Pablo Milanés

Pablo Milanés Arias (24 February 1943 – 22 November 2022) was a Cuban guitarist and singer. He was one of the founders of the Cuban nueva trova, along with Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola. His music, originating in the Trova, Son and other traditional styles of early 20th Century Cuban music, set him apart from the style of Silvio Rodríguez.

Biography Pablo Milanés, widely known as Pablito, moved with his family from Bayamo to Havana in 1950. He studied in the Conservatorio Municipal de La Habana, at the time the most prestigious musical school in the country. His first public performance was in 1956. By age 15, he was active in "bohemian" musical circles in Havana, associated with the so-called "filin" musicians.

Although he supported the Cuban Revolution, in 1965 he was sent to the UMAP agricultural forced-labor camp in Camagüey. In 1967, he escaped and fled to Havana to denounce the injustice of the labor camp.

He lived in Vigo, Spain, with his Spanish wife and two sons since 2004. In 2014, he received a kidney transplant, receiving an organ donated by his wife. At that time, he did not participate in pro-government campaigns.

Discography 1974 – Versos José Martí Cantados por Pablo Milanés 1975 – Canta a Nicolás Guillén 1976 – Pablo Milanés 1978 – No me pidas 1979 – Aniversario 1979 – Años with Luis Peña 1980 – Canta a la resistencia popular chilena 1981 – El pregón de las flores with Lilia Vera 1981 – Filin 1982 – Yo me quedo 1983 – El guerrero 1984 – Comienzo y final de una verde mañana 1984 – Ao vivo no Brasil 1986 – Querido Pablo 1986 – Años 2 with Luis Peña and Octavio Sánchez (Cotán) 1987 – Buenos días América 1987 – Trovadores with Armando Garzón 1988 – Proposiciones 1989 – Filin 2 1989 – Filin 3 1990 – Identidad 1991 – Canto de la abuela 1991 – Filin 4 1991 – Filin 5 1992 – Años 3 with Luis Peña (El Albino), Compay Segundo, and Octavio Sánchez (Cotán) 1994 – Canta boleros en Tropicana 1994 – Evolución 1994 – Igual que ayer with Caco Senante 1994 – Orígenes 1995 – Plegaria 1995 – Si yo volviera a nacer 1995 – Blanco y negro with Víctor Manuel 1997 – Despertar 1998 – Vengo naciendo 2000 – Días de gloria 2000 – Live from New York City 2002 – Pablo querido 2005 – Como un campo de maíz 2005 – Líneas paralelas with Andy Montañez 2007 – Regalo 2007 – Pablo Milanés en vivo: Amor y desamor 2008 – Raúl y Pablo with Raúl Torres 2008 – Más allá de todo with Chucho Valdés 2008 – Feeling 6 2011 – Pablo y Lynn Milanés en concierto with daughter Lynn Milanés 2013 – Renacimiento 2014 – Canción de otoño 2015 – 50 de 22 2016 – Flores del futuro with Miguel Núñez 2017 – Amor with daughter Haydée Milanés 2023 – Amor y salsa with various artists