saxophonist and composer Paquito D’Rivera has enriched the contemporary Latin music landscape with his sense of humor and artistic elegance. He was a founding member of the progressive Cuban supergroup Irakere in the 1970s. After a move to the United States in 1980, he created the United Nations Orchestra with the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, merging Afro-Caribbean styles with jazz. As a soloist, D’Rivera has performed with symphony orchestras around the world, advocating the inclusion of Latin American composers in the classical repertoire.
Abraham Laboriel (Mexico)
Born in Mexico City, Abraham Laboriel first learned guitar from his father before switching to bass. It was composer Henry Mancini who advised Laboriel to move to Los Angeles in search of session work, and after an international tour with singer Al Jarreau, he cemented his reputation as a technically superb player who could easily adapt to any style. Much admired in the jazz community, he has worked with such greats as Ella Fitzgerald and Herbie Hancock, and has also become a favorite bass player for Latin stars including Julio Iglesias, Rubén Blades, and José José.
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