Sons of Buena Vista

In the organizer's words:

THE SONS OF BUENA VISTA® are nothing other than the legacy of the Buena Vista Social Club®, passed on to a younger generation of world-class musicians who grew up right next to the old Cuban grandmasters. These heirs of the deceased legends such as Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo and Ruben Gonzales carry the unmistakable charm of the Cuban classics into the wider world. The Buena Vista Social Club® has put Cuba back on the world's musical map. The follow-up film "Musica Cubana - The Sons of Buena Vista®", presented by Wim Wenders, later launched this new project. Many years after the release of this film, there is now actually a stage version of it in the flesh, which will tour Europe for the first time in 2025.

A fusion of today's Cuban stars and the legacy of the world-famous musical tradition from Cuba! THE SONS OF BUENA VISTA® is a journey into the passionate world of Cuban music. Here the heart of Cuba, the hopes, longings, love, passions and joy of its people can be felt as on the first day.

Singer and Grammy winner Mario "Mayito" Rivera, aptly described as the "Mick Jagger of Cuba", is a world-famous representative of the unique sound of Cuban music. The multi-talented and always smartly dressed Rivera, idol of the youth and much respected as the poet of rumba, was a member of the supergroup Los Van Van for many years and had already worked with the who's who of the Cuban music scene such as Isaac Delgado and Alberto Alvarez before joining THE SONS OF BUENA VISTA®. He played impressive musical interludes in the movie "Musica Cubana - The Sons of Buena Vista".

Singer William Borrego Rodriguez founded El Cabildo del Son together with Pancho Amat, tres player at the Buena Vista Social Club®, and toured the world as lead singer together with Cuban legends such as Silvio Rodriguez and Pablo Milanès. Today he is a star of the younger generation of Cuban musicians (who is also an excellent trombonist).

Third in the group: El Nene, whose real name is Pedro Lugo Martinez, shines with his incredibly powerful and melancholy vocals. On stage, he looks like a younger version of the world-famous Ibrahim Ferrer (Buena Vista Social Club), whom he not only resembles visually, but has also toured the world with! He learned how to sing Son Cubano authentically from the "old men", so convincingly that he even won a Latin Grammy with his group "Los Jovenes del Son". He also played a leading role in Wim Wenders' feature film "Musica Cubana - THE SONS OF BUENA VISTA® " and played impressive musical passages.

Optional: Hiram Riveri, better known as rapper "Ruzzo", is an outstanding personality in the music scene. Together with the world's most successful Cuban hip-hop group to date, ORISHAS, he has won two Grammy awards and been nominated for several other prizes. With their seven CD releases, they have sold over 1 million copies worldwide and have earned themselves a reputation as a true cult in the scene.