Rita Payés: "When C. Tangana called me, I didn't know who he was"

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Not much at the moment, I'm having an horchata," commented Rita Payés a few hours before her performance with C. Tangana at the Goya gala, where on Saturday night she performed the new song by the Madrid musician I

you

The song is a bolero "with the typical old flavor of Pucho" dedicated to

, a true legend of Cuban son who, due to her delicate state of health (she is 92 years old) has not been able to attend the gala.

"

, confesses Payés, "I had never heard his music. But then I met him and he surprised me for good, he is a very close person who has a very close relationship with you to you with the musicians and who is interested in all genres, I love that he has chosen me to play with him. His music? There are things about the lyrics and the songs that I like and things that I don't, I prefer not to enter " , Explain.

Payés and C. Tangana have been rehearsing together since December for the presentation tour of

, which starts on February 19 in Malaga, in which Payés

"For me, choosing between singing or playing the trombone is very difficult, it's like choosing between dad and mom. It's been relatively recently that I consider myself a singer, the trombone is what I've studied the most and playing it is what I do every day in the morning at get up. In fact,

, even a little uncomfortable,

. But I am very excited, of course".

Who is Rita Payes?

The Catalan artist is only 22 years old, but she grew up in a very musical family and has been on stage for almost a decade with her mother, guitarist Elisabeth Roma, with whom she has toured festivals all over Europe.

Rita herself plays the trombone, but she has also studied

and sings in Spanish, Catalan, English and Portuguese.

She took her first steps in the

, a well-known formation of very young musicians from which other jazz stars of early talent such as

have emerged .

Jazz and bossa nova are the genres where this young Catalan especially shines.

Payés' career, like Motis's, cannot be understood without his teacher and mentor

, the founder of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, a fertile nursery of young promises where children and adolescents

Payés released her first album when she was only 15 years old, but it was not until last year that she ventured to publish her first songs, written and composed by herself, brought together in

an album produced by the Venezuelan Juan Berbín, winner of a Latin Grammy.

The connection with C. Tangana comes from afar.

When the artist from Madrid released the song

last year, he confessed on his

account that one of his inspirations had been one of Payés' songs,

.

The comment caused the reproductions of Payés' album to skyrocket and C. Tangana became interested in his work.

Known in the jazz circuits, her performance tonight at the Goya ceremony has meant her presentation in society in a big way.

Born in 1999, Payés

(she has a four-month-old baby) and will perform at the Cruïlla festival in Barcelona on March 30.

She also plans to join the tour that C. Tangana is about to start on February 19 in Malaga and that will take her to Madrid, Santo Domingo, Buenos Aires, Bogotá and London in 2022.

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