Lucrecia: "Catalonia is the land where I grew up as an artist and now I want to rediscover myself there."

Barcelona"Catalonia is the land where I grew as an artist, as a mother, as a person. And now I want to rediscover myself," says singer Lucrecia (Havana, 1967) from the Teatre de Sarrià. From that stage, the artist will kick off a special year to celebrate her 30-year career. Titled 30 years of salsa, dreams and bolerosLucrecia will give two performances, on December 29th and 30th, kicking off an international tour featuring the most emblematic songs from her repertoire. The singer announced this at a presentation that served as a retrospective of her career and a look back at her most emotional moments. "The bolero solidified my place in Catalonia and Spain, and connected me with many personalities, such as the designer Toni Miró, the writer Terenci Moix, and Catalan television," the singer said after performing. Two gardenias

"Isolina Carrillo, the author of this song, was a teacher and a mentor to me. She gave me a very valuable piece of advice that I will never forget: 'Be yourself wherever you go and don't hurt anyone.' With this new project, I want to pay tribute to her," says Lucrecia. The bolero also connected her with the Canary Islands, and, as is fitting, the tour will make a stop there. "Performer Two gardenias "I realized live that in the Canary Islands they knew my version by heart. It turns out they listened to it every day on Antena 3," the singer explains. The concerts will combine boleros with Cuban music and salsa, the three major styles that define the artist's career.

The "Lucrecia sensation"

With some details still to be finalized, Lucrecia explains that her goal is to create a show that represents a return to her roots. "My mind is a jumble of emotions; I want to do new things while also bringing back songs I sang at the beginning. But what I'm most certain of is that I want each concert to be unique and unrepeatable, and for everyone to leave with joy, tears, and a lot of celebration. What I call the 'Lucrecia feeling,'" she emphasizes. During the tour's launch event, the singer also performed The Night of the Iguana and she recalled how creating the soundtrack for the documentary enriched her experience. rafters"Juan Pablo Silvestre gave me this song for the film. Unfortunately, the sun hasn't risen in my country yet."

Lucrecia wants to revisit her beginnings with this new tour, so the performances will include pieces like Nostalgiawhich she performs solo with a piano. "I started like this, and it's good to remember it. It will be a reunion with myself, with my beginnings and my friends," the singer says. Last year she performed in Santo Domingo, Mexico, and at Lincoln Center in New York, where she kicked off her American tour. Looking ahead to next year, on January 30th she will headline a concert in Germany with the German Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra and the Cologne Philharmonic. Afterward, the tour will travel through Catalonia, but avoiding the major cities, with the aim of decentralizing the performances. tour, and already has some dates booked at festivals such as Sona Amer, in the town of Girona.