In declarations to Prensa Latina, bassist Giorgia Aguirre, a member for more than four decades and current director of the emblematic band, explained that it was quite a challenge to present their most recent album “Gracias a la musica” in Calle Dragones, in Casco Antiguo, in this capital city.

This tour, thanks to businessman Gabriel Mas, will conclude at Cafe Havana, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, and will pay tribute to the founders, she said, referring to the group created on February 19, 1932 by Concepcion Castro Zaldarriaga and her sisters, which keeps alive the roots in fusions of Caribbean autochthonous rhythms such as son, guaracha, mambo, boleros, cha cha cha, danzon and danzonete, among others.

About the album, composed of 15 songs, Aguirre commented that it covers the interpretative history of the orchestra, so they selected a wide repertoire ranging from Ernesto Lecuona, Ignacio Piñeiro, to current compositions.

The name Anacaona (Flor de Oro) (Flower of Gold) -which recalls a queen of Quisqueya (today Dominican Republic and Haiti)- wife of the cacique Caonabo, was the first woman to rebel against the Spanish colonizers, which shows the rebellious spirit and now the seal of some interpreters determined to overcome obstacles and pay perennial homage to the name of the group and the best of Cuban popular music.

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