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TELMARY
AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF HIP-HOP & URBAN MUSIC IN CUBA
SELECTED SHOWS
Havana Jazz Festival
Concert with Lennine, Brazil National Theatre
Concert with Africa Bambataa, Brazil
Concert with the Cuban Music All Stars, Japan
Blue Note Club, Japan
Montreal Jazz Festival
Vancouver Jazz Festival
Havana Cultura Concert, Baden Baden, Germany
Luminato Festival, Toronto
Louis Armstrong Festival, New Orleans
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
Hollywood Bowl, California
Madison Wisconsin
Hip Hop Al Parque, Colombia
South by South West Festival, Austin Texas
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Fiestas de la Mercé, Barcelona, Spain
Blue Note Jazz Club, New York
AWARDS
LATIN GRAMMY NOMINATION
2001 “Best Rap/Hip Hop Album” for “X More'” by X Alfonso
BIG PRIZE CUBADISCO AWARD WINNER
2006 “Best Debut Album & Best Fusion” (with group Interactivo)
A DIARIO “BEST HIP-HOP ALBUM”
2007 Cubadisco Award Winner
JUNO AWARD WINNER
2008 “Best Contemporary Album” for “Embracing Voices” by Jane Bunnett
LIBRE “BEST HIP-HOP ALBUM”
2014 Cubadisco Award Winner
FUERZA ARARÁ
2018 “Best Urban Album” – Cubadisco Award Winner
2018 “Best Alternative Album” – Latin Grammy Nomination
2019 “Best World Music Album” – Juno Awards Nomination
MARADENTRO “BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM”
2022 Cubadisco Award Winner
Biography
Telmary is a Cuban rapper, musician, and spoken-word artist. Her music effectively brought together two worlds that seemed separated, combining music genres, tearing down cultural barriers, and connecting people of different backgrounds and languages.
Such a bold and original idea took her worldwide for decades, made it to seven different albums, and allowed her to collaborate with various artists and ensembles everywhere. Telmary has refined a technique that will enable her to use her voice as a communication instrument while blending as a percussive element, adapting to different genres, styles and tempos.
She is an accomplished educator who has presented her work and perspectives at music festivals, literary and journalistic gatherings, and universities. At the same time, she has been an active participant in academic and journalistic venues, researching and analyzing some of the main themes of her musical production: Cuban daily life (including racism), the status of women, and the historical origins of Cuban, especially Afro Cuban, contemporary music.
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