They will celebrate the 90th anniversary of Teresita Fernández in Matanzas

December 17, 2020

The event Teresita Fernández: 90 years with a happy heart, will be the centerpiece of the program that will take place in Matanzas for the ninetieth anniversary of that Cuban children's singer, organizers reported today.
Rubén Darío Salazar, National Theater Prize winner and organizer of the event, highlighted during a meeting with journalists the cultural tradition of Matanzas of working for children, and affirmed that the main known aspect of Teresita Fernández is children's music although her creative work went far beyond that.

"Rescuing someone like her is difficult because she was like nature itself, essential, simple. Several institutions agreed to commemorate her during December 19 and 20, precisely when the latter day corresponds to her birthday," he stated.

The program will begin next Saturday with an arts and crafts workshop for children dedicated to making books with recyclable materials, while the Pepe Camejo hall and the central La Libertad park will host puppet shows.

The first will be in charge of Teatro de Las Estaciones, titled 'Everything is singing in life', and the second will be "The old washbasin", by Mirón Cubano.

Meanwhile, the Teatro Sauto will serve as the venue, in the Hall of Mirrors, for the 'Puppet concert singing to Teresita', by the Andante group, and in the evening hours the gala 'There cannot be loneliness for you', with a cast of singers, troubadours, dancers, chorus and theatrical actors.

For Sunday, a colloquium is planned at the house of scenic memory of this city, about Fernández's musical work for children and adults, and two other puppet shows.

Teresita Fernández (1930-2013) was a Cuban troubadour, singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer, known as the 'major singer', graduated as a teacher and doctor in Pedagogy.

Specialists assure that her creations bring together the sounds of ancient ballads and peasant folklore, and in children's songs in Latin America, she completed a triangle of great masters with Mexican Francisco Gabilondo and Argentine María Elena Walsh.

She received numerous national recognitions, such as distinctions for Cuban Education, for National Culture and Raúl Gómez García, and the Rosa's Little Shoes Prize.

She set to music the Ismaelillo by José Martí, the rounds by Gabriela Mistral, and has to her credit dozens of children's songs adored by generations of Cubans, such as Give me your hand and we will dance; The vinegar little cat; and Tin, tin, the rain fell.