UGloria Estefan ungumdlali odumile obizwa ngendlovukazi yomculo we-pop waseLatin America. Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe womculo, wakwazi ukuthengisa amarekhodi ayizigidi ezingu-45. Kodwa yayiyini indlela yodumo, futhi ibuphi ubunzima uGloria abhekana nabo?
Ebuntwaneni uGloria Estefan
Igama langempela lenkanyezi nguGloria Maria Milagrossa Faillardo Garcia. Wazalwa ngo-September 1, 1956 eCuba. Ubaba wayeyisosha elalinesikhundla esiphakeme kunogada wesiqinisekiso uFulgencio Batista.
Lapho intombazane yayingakabi neminyaka engu-2 ubudala, umndeni wakubo wanquma ukushiya izwe, wathuthela eMiami. Kwabangelwa inguquko yamaKhomanisi yaseCuba kanye nokuvuka kwamandla kaFidel Castro.
Kodwa ngemva kwesikhashana, uyise kaGloria wanquma ukujoyina amavukela-mbuso futhi alwe nomongameli omusha. Lokhu kwaholela ekuboshweni kwakhe ejele laseCuba iminyaka engu-1,5.
Wabe esethunyelwa eVietnam iminyaka emibili, okwaba nomthelela omubi kakhulu empilweni yakhe. Indoda ayizange isakwazi ukondla umkhaya wayo, futhi lokhu kukhathazeka kwawela emahlombe omkayo.
Ngakho umama wenkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo waqala ukusebenza, ngesikhathi esifanayo efunda esikoleni sasebusuku. UGloria kwadingeka aphathe ukunakekela indlu, kanye nokunakekela udadewabo noyise.
Umkhaya wawuphila kabi kakhulu, futhi encwadini yakhe yesikhumbuzo, u-Estefan wathi indawo yokuhlala yayinosizi futhi igcwele izinambuzane ezihlukahlukene. Phakathi kwezakhamuzi zaseMiami, babengabaxoshwa. Insindiso kuphela ngaleso sikhathi entombazaneni kwakuwumculo.
Intsha, umshado kanye nezingane
Ngo-1975, uGloria waba umfundi wasenyuvesi, efunda i-psychology, futhi ngokushesha wathola umculo wendawo ongaphansi komhlaba.
Umenywe kubafana baseCuban-American quartet Miami latin. Umngane wakhe omusha u-Emilio Estefan ufake isandla kulokhu. Wayengumuntu ohambayo kakhulu, futhi kakade eminyakeni yakhe wayenandisa ezindaweni zokudlela. Nguye owamema uGloria ukuba abe umculi kwelinye lamaholide, okwathi ngemva kwalokho kwaqala umlando wabo ohlangene.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, u-Emilio waba isoka likaGloria, abahlanganyela naye umshado omangalisayo ngo-1978. Eminyakeni emibili nje, kwazalwa indodana uNayib, futhi ngo-1994 lo mbhangqwana waba abazali bendodakazi emangalisayo.
Kamuva, waba umculi wokuqopha, futhi indodana yakhe wanikela ukuphila kwakhe emsebenzini womqondisi. Ngendlela, wayengowokuqala ukunikeza uGloria umzukulu. Lo mcimbi wenzeka ngoJuni 2012.
Ukudala uGloria Estefan
Ama-albhamu okuqala eMiami Sound Machine akhishwe phakathi kuka-1977 no-1983. Kodwa babengamaSpanishi, futhi owokuqala ongashadile, uDkt. I-Beat yakhululwa ngesiNgisi ngo-1984.
Ngokushesha wabonakala ku-10 ephezulu yeshadi lomculo womdanso waseMelika. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, izingoma eziningi zaba isiNgisi, futhi i-hit enkulu kwakuyi-Conga, eyalethela iqembu impumelelo enkulu kanye nemiklomelo eminingi yomculo.
Kwabe sekusayinwa izinkontileka ezinkulu eziningana, futhi i-albhamu ethi Let It Loose yakhululwa, encazelweni yalo igama elithi Gloria Estefan emakhasini okuqala.
Futhi ngo-1989, u-Estefan wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa, ethi Cuts Both Ways. Waba umculi ozithandayo hhayi kuphela baseMelika, kodwa futhi izakhamuzi zakwamanye amazwe omhlaba. Phela, amanothi esigqi seSpanishi, isiNgisi, isiColombia kanye nePeruvia alandelelwa kumahithi akhe.
Ingozi yemoto
Ngo-March 1990, kwangqongqoza inkathazo emnyango kaGloria Estefan. Ngesikhathi esohambweni ePennsylvania, waba sengozini yemoto. Odokotela bathola ukuphuka okuningi, kuhlanganise nokugudluka komgogodla.
Inkanyezi kwakudingeka ihlinzwe kanzima izikhathi eziningana, futhi ngisho nangemva kwayo, odokotela bangabaza ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukunyakaza okujwayelekile. Kodwa umculi wakwazi ukunqoba lesi sifo.
Wasebenza kahle nochwepheshe bezokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo, wabhukuda echibini futhi wenza nokuvivinya umzimba. Ngesikhathi sokugula, abalandeli bamgcwalise ngezincwadi zokumeseka, futhi, ngokusho komculi, yibona ababambe iqhaza kakhulu ekululameni kwakhe.
Ukuphakama komsebenzi womculi
Ngemva kokugula, uGloria wabuyela esiteji ngo-1993. I-albhamu ekhishiwe yayingeSpanishi, futhi yasakazwa amakhophi ayizigidi ezi-4. Le albhamu kaMi Tierra iwine indondo yeGrammy.
Kwabe sekukhishwa ama-albhamu amaningana, futhi umculi wenza enye yezingoma ethi Finyelela emcimbini wama-Olympic Games ngo-1996, owawuse-Atlanta, e-USA. Ngo-2003, i-albhamu ethi Unwrapped yakhululwa, okwakungeyokugcina emsebenzini womculi.
Eminye imisebenzi nezinto azithandayo zomculi
Ngaphezu komculo, uGloria wakwazi ukuzizama kwezinye izindawo. Waba yilungu lomunye womculo we-Broadway. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umculi uvele kumafilimu amabili abizwa ngokuthi "Umculo Wenhliziyo" (1999) kanye Nothando Lwezwe:
Indaba ka-Arturo Sandoval (2000). Kuphinde kwaba nogqozi empilweni yakhe okwenza ukuthi kubhalwe izincwadi zezingane ezimbili. Omunye wabo ubesendlini engunombolo 3 isonto lonke, efakwe ohlwini lwezincwadi ezingcono kakhulu zezingane.
Futhi, uGloria, kanye nomyeni wakhe, babamba iqhaza emibonisweni yezokupheka, babelane ngezindlela zokupheka zokudla kwaseCuba nababukeli.
Kodwa ngokuvamile, umculi wayengumuntu onesizotha. Amahlazo aphezulu kanye nezindaba "ezingcolile" azihlangene negama lakhe. U-Estefan wayengangqubuzani.
Ungumfazi nomama onothando, futhi izinto azithandayo eziyinhloko okwamanje umndeni, ezemidlalo nokukhulisa abazukulu!
