Ovidio González

Ovidio González, Cuban singer and actor based in Ecuador.

His professional career began in 1984 upon graduating from the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana, with a degree in Music, specializing in singing. His discography consists of 8 CDs, dedicated primarily to Cuban and Caribbean music.

His album "En sendas distintas," from 2012, is a compilation of Ecuadorian pasillos that has received great public reception. His album "Mi propuesta" from 2005, on the EGREM label, was nominated for the Cubadisco, the most important music event in Cuba.

He has conducted several national and international tours in Cuba, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Panama, and Chile. He represented his country at the Song Festival in Dresden in 1987, where he obtained the jury's second prize and the popularity award, the Días de la Prensa Festival in 1998, also in Germany, and at the Viña del Mar Festival in 1991.

In Cuba he shared the stage with major figures in the musical and theatrical culture of the island and performed in several theatrical productions and television series, combined with very extensive presence on Cuban radio, always maintaining the highest positions in popularity in the country.

Another area of his work has been teaching, which he began in Cuba in 1985 at the ISA and continued later in Ecuador from 1995 at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música, Municipality of Quito and Universidad de los Hemisferios.

In Ecuador his work as an actor has developed in various television series on Ecuavisa and Teleamazonas, fundamentally Pasado y confeso and Historias personales, in the feature films Los que se van, los que se quedan and Sé que vienen a matarme, and he has participated in the theatrical productions Art and Las Brujas de Salem with seasons at the Teatro del CCI, as well as in Gígolo a la carta. For the past 20 years he has directed and hosted the radio program La propuesta de Ovidio.

Other chronological information:
Ovidio González was born in San Antonio de los Baños, Province of La Habana, Cuba, June 4, 1960.
Degree in Music specializing in Singing. ISA, Instituto Superior de Arte, La Habana, Cuba 1979 – 1984.
Song Festival in Dresden, Germany, 1987. Second Jury Prize and Popularity Award.
International Gala, Cuba 87.
Non-Competitive Festival Días de la Prensa, Germany, 1988.
International Gala, Cuba 88.
International Gala, Cuba 89
Viña del Mar Festival, Chile, 1991.
Artistic tour, Mexico, 1992. Traveled to this country for 6 months as principal vocalist and General Director of the Show.
Artistic tour, Spain, 1993. Traveled to this country for 5 months as principal vocalist and General Director of the Show.
Artistic tour, Cuban Culture Day, Portugal, 1994.
National tour Tribute to Cuban Composer Juan Almeida.
National tour Tribute to the Music of Cuban Composer Vicente Rojas.
National tour with the concert "Si no es hoy, será mañana".
Special season Hotel Internacional, Varadero, for 6 months.
Special season at the Parisien Nightclub, Hotel Nacional de Cuba, La Habana, for 6 months.
Special season at the Salón Rojo Nightclub, Hotel Capri, La Habana, for 6 months.
Special performance for the Association of Ecuadorian Ladies Residing in Panama, Panama 2004.
Performances in Ecuador 1994 to present
His 10th Anniversary album is released, EGREM label, 1994.
His album Y vamos a volar is released, EGREM and BisMusic labels, 1999.
His album Mi propuesta is released, EGREM label, 2005.
His album Mi propuesta is nominated for the Cubadisco award 2006.
His album Cuenta conmigo is released, 2008.
Album presentation "Cuenta conmigo", Teatro Variedades Ernesto Albán, Quito 2008
Album presentation "Soy Guajiro", Teatro Variedades Ernesto Albán, Quito 2009
Album presentation "Secretos pasionales", Teatro Variedades Ernesto Albán, Quito 2009
His album Soy guajiro is released, Bis Music label, 2009
His album Secretos pasionales is released, 2009.
His album Un poco más is released, 2010.
His album En sendas distintas (pasillos) is released, 2012.
Additionally, Ovidio González has performed on the main stages of the Cuban capital, such as: Teatro Karl Marx, both halls of the Teatro Nacional de Cuba, Teatro América, Teatro Mella, Cine Teatro Pairet, Cine Teatro Riviera, Cine Teatro Yara, Teatro musical de La Habana, el Sótano, Teatro Estudio, etc.

Open-air shows on the Malecón Habanero, in the Plaza de la Revolución, Anfiteatro de La Habana Vieja, Anfiteatro de Marianao, etc.

Ovidio González has shared the stage in shows and television programs in Cuba and abroad with groups and soloists very representative of Cuban culture such as: Juan Formell y los Van Van, Adalberto Alvárez y su Son, NG La Banda, Grupo Moncada, Sara González, Vicente Feliú, Manolito Simonet y su trabuco, Grupo Síntesis, Grupo Mayohuacán, Alfredo Rodríguez, Kiki Corona, Omara Portuondo, Amauri Pérez, Anabel López, Miguel Angel Céspedes, Merceditas Valdez, Lourdes Torres, Fernando Alvarez, Enriqueta Armanza, Grupo Yawar, Orquesta de Música Moderna, Orquesta de la Radio y la Televisión Cubana and many others.

Source: Official Website of Ovidio González https://ovidiogonzalez.com/