Ngesikhathi soSuku Lomqambi eMexico, sikhumbula (kusuka kungobo yomlando wethu) inkulumo omunye wabahlanganyeli bethu abe nayo nomkhiphi omkhulu kunabo bonke wohlobo lwezothando ezweni lethu.
Indlalifa nomlandeli ogqamile wengoma yothando, Armando Manzanero Njengamanje ungumqambi obaluleke kakhulu waseMexico.
Wazalelwa eYucatán ngoDisemba 1934 ekude, eneminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha nambili* usezingeni eliphakeme lomsebenzi wakhe: izinkambo, amakhonsathi, ama-nightclub, i-cinema, umsakazo nethelevishini, eMexico nakwamanye amazwe, kumgcina ematasa unomphela. Indlela yakhe yokuba lula, elula futhi ezenzakalelayo, imzuzele uthando nozwela lwazo zonke izethameli zakhe.
Ngekhathalogi yezingoma ezirekhodiwe ezingaphezu kwamakhulu amane - eyokuqala eyabhalwa ngo-1950, ineminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu - u-Armando uyaziqhenya ngokuba nama-hit emhlabeni angaba ngu-50, okuyishumi kuwo noma kwayishumi nambili okurekhodwe ngezilimi ezahlukahlukene, kubandakanya isiShayina, isiKorea. nesiJapane. Uhlanganyele udumo lobuciko noBobby Capó, uLucho Gatica, u-Angélica María, uCarlos Lico, uRoberto Carlos, uJosé José, u-Elis Regina, uPerry Como, uTony Bennet, uPedro Vargas, uLuis Miguel, uMarco Antonio Muñiz, u-Oiga Guillot noLuis Demetrio, phakathi kwabaningi abanye.
Sekuyiminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu engumholi futhi kuze kube manje usekela-mongameli weNational Association of Authors and Composers, futhi umsebenzi wakhe wokuvikela amalungelo obunikazi uqinise iqembu futhi wamenza wahlonishwa umhlaba wonke.
Ishaya lakhe lokuqala elithi "Ngiyakhala" lilandelwa "Ngukusa", "Ngizocima isibani", bese kuthi "Ngiyakuthanda", "Kubukeka ngathi izolo", "Namuhla ntambama ngilibonile lina", "Cha", " Ngifunde nawe "; “Ngiyakukhumbula”, “Uyangihlanyisa”, “Angazi ngawe”, futhi “Akukho lutho lomuntu siqu”. Njengamanje uqopha umculo we-movie u-Alta Tensión.
Ngabe wawungu-troubadour ekuqaleni?
Yebo, njengabo bonke abantu baseYucatecans, ngazuza njengefa ubumnandi nothando lukababa lomculo. Ubaba wami wayenjalo inkathour wethambo elibomvu nokuthi wasisekela, ngalokho wasikhulisa. Wayengumuntu ophikisayo futhi ongumuntu oncomekayo.
Ngafunda ukudlala isigingci njengabo bonke abantu baseMérida. Ngiqale ukufundela umculo ngineminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. Ngineminyaka eyishumi nambili ngathatha upiyano, futhi kusuka eshumini nanhlanu ngihlala ngokuphelele emculweni. Ngicula nje, ngiphilela umculo, njengoba ngiphila ngawo!
Ngaqala ukubhala izingoma ngo-1950 futhi ngasebenza njengomshayi wopiyano kuma-nightclub. Lapho ngineminyaka engamashumi amabili ngaya kohlala eMexico ngahamba noLuis Demetrio, uCarmela Rey noRafael Vázquez bepiyano. KwakunguLuis Demetrio impela, umngani wami kanye nomuntu wakithi, owangicebisa ukuthi ngingabhali njengoba ngenza eYucatán, ukuthi kufanele ngikwenze ngokukhululeka okukhulu, ngenze okubi, ukuthi kufanele ngikhulume indaba esikisela kakhulu, i-anecdote enothando.
Iyini impumelelo yakho yokuqala enkulu?
"Ngiyakhala", okuqoshwe nguBobby Capó, umbhali wasePuerto Rican ka- "Piel canela". Bese kufika uLucho Gatica ethi “Ngizocima ugesi”, okuqoshwe ngo-1958, bese kuba ngu-Angélica María, ongidubula njengomqambi wamafilimu, kwazise unina, u-Angélica Ortiz, wayengumkhiqizi wamafilimu. Lapho uqala ukucula amakhava adumile aziwayo: "Eddy, Eddy", "Say goodbye" nabanye.
Kamuva uCarlos Lico uza no "Adoro", athi "Cha", bese kuthi kwembulwe, okuvele kuqinile, ezingeni likazwelonke. Emazweni omhlaba, bekuyisikhathi eside, ikakhulukazi eBrazil.
Isikhathi sokuqala lapho bangiqopha khona ngolunye ulimi kwakuseBrazil, ngo-1959, iTrío Esperanza, iculo elibizwa ngokuthi “Con la aurora”, bheka nje! URoberto Carlos uqopha ukuthi "Ngiyakukhumbula", no-Elis Regina impumelelo enkulu ngesiPutukezi, "Ungishiya ngihlanya." Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ingoma yokugcina ayiqophile. Ngafika ngoLwesihlanu ukuhlangana naye ngoMsombuluko olandelayo bese ngiqhubeka nokuqopha futhi uyashona kuleyo mpelasonto.
Ulibona kanjani ikusasa lomculo wezothando?
Umbuzo wokuqala abahlala bengibuza wona. I- umculo wothando kuyadingeka, kudlalwa kakhulu futhi kuculwa. Uma nje kunesifiso sokubamba isandla sothandekayo futhi simkhombise uthando lwethu, sizoqhubeka sikhona, siyohlala sikhona. Izokuba nezikhathi zayo ezinhle nezimbi, kepha izohlala. Abantu baseMexico banesiko elihle labahumushi nabaqambi bomculo wothando. Kungumculo ongapheli. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ikhathalogi yomculo waseMexico ingeyesibili ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni ngenxa yomculo omningi owuthumela kwamanye amazwe.
Iyiphi indima edlalwa yimiseshi?
AmaMuse abalulekile, kepha awabalulekile, futhi awabuyiseki. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukusho okuthile kothile ngoba kunesidingo sokuxhumana. Uma kunomnyuziyamu omuhle, muhle kanjani! Kumnandi kakhulu ukuculela othile: "Ngifunde nawe." Kuliqiniso impela, ngafunda ukuphila, hhayi ngoba ngangithandana kakhulu, ngiyahlanya kothando, kodwa ngoba kwakukhona umuntu owayengifundisa ukuthi ngingaphila kangcono ngokwamandla ami.
Ngabe unkosikazi wakho naye ungumculi?
Cha, ungathumeli ngisho iNcasakazi! UTere ungunkosikazi wami wesithathu, futhi angiphindi ngikwenze empilweni yami. Bathi okwesithathu yintelezi futhi yangishaya.
* Qaphela: le ngxoxo yenziwa ngo-1997.
