Casandra Damirón

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Altagracia Casandra Damirón Santana (born March 12, 1919 in Barahona , † December 5, 1983 in Santo Domingo ) was a Dominican singer who was known in the Dominican Republic as La Soberana .

Damirón's musical talent was already evident in her childhood. In 1940 she made her debut with great success in Santo Domingo at Club Antillas accompanied by the Orquesta Antillas under the direction of the composer and pianist Luís Rivera . She henceforth worked with Rivera, who became her husband.

Since 1946 Damirón sang songs such as Cosita linda and Maldición gitana by Avelino Muñoz on La Voz Dominicana , the country’s most important radio station , which made her so popular that she was given permission to travel to Puerto Rico, Cuba and Venezuela. In 1955 she took part in the Feria de la Paz festival organized by the dictator Rafael Trujillopart. For the festival where u. a. Participating folklore groups from Canada, Germany, Mexico, Italy and Holland, she put together a dance group with which she was so successful with the audience and with Trujillo that they named her Dominican cultural ambassador. This enabled her to perform in France, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, the USA and Argentina.

In the last years of her life, Damirón devoted herself to promoting and training young folk singers and dancers. The Fundación de Artistas y Cronistas de Santo Domingo has been awarding the Premio Casandra named after it annually since 1984 .

Songs

  • Campanitas de cristal by Rafael Hernández Marín
  • Eres todo en mi vida , text by Antonio Fernández, music by Luis Rivera González
  • Porque dudas by Luis Rivera González
  • Llegaste a mí by Luis Rivera González
  • Reina by Luis Rivera González
  • Rosas para tí by Luis Rivera González
  • Vida by Luis Rivera González
  • Yo no sé by Luis Rivera González
  • Para que hablemos de amor by Luis Rivera González
  • La salve de monte adentro by Luis Rivera González
  • Mi cielo by Luis Rivera González
  • Ella by Luis Rivera González
  • Noche tropical by Luis Rivera González
  • Baile mi merengue by Luis Rivera González
  • El merengue y la plena by Luis Rivera González

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personal data
SURNAME Damirón, Casandra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Damirón Santana, Altagracia Casandra (full name); Soberana, La (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dominican singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Barahona
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1983
Place of death Santo Domingo