Alberto Faya
Cuban singer, composer, and academic
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Alberto Faya (born 1944) is a Cuban singer, researcher, composer, and professor of music.[1][2]
Alberto Faya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 (age 81–82) |
| Education | University of Havana |
| Occupation | Professor |
Biography
Faya gives lectures relating to Cuban history, culture, and music.[3] He holds a degree from the University of Havana and is a professor of musical culture at the university.[4]
During the 1970s, Faya was one of a number of Cuban musicians who worked to better incorporate African and Afro-Cuban music in Cuban society; according to his accounts, he had to right vigorously to air Afro-Cuban rumba music on Cuban radio stations.[5] Faya is a believer in the ongoing melding of different cultures,[6] and considers culture as the primary means by which personal identity is derived.[7] Faya is a self-proclaimed Afrocentrist, as he finds that his musical background most defines his understanding of culture and identity.[7]