About Me
America Virginia Quesada Sotero,
proveniente de la ciudad Habana (Cuba), inicia su carrera artistica 1989 en el cabaret “ Tropicana un paraiso bajo las estrellas “con el espectaculo Sabor a cuba y el 50 aniversario bajo las estrellas despues de terminar sus estudio en la escuela de variedad del espectaculo, donde se forma como cantante,ballerina.
En Tropicana trabaja en el espectaculo con orquestas como Papo Angarica,Las de Aidda, Carmen Flores,Elena Burke, Malena Burke,Omara Portuondo,Eddie Penarver, Los papines,Cuarteto los Enrique,Rolo Martinez ,Tataguine, Joel Driggs, Sonora Caribena y otros.
En 1990 hace su primera turned internacional en europa por nueve meses bajo la direccion de Santiago Alfonso luego1992 gira por Sur America, Argentina donde participa en diferentes progrmas televisivos como†Almorzando con Mirtha Legrandâ€con la celebre artista argentina despues a Chile ,Uruguay con el espectaculo “Sabor a Cuba†bajo la direccion de Pedro Almenteros,luego En el año 1995 viaja a Europa con “questa Sonora Caribena†y, además, realiza presentazione en diversos grupos en europa.
America, establecida en Italia desde 1996, participa en varios festivales latinoamericano y concierto de latin-jazz.
Desde 2005 forma su Orquesta de Salsa “America y su Tumbanchà †con la qual realiza diversas y exitosas actuaciones
En Italia,Francia,Croacia, y otros.
En el 2006 grava el disco “El baile de coco†produccido por la Galletti Boston.America Virginia Quesada Sotero
- Birth Place: La Habana, Cuba.
- Graduated from “Escuela de Variedad y Espectaculoâ€, where she was trained to become a professional perfomer (singing, dancing).
- Started up her career in 1989 at “TROPICANA†cabaret performing in a show called “Un Paraiso Bajo las Estrellasâ€, one of the most important shows in South America.
- Worked along with a variety of orchestras at the “TROPICANA†such as: Papo Angarica's, Las de Aidda's, Carmen Flores', Elena Burke's, Malena Burke's, Omara Portuondo's, Eddie Penarver's, Los Papines', Cuarteto los Enrique's, Rolo Martinez', Tataguine's, Joel Driggs', Sonora Caribena's, and many more.
- Toured Europe in 1990 for the first time during 9 months, directed by Santiago Alfonso.
- From 1992 on, there were many shows throughout Southamerica, for instance; in Argentina participated in several tv programs such as: â€Almorzando con Mirtha Legrandâ€. Legrand is an Argentinean celebrity.
- Worked in Chile and Uruguay with a different show; “Sabor a Cuba†directed by Pedro Almenteros..
- Went back to Europe in 1995 with the “Sonora Caribena†orchestra as the main singer. Later on, participated in several different projects with european bands.
- Since 1996 she lives in Italy and participates regularly in Latin-american Festivals where cuban music and latin jazz are the main courses. She has been co-working as well with some pop song-writers and singers such as Ivan Graziani and Jan Plestenjak.
- America formed her own salsa orchestra “America y su Tumbanchà â€in 2005, and frequently go on tour in Italy, France and Croatia.
- In 2006 “El Baile del Coco†was issued. It was a Galletti/Boston discographic label production. flowers layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotComments