[canta]ramos: she esángelaÁlvarez and his 95 years,the original singer-songwriterCuban, just received hisfirst nomination for alatin grammy. is nominatedas best new artist.yes, indeed at 95year old. and all thanksto his grandson Carlos JoéÁlvarez, who encouragedrecord the songsI had been writing for ages,that were saved. amhappy to give youWelcome to Ángela Álvarezhere to the pointAngela, thanks for beingwith us. and beforenothing, congratulationsfor this Latin nominationgrammy as best artistnew. I wonder at 95years, why didn’t weheard before you?Álvarez: why not?had heard beforeYo. well because iforever,this was my dream and thank youTo God, my grandson Carlos,that he likes a lotmusic, because he says thatI was the one who inspired himstudy music. then II told him that my dreamwas that my musicknew and he helped mebouquets: once youdescribed as an artistfrustrated, I am that to yourpaá liked that yousing, but when youtells him that he wanted to beartist, his father told him“Oh, my only daughter. No, no,no” was it always there?Alvarez: Yeah. if it was alwaysthere, because I have 2brothers and then the only onewoman was me. and he, whenI graduated from high schoolHe told me “well honey, nowit’s time to see anddecide what you are going to study.I told him “well,my dream is to be an artist andsing”, “oh, my daughter, uyou can keep singingfamily, but not meI wish you werein that matter”. So asI respected a lot, because II told myself “take that offthought”. and there I stayedalways thinking, but withoutmake no intentionuntil carlos grew up and heHe was the one who helped me.ramos: however, I amthat you sang to yourchildren and composed more than 40songs, whatinspired?Alvarez: Yeah. depends onmoment, of what they asked meor what i wasseeing. For example meI have a song that is inthe cd that is called in mygarden one day i went to oneplantation allah in louisianaand I saw the garden that I had,it was very nice and i paé alook at the flowers and I said“wow, the flowers are sobeautiful as my children”. andI’m inspired to make aI sing comparing my children andflowers. and there I did. YI got the same thinginspiration and I did thesong that I titled it in mygardena lot of pain.angela,I know what you doepochs,when you saw in cuba,he had to let his childrenthey will travel for 5 yearsalone to the united statesuntil after you couldmeet them herethe United States. howwas that separation?Álvarez: Well, very hard.I thought they would comealone. I presented mypapers and arranged them togetherHe told me “go first andI saw afterwards how II’m going.” And then, whenI arrived at the airportboyeros ranch and deliveredthe papers, the personhe was attending me he told me“Of the 5 passengers, 1 did notyou can go.” and I told him“And what is it?”,angelaalvarez”. me, “butif my papers arecorrect and if those of mychildren are correct,The guys are correct.”“ma’am, I’m not going to give youwe always have the reason.so you can’tto go”.ramos: how hard.Álvarez: “But the childrengoing?” I told him, “they knowgo.” and then I hadcontact with peter pan andI had a friend who was going to mereceive at the airport. and meI called her immediatelythe plane left and I told him“Look, they didn’t let me go, therethat my children go alone.look to see where they go andpeople who will take care of youwith me.” and immediatelywhen the children arrivedThey called that they were there andwhere they were going to be and theprocess until theyThey left.ramos: what a storyI want to return it tomusic. did you everHe said that his dream alwayswas to leave this world and knowthat his music remained. Ynow he has an album with 15songs nominated forLatin Grammy. how do you wantlet us remember her?Álvarez: Ah, well, with themusic, with music.listening to my music as I dome with allcomposers that I esteem andI want. when i hear onemusic of anycomposer, well I’ll getvery happy.Ramos: And besides, what’s that?full of optimism becauseyou have already prepared your speechin case you win. you,of course,Alvarez: Today, thank you.Thanks a lot.Ramos: I congratulate you fromTRUE. it is an inspirationfor all of us. Thank youfor being with us. and thewe will be following inAlvarez: Thank you very much.ramos: very good for angela.and a reminder. can seeyou the latin grammys thisThursday from 19:00for univision and tonight
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She is 95 years old and was nominated for the Latin GRAMMY: the incredible story of a Cuban grandmother