Yusa
Sign in to saveYusa is a Cuban singer and songwriter, born in the Buena Vista district of Havana, Cuba. Her music is recognised worldwide : in 2003, she was nominated at the prestigious BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in two categories (Best Newcomer and Best of the Americas.)
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- To Take an Enemy's Heart Volume 9
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- To Take an Enemy's Heart Volume 7
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Cuba
Discography
- Yusa2002
- Breathe2005
- Haiku2008
- Libro de Cabecera, en Tardes De Café2012
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Born and raised in the Buena Vista area, now known as Playa, Yusa split her time between her love of music and her love of the sea. Influenced by her father, who was a sailor, Yusa started playing guitar at a young age, moving on to piano and bass lessons. While attending the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory with contemporaries such as Roberto Carcasses, Yusa would often be found performing in school corridors. From there she joined an improvisational jazz quintet called Quasi-Jazz. <a href="https://w
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Genre
- world music
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Official website
- myspace.com/yusaspace
- Image
- Yusa.jpg
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- Yusa
- date of birth
- 1973-09-24
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
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Yusa is a Cuban singer and songwriter, born in the Buena Vista district of Havana, Cuba. Her music is recognised worldwide : in 2003, she was nominated at the prestigious BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in two categories (Best Newcomer and Best of the Americas.)
==Biography== ===Early life and education=== Born in the Buena Vista district and brought up in the modern Alamar’s housing community of east Havana, Yusa's childhood was cradled by music. She started studying guitar at the age of 6, at the Alejandro García Caturla elementary school. Then, attending the Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory, she chose to concentrate on a particular type of Cuban guitar called the tres and started performing in Havana's bars and clubs.
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