Granada de silvia perez cruz biography pdf

In , she recorded her first solo album, 11 de Novembre , which was nominated for album of the year in both Spain and France. In , she released her album Granada. She received another Goya Award for best original song, for the song "Ai, ai, ai", composed and performed by her, for the film At Your Doorstep Cruz's parents were both singers who sang together.

She has a daughter, Lola.

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She went to Catalonia College of Music in Barcelona, where she received classical training studying the piano and saxophone and receiving a degree in vocal jazz. While she was at Catalonia College of Music, she and three other women founded a flamenco group called Las Migas. They combined their different musical approaches to create a new type of flamenco.

It was not long after this that she became well known in the Spanish music scene. Cruz told NPR that a song must have a story. She believes that her view of songs as stories comes from her mother who was a singer and storyteller.