Ruben Gonzalez · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Montana Del Poder
- Theme of Thieves Issue #4
- Theme of Thieves Issue #3
- Discovery
- Fight for Your Dream
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Cuba
- Active from
- 1919-05-26
- Active to
- 2003-12-08
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 124,820
- Total plays
- 791,991
Tags
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Rubén González Fontanills (May 26, 1919 – December 8, 2003) was a Cuban pianist. Together with Lilí Martínez and Peruchín he is said to have "forged the style of modern Cuban piano playing in the 1940s". Between the 1940s and his retirement in the 1980s, he played with Cuba's most successful acts, including Paulina Álvarez, Arsenio Rodríguez, Orquesta América del 55, Orquesta Riverside and Enrique Jorrín. In the 1990s, he came out of retirement to play in the revival ensembles Afro-Cuban All St
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- González
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Santa Clara
- Place of death
- Havana
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- son cubano
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- RCA Records
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- birth name
- Rubén González Fontanills
- date of birth
- 1919-05-26
- date of death
- 2003-12-08
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- different from
- Rubén González
- place of burial
- Colón Cemetery, Havana
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