Sílvia Pérez Cruz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.
Sílvia Pérez Cruz
Sílvia Pérez Cruz in 2008
Background information
Born (1983-02-15) 15 February 1983 (age 41)
Palafrugell, Catalonia, Spain
Genresflamenco, jazz, classical, folk, contradanza, fado, tonada
OccupationSinger
Websitewww.silviaperezcruz.com

Sílvia Pérez Cruz (born in Palafrugell, 15 February 1983) is a Spanish singer and composer. In 2012, she recorded her first solo album, 11 de Novembre, which was nominated for album of the year in both Spain and France. A song performed by her, "No te puedo encontrar", received a Goya Award for Best Original Song for 2012. In 2014, she released her album Granada. Both releases have been in collaboration with Raül Fernández Miró. She received another Goya Award for best original song, for the song "Ai, ai, ai", composed and performed by her, for the film At Your Doorstep (2016). In 2022, the Spanish Government awarded her the "Premio Nacional de la Músicas Actuales"[1] ("National Prize for contemporaneous music"). In her latest album, "Toda la vida, un día" (2023), Cruz "recreated her whole life in a single album, embarking on what would become a year-long work recorded in Barcelona, Pontós, Madrid, Jerez, Buenos Aires, Coatepec and Havana."[1]

Background

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Cruz's parents were both singers who sang together. Her mother Glòria Cruz i Torrellas taught her to play the saxophone and piano as well as how to dance and sculpt. Her father Càstor Pérez Diz was a self-taught guitarist. She has a daughter, Lola.[2]

She went to Catalonia College of Music in Barcelona, where she received classical training studying the piano and saxophone and receiving a degree in vocal jazz. While she was at Catalonia College of Music, she and three other women founded a flamenco group called Las Migas. They combined their different musical approaches to create a new type of flamenco. It was not long after this that she became well known in the Spanish music scene.[3][4][5][6]

Cruz told NPR that a song must have a story. She believes that her view of songs as stories comes from her mother who was a singer and storyteller. Her mother, she said, also viewed songs as stories.[3]

11 de Novembre

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In 2012, Cruz released her album 11 de Novembre with Raül Refree. She met Miró in 2006 and they toured together in Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil.[4] Miró was both guitarist and producer for the album.[3] Their songs have been described as a blend of music genres including Fado, jazz improvisation, and flamenco.[4] Cruz won a Goya Award, Spain's most prestigious film award, for best original song "No Te Puedo Encontrar" in the film Blancanieves.[3][4] The album received a Gold Award disc.[4][5][6][7]

Granada

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In 2014, Cruz released her second album Granada, again collaborating with Raül Refree. It reflects Cruz's practice of singing in multiple languages: French, German, English, and four Iberian languages. Included on the album is the song "El Cant Dells Ocells," a Catalan folk song previously made famous by Pablo Casals. Another song is "Gallo Rojo, Gallo Negro", a well-known song from the Spanish Civil War. Cruz first understood the story in the song when she was part of a concert honoring the remaining veterans of the International Brigades who fought against the Nationales in the civil war. Cruz told NPR that she saw tears in the veterans' eyes when they sang the song in their own language. She said, "These people have lived through so much. It's good that I can sing and help them remember."[3] As journalist Betto Arcos concluded, this example illustrates how Cruz comes to understand the stories in the songs she sings.[3]

Discography[8]

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Year Title Notes Release and special editions
As member of other groups 2005 Llama With Ravid Goldschmidt
2006 Unas voces As member of Las Migas
2007 Immigrasons With Ernesto Snajer y Raül Fernández Reissued in 2015
2008 We sing Bill Evans With Joan Díaz Trío
2010 Un sordo s'ho escoltava As member of Xalupa
Reinas del matute As member of Las Migas
2011 En la imaginación With Javier Colina Trío Reissued in 2016
Rompiendo aguas As member of Llama with Ravid Goldschmidt
Solo 2012 11 de novembre Special edition in 2012 and Portuguese release in 2013.
2014 Granada With Raül Fernández Miró Special edition in 2014
2016 Domus Original soundtrack of At Your Doorstep Special edition in 2016
2017 Vestida de nit With string quintet
2018 Joia Double compilation album released only in Japan
2020 MA. Live in Tokyo With Marco Mezquida, recorded life in Blue Note
Farsa (género imposible) Compilations of themes composed for movies, theater and dance.
2023 Toda la vida, un día

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Feroz Awards 2017 Best Original Score At Your Doorstep Nominated [9]
Gaudí Awards 2017 Best Actress Nominated [10]
Best Original Score Won
Goya Awards 2017 Best New Actress Nominated [11]
Best Original Song "Ai, Ai, Ai" (from At Your Doorstep) Won
Latin Grammy Awards 2024 Song of the Year "313" (with Residente & Penélope Cruz) Pending [12]
Best Short Form Music Video Won
Premios de la Academia de Música 2024 Artist of the Year Herself Nominated [13]
Album of the Year Toda la Vida, un Día Nominated
Best Singer-Songwriter Album Won
Best Recording Package Won
Best Music Video "Toda la Vida, un Día" Nominated
Best Catalan/Valencian/Aranese Song "Ell no vol que el món s'acabi" Won
Premios Max 2018 Best Musical Composition for Stage Performance Grito Pelao Won [14]

References

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  1. ^ "Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Premio Nacional de las Músicas Actuales 2022". www.lamoncloa.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ Castillejo, Ricardo (13 April 2013). "Silvia Pérez Cruz "Uno es más guapo cuando por dentro lo tiene todo arregladito"". Seville Magazine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Arcos, Betto (7 June 2014). "A Catalan Singer With Many Brave And Treacherous Stories To Tell". NPR. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e Sawer, Patrick (1 March 2014). "A vibrant new music emerges out of one of Europe's oldest dance forms". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b Troquel, Luis (15 July 2011). "Las Migas, punto y seguido: El Grec acoge hoy el último concierto del grupo con Sílvia Pérez Cruz como cantante en Barcelona Rafaela Carrasco bailará como invitada del singular cuarteto flamenco". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b Sanchez, Joan (9 April 2012). "Cantautora de lo indefinible". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  7. ^ Palacios, Inigo Lopez (29 April 2014). "Estrenamos 'granada', el disco de Sílvia Pérez Cruz y Raül Fernández Miró". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  8. ^ "DISCOGRAFÍA DE SÍLVIA PÉREZ CRUZ". CANCIONEROS.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  9. ^ "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017". HuffPost. 23 January 2017.
  10. ^ Gil, Amanda (30 January 2017). "Lista de ganadores de los Premios Gaudí 2017". ecartelera.
  11. ^ "Cerca de tu casa". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.
  12. ^ Frazier, Nina (17 September 2024). "2024 Latin GRAMMYs: See The Full Nominations List". Grammy Awards (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  13. ^ Ratner-Arias, Sigal (22 March 2024). "Estos son los nominados a los primeros Premios de la Academia de la Música de España: Lista completa". Billboard (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Introarte - introarte.net". Premios Max (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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