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Aida Diestro

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Birth name
  
Adelaida Diestro Rega

Years active
  
1931-73

Associated acts
  
Instruments
  
Record label
  
RCA Records

Name
  
Aida Diestro

Also known as
  
La Gorda de Oro

Labels
  
RCA Victor


Born
  
21 December 1924Havana, Cuba (
1924-12-21
)

Died
  
October 28, 1973, Havana, Cuba

Genres
  
Filin, Bolero, Cancion, Guaracha, Mambo

Similar People
  
Moraima Secada, Elena Burke, Cuarteto d'Aida, Tete Caturla, Cesar Portillo de la Luz

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, bandleader

born Dec. 21, 1924 Aida Diestro "Tabaco Verde"


Adelaida Diestro Rega (21 December 1924 – 28 October 1973), better known as Aida Diestro, was a Cuban pianist and the director of the famous vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida.

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Career

Diestro was born in Havana on 21 December 1924. She studied music with her father, the Presbyterian minister Vicente Diestro Camejo, and continued in a private conservatory. She became the choir director of her father's church, which taught her a great deal about harmony which came in useful later. Aida learnt more from the musician and composer Enrique González Mántici, and his guidance played a decisive role in her future career. Years later she said: "Mantici gave me the confidence to confront the prejudices which female artistes encountered in those days."

Diestro's first professional engagements was as a pianist on the radio, accompanying artists such as César Portillo de la Luz and Tania Castellanos. Her big moment came when, in 1952, she formed the Cuarteto d'Aida, which became one of the most famous groups of its day. It was a close-harmony group of the filin style, with four brilliant young women. The four were Elena Burke, Omara Portuondo and her sister Haydée, and Moraima Secada. The group, backed by male musicians, sang regularly on the television show El Show del Mediodía, but only produced one LP record. The original group continued until 1960, and were replaced as they left. After Aida's death the group was led by Teté Caturla.

References

Aida Diestro Wikipedia


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