(Doha, February 20, 2025) – Cuban singer and saxophonist Samantha Echevarría Vigo raised her talent and the name of Cuba by performing in concert with the majestic Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Giovanni Pasini, in which she played iconic melodies from animated films, the leitmotif of the show.
Samantha Echevarría was born in August 1995, in Havana. Born into a family of musicians, at the age of five she began studying music theory and the piano instrument. In 2004 she began her musical studies at the ¨Manuel Saumell¨ Music Conservatory. Later she studied at the ¨Amadeo Roldán¨ Conservatory, graduating in 2014 and receiving the Degree of Professional Saxophonist and Teacher of the Instrument.
Since 2017, she has lived in Doha, a city that has become a multicultural metropolis with a diverse population and where different types of activities related to culture and art take place, with the presence of talented Cuban musicians at these events becoming a regular occurrence. Together with her husband Adrián Mcpherson Romero, a singer, composer, pianist, percussionist and guitarist, they have earned well-deserved recognition from the public, cultural institutions and the press in this Arab country for their excellent interpretations of Cuban and Latin music, jazz and other international and Arab genres.
Barahat Msheireb, where the concert took place, is the largest covered open-air plaza in the region and is located in the world's first fully intelligent and sustainable urban district, which combines Qatar's heritage and traditional aesthetics with modernity.
(Embassy of Cuba in Qatar)