Festival Son de Cuba

Festival Son de Cuba

Munich Open Air SummerEcos de Siboney – The Heirs of Compay Segundo The official successors of the world-famous Buena Vista Social Club musician! Máximo Francisco Repilado Muños, better known as Compay Segundo, was the world-famous musician of the Buena Vista Social Club and composer of the world-famous song “Chan Chan”. Even at the proud age of 94, you could still experience him on the big stages of the world. For almost 20 years, his grandsons Ernesto, Leonardo and Alejandro Repilado have been honoring their grandfather in a musical way. Compay taught them how to play the traditional son authentically. He himself wished that his “set poetry” – as he liked to call his compositions – would continue to be interpreted in his sense. And so Compay personally commissioned Ecos De Siboney to officially designate them as his successors. (This was even released on a CD track on “Saludo Compay”). This is how the group was born, which quickly became popular. For their albums, Ecos de Siboney has already twice received the “Premio Lucas” in Cuba and was nominated for the “Premio Cubadisco”, the Cuban Grammy, in the category “Musica tradicional”. Her video “Me dirás que sabroso” was also awar…