Ángel Peña (musician)
Ángel Peña | |
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| Also known as | "Cucco" |
| Born | September 1, 1948 |
| Origin | Santurce, Puerto Rico |
| Genres | Salsa |
| Occupation(s) | composer,musician, singer, andrecord producer. |
Ángel "Cucco" Peña(born September 1, 1948) is acomposer,musician, singer, andrecord producer.
Early years
[edit]Born inSanturce,a district in thePuerto RicancapitalSan Juan,Peña and his two siblings became interested in music at an early age. After completing theirprimaryandsecondary education,the Peña brothers attended theConservatory of Music of Puerto Rico.Following his graduation, Peña joined the Panamericana Orchestra, which played variousmusical stylessuch asbolero,blues,jazz,rock,popandsalsa.[1]
Musical career
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 You may listen to Peña's "Bomba E"interpreted by the" Coro Universitario de Mendoza "onYouTube. |
After Peña left the band in 1980, he became amusic director,producer,composerandarrangerfor a wide variety of singers and styles, such asWillie Colón,Olga Tañon,Gilberto Santa Rosa,Ricky Martin,Chayanne,Lissette,Ricardo Arjona,Luis Fonsi,José Feliciano,Celia Cruz,Franco de Vita,Willy Chirino,Juan Diego Florez,Marc Anthony,Lucecita Benítez,Glenn Monroig,Ilan Chester,Gloria Estefan,Jerry RiveraandLunna.Peña believes that music can be seen from three perspectives: that of the artist, themusic company;and his own. He works with all three to produce the music he believes people want to hear.[2]
On June 4, 2021, Ángel "Cucco" Peña was the featuredsingeronNorberto Vélez'sYouTubechannel titled "Sesiones Desde La Loma Ep. 17".
First digitally produced Puerto Rican album
[edit]Peña producedMotivos('Motives'), the firstdigitally producedPuerto Ricanalbumwith the participation ofGlenn MonroigandLunna.In 1983, he married Lunna and had three children, Gabriel, Juan and Ángel. They later divorced and tragedy struck when their son died. In addition to music, Peña now also producestelevision commercials.[1]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- Grammy for best tropical album,Contra la corriente,Marc Anthony (1999).
- Latin Grammy for best tropical production, Olga Tañon (2002)
- 60 Cuspide Awards
- 40 Addy Awards
- 20 Awards from theNew YorkTheater Festival
- Agüeybanáde Oro Award (1993) for "Director of the Year"
See also
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References
[edit]- ^abmusic of Puerto Rico
- ^"Cucco Peña – Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular".San Juan, Puerto Rico(in Spanish). June 25, 2014.RetrievedOctober 13,2020.
External links
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