SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Sep 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council, through the Department of Culture, has presented this Wednesday the giant mural in tribute to the musicians who perform in the street and, especially, to the Dominican trumpeter Nilo Caparrosa who died last March and that for about a decade enlivened the streets of the capital.
The artistic work, made by ‘Sabotage to the Mount’, reproduces two passport-size photographs on a wall more than 16 meters high and almost six meters wide, in total about 95 square meters.
The presentation of the giant mural, located on Calle del Castillo on the corner of Calle Valentín Sanz where Caparrosa performed, was chaired by the mayor of the city, José Manuel Bermúdez, who was accompanied by the musician’s children, Sislena and Israel Caparrosa. ; the Consul General of the Dominican Republic, Katia Juliana Castillo Marte, and the artist responsible for the mural, Matías Mala.
On behalf of the municipal corporation, the councilors Evelyn Alonso and Purificación Dávila were also present.
The mayor, in his speech, was very happy for the mural tribute to the Dominican musician, of which he stressed that “one is not always an artist and loved one, and Nilo made himself loved a lot thanks to the fact that he gave away his music, in addition to his love and friendship “.
In this street, he commented, “he gave us many times with his daughter Sislena the best he could give us, which was his art, and we wanted to return that affection with this mural that Matías Mata, a well-known and well-known artist in our city, has made. , since it has a wide catalog of murals “.
The Department of Culture, led by Gladis de León, has been responsible for promoting the project that from the beginning was clear that “the city had to return to Nilo Caparrosa, in the form of tribute, for all his music that he had given during almost a decade in this very central corner of the city. “
In his opinion, “Nilo represented a union, such as that of artists who perform in the street, which are fundamental for the development of our city and we were clear that this wall was waiting for the mural that we have presented today.”
“THE BEST GIFT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US”
For their part, the children of the deceased trumpeter were very excited and wanted to thank the City Council “and all the people who stopped to listen to our father’s music, without a doubt, it is the best gift they have been able to give us and we hope that it will. enjoy”.
The Consul General of the Dominican Republic, Katia Juliana Castillo Marte, thanked on behalf of the Dominican community the recognition “to an emblematic Dominican, who came to the Canary Islands to bring our art and our culture and who was welcomed in an incredible way in this city “.
The artist Matías Mata, from ‘Sabotage to Mount’, has used ten days to carry out a commission from the Culture area through Gladis de León, “to which I will always be grateful, since it is very nice that society makes these winks to culture and people, who are what feed us every day, “he stressed.
The musician’s daughter, singer Sislena Caparrosa, sang ‘Nessun Dorma’ in honor of her father.
