Lucrecia (singer)

Lucrecia Pérez Sáez is a Cuban singer and actress based in Spain. She has worked in various movies and with several long established artists, including Celia Cruz, Chavela Vargas, Joaquín Sabina, Andy Garcia, Manzanita and Lluís Llach.

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Early life and career

At the early age of seven, Lucrecia began studying piano and music and was certified with a specialty in piano at the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. She studied singing with Isolina Carrillo, the composer of the famous bolero "Dos Gardenias", popularized in Spain by Cuban singer Antonio Machín.
Soon after completing her education, Lucrecia joined La Orquesta Anacaona, an all-female group which, since its founding in 1932, had become a Cuban institution. In the 1980s and early 1990s, she made several international tours with the group.
It was with Anacaona, as lead vocalist, keyboardist and arranger, that Lucrecia first arrived in Spain. Later, in 1993, she left Anacaona and returned to settle in Barcelona, where she has remained. Since establishing her solo career there, she has become very active in Spanish film and television as well as the music scene. Though not yet well known in the English-speaking world, she is a celebrated figure not only in Spain and, increasingly, in Latin America and the Hispanic community of the United States.
Although she personally eschews such comparisons, Lucrecia has been touted as a successor to the great Celia Cruz, with whom she was a close friend.
Lucrecia's 2010 Álbum de Cuba was nominated for Best Contemporary Tropical Album in the 2010 Latin Grammy Awards.
Since leaving Anacaona and becoming an expatriate of Cuba, the Cuban government has not allowed her to return, but she was able to bring her mother to Barcelona, which they both make their permanent home.
Through the length of her career, Lucrecia has collaborated or performed with numerous masters of the art, including Celia Cruz, Paquito D’Rivera, Chano Domínguez, Joaquín Sabina, Wyclef Jean, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Carel Kraayenhof, Willy Chirino, Chavela Vargas, Lluís Llach, Gilberto Gil, Israel "Cachao" López, Andy García, Carlos Jean, Nuno da Câmara Pereira, after which have followed two more books from the same collection: The Valley of the Tenderness and All the Colors of the World, all in collaboration with Los Lunnis. Continuing in this vein, she has edited her disk and video La Casita de Lucrecia.
In June 2012 she began the tour "Eternally Cuba".
In 2019, Lucrecia starred in Celia: El Musical, a musical about the life of Celia Cruz, at the Lehman Arts Center.

Filmography

Segunda piel by Gerardo Vera, singing her song Youkali.
Ataque verbal by Miguel Albaladejo, as an actress.
Balseros, by Carles Boch and Josep Maria Domènech, original soundtrack.
El gran gato by Ventura Pons, singing "Barca, cielo y ola" as a tribute to Gato Pérez.
Los Lunnis, RTVE program, as an actress.

Discography

ALBUMS

De Mil Maneras, 2021
La Casita de Lucrecia, 2010
Álbum de Cuba, 2009
Mira las luces, 2005
Agua, 2002
Cubáname, 1999
Pronósticos, 1997
Prohibido, 1996
Mis Boleros, 1996
Me debes un beso, 1994

DIGITAL ALBUMS

Lucrecia canta a Machín, 2022
Lucrecia Ama Galicia, 2021

COLLABORATION ALBUMS

3 Generations of Cuban Musicians, 2004
Concierto de las Dos Orillas, 1996

SINGLES

Aguas De Março - Andreu Muntaner Lobo feat. Lucrecia, 2008
Desafinado - Ana Belén, Carmen París, Lolita, Lucrecia, Pastora Soler, 2005
¿Que Diferencia Hay?, 2004
Un Día Más Sin Ti - Version with Antonio Carmona, 2003
Mi Gente Remix, 2002
Que Llueva, 2002
Mi Gente, 2002
Nunca Más, 2000
Ampárame, 2000
La Noche de la Iguana, 1999
Cubáname, 1999
Santa Tierra, 1999
Un carro, Una casa, Una buena mujer, 1998
Serpiente Cascabel, 1997

MAXI, EP's

Agua - Remezclas, 2003
Ampárame - Remixes, 2000
Lucrecia y Bacardi, 1998

DIGITAL SINGLES

Guayabera de Melao, 2025
Óyeme Guajiro, 2025
MALA FAMA feat. Yumitus Hernández, 2024
AMOR PURO, 2024
MI ZURRÓN MIX, 2023
Fiesta - Versión Café Olé, 2023
Fiesta, 2023
Un carro, Una casa y Una buena mujer, 2023
Coquini Coco, 2023
Mi Gente - Salsa, 2023
Dos Gardenias feat. Antonio Machín, 2022
Es El Moment, 2021
Mi Gente - Remix feat. Ariel de Cuba, 2021
Latinoamericando Voy, 2021
La vida es un Carnaval, 2016
Que Baile el Papa, 2014

DIGITAL EP's

Ensoñación, 2020

'''COLLABORATIONS'''

Books

Besitos de Chocolate para Toda la Familia '''+CD Lucrecia y Los Lunnis - Besitos de Chocolate: Todos los colores del mundo +CD Besitos de Chocolate: El valle de la ternura +CD Besitos de Chocolate: Cuentos de mi infancia +CD Besitos de Chocolate: Cuentos de mi infancia, 2004/04/07'''

Nominations and awards

Music Award for the song 'My People' from the album 'Agua', SGAE, in the 2003 Edition, "Best Theme of Electronic Music Dance and Hip Hop".
Three TP gold awards for the program "Los Lunnis" of TVE.
Golden microphone of the programme protagonists of Luis del Olmo.
Nomination for the 2003 Oscars for the film documentary of TV3's "Balsero"
An EMMY Nomination for her interview in the program "Speaking with the Stars" with Television Mega Latina in Miami.
Nominated for the 2010 Latin Grammy Awards, category Best Tropical Music Album "Álbum de Cuba".
Winner of the Latin Grammy Awards and Grammy Awards 2012 for her interpretation of "Dos Gardenias" in the album "The Last Mambo," a tribute to bassist and creator of Mambo, Israel "Cachao" López.