Diamela del Pozo
Background information
Birth name	Diamela del Pozo Pérez
Born	(1976-10-02) 2 October 1976 (age 47) Guantánamo, Cuba
Genres	Cuban music, Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin jazz
Occupation(s)	Mezzo-soprano singer, composer
Instrument(s)	Singing, guitar
Years active	1991–present

Diamela del Pozo Pérez (born 2 October 1976), known simply as Diamela, is a Cuban singer living in Spain. She has worked in genres such as rumba, son, bolero, and salsa. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Diamela del Pozo, the daughter of a humble family, began to show her inclination for singing and music at an early age. In 1991 she debuted in a local orchestra, thus beginning her professional career. From then until she left Cuba in 2004, she joined several of the island's musical groups.

In 1995, she became a member of the newly founded female orchestra Son Damas in Havana, ^{[3] [4]} with whom she performed in several European countries, ^[5] Latin America, the Caribbean, and Japan. She achieved her first recording with the group in 1996, ^[6] and later in 1999 her second and most recent album after separating from it in the mid-2000s.

In 1998, together with other figures of Cuban music such as Michel Maza, Felix Baloy, Tony Calá, Pedrito Calvo, Tiburón Morales, and Mario "Mayito" Rivera, Diamela recorded a song for the album Sonero Soy, performed in homage to Cuban composer and musician Adalberto Álvarez. ^[7]

In 1999, she participated in the recording of the album Cuba Humanidad, a tribute by various artists to the late Cuban popular singer Carlos Embale [ es], performing a song by the composer and musician Gonzalo Asencio, accompanied by the folkloric group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas.

References

External links

• Diamela del Pozo on Facebook