Olvido Ruiz

Lead Vocals
  • Born in La Habana, Cuba
  • 1983 she made her debut as a singer in the Cuban television program "Palmas y canas" accompanied by her mother, the "Dama del son ". 
  • Visit of the "Escuela Nacional de Arte Paulita Concepcion". 
  • Continues her musical education in violin, piano and singing at the "escuela superior de arte Amadeo Roldan". 
  • Vocalist and soloist with the Women's Group "Azúcar" 
  • Many of the performances with "Azúcar", inter alia "Festival internacional de Salsa", "Antonio Maria Romeo Festival" 
  • Concerts and several CD recordings with the orchestra "Jacqueline y su banda", the band of her mother, and with "Opus 13" 
  • In 1995, she performed with her group on the all-women band festival "Festival de Salsa de Agrupaciones femininas" the prize "Premio de popularidad.
  • The international tours through Europe and America (Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Bahamas, Spain) follow. 
  •  At the Salsa Festival Tempo Latino in France, she gave a concert with the" Afro Cuban All Stars”
  • In Germany, they get a record deal with Sony, to list a single with the famous theme"Chan Chan". The video clip was shown to the television program Viva and MTV. 
  • In 1999 he moved to Spain, then to Germany (Würzburg)
  • Shortly afterwards she got known al a extraordinarily talented singer and starts working with a lot of Salsa- and Soulbands, such as "Sangre Nueva" and "Sonora Popular"; concerts and tours all over Europe. 
  •  Since 2001 as lead singer of "Salsamanía"
  • Latin Jazz Project with Sebastian Schunke, worls tours to known festivals
  • Singer of  the project “Cuba Nova”


Name
Olvido Ruiz

Function
Lead Vocals

Website
 www.olvido.de