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Rubén González Fontanills (26 May 1919 – 8 December 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". [1]
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May 12, 2022 · Perhaps the island lost an excellent doctor when Ruben Gonzalez decided to dedicate his life to the piano, but Cuban music definitely gained one of his most emblematic instrumentalists. His passage through the most outstanding bands of the time prove it.
Dec 9, 2003 · Ruben Gonzalez, the elegant Cuban pianist who charmed the world with his gentle manner and dazzling style during a remarkable late-career comeback with the Buena Vista Social Club, died...
Dec 10, 2003 · Ruben Gonzalez, the Cuban pianist who came out of retirement in his late 70's and unexpectedly rose to international fame, died on Monday in Havana. He was 84.
Jun 16, 2017 · The young Rubén González was an accomplished classical pianist and in his youth was planning to become a doctor. In 1941 he gave up his studies of classical music and medicine to begin his professional career playing dance music, playing with most of the major orchestras in Cuba.
May 11, 2018 · Rubén González. A maestro musician whose piano playing in the 1940’s helped invent the pre-Castro Cuban sound as we know it today, Rubén González had in recent years virtually stopped making music. He suffers from arthritis, and no longer owns a piano.
May 25, 2016 · Rubén González fue una de las figuras de la música popular que formó parte de las grandes estrellas del piano cubano del siglo XX junto a Peruchín Juztiz, Lilí Martínez, Guillermo Rubalcaba y Bebo Valdés.
Born on May 26, 1919 in Encrucijada, Cuba, jazz pianist Rubén González played with Enrique Jorrín’s band for many years before retiring in the 1980s. González then returned to music as a featured member of the Buena Vista Social Club, performing in a documentary and album of the same name.
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