{"id":205,"date":"2012-12-09T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T11:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/?p=205"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:19:21","slug":"intervista-a-cheo-feliciano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/2012\/12\/09\/intervista-a-cheo-feliciano\/","title":{"rendered":"Intervista a Cheo Feliciano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Intervista di Tommy Salsero e Dj Guaci realizzata al Festival Latino Americando il 28 Giugno 2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cheo Feliciano - intervista\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VlcNTwYt0IM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>L&#8217;intervista a Cheo Feliciano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tommy Salsero: C&#8217;\u00e8 un nuovo disco all&#8217;orizzonte con Ruben Blades.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Il disco \u00e8 un progetto che stiamo portando avanti da molto tempo, per\u00f2 dato che Ruben \u00e8 molto occupato con il Ministero del Turismo di Panama dobbiamo aspettare che registri la sua parte, mentre la mia \u00e8 gi\u00e0 pronta.<\/p>\n<p>Il concetto del disco \u00e8 che io canter\u00f2 i suoi successi e lui i miei.<\/p>\n<p>Spero che il disco sia disponibile alla vendita entro la fine di quest&#8217;anno.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tommy Salsero: Che differenza c&#8217;\u00e8 tra il modo di registrare una canzone oggi e nel passato, quando si registrava con un suono pi\u00f9 aggressivo, pi\u00f9 duro e tutti suonavano insieme?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;\u00e8 da dire che tutto si modifica, le nuove generazioni vogliono utilizzare i loro procedimenti e le nuove forme tecnologiche per registrare cercando la perfezione nel completare un prodotto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-medium wp-image-4371\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cheo_feliciano-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"Cheo Feliciano\" class=\"wp-image-4371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cheo_feliciano-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cheo_feliciano-400x331.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cheo_feliciano.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cheo Feliciano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ai nostri tempi invece si dava la priorit\u00e0 a edificare bene un prodotto e non a come ultimarlo. C&#8217;era pi\u00f9 sentimento e si cercava di proiettare le emozioni del momento, il calore, e per fare questo si realizzava tutto insieme e non in maniera fredda un pezzo alla volta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per\u00f2 alla fine quel che conta \u00e8 che si continui a far salsa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tommy Salsero: Durante il tuo soggiorno presso il centro Hogar Crea (Centro di recupero per tossicodipendenti) hai registrato con l&#8217;orchestra <\/strong><strong>Impacto Crea<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tommy Salsero: Puoi parlarci del progetto <\/strong><strong>Impacto Crea<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il progetto nacque da alcuni musicisti che avevano avuto il mio stesso problema, tutti cercavamo un aiuto e per questo creammo il progetto <strong>CREA<\/strong> che all&#8217;epoca era agli inizi ma che oggi rappresenta un&#8217;istituzione fra le maggiori al mondo attiva nella lotta contro la droga, <strong>Hogares Crea Internacional<\/strong>. Questi musicisti in quel periodo cercavano di ricostruire la propria vita, esattamente come me, e prima di tutto volevamo lasciare un messaggio per essere d&#8217;esempio e far comprendere cosa stava succedendo dentro la fondazione Crea e dentro noi stessi. Fu un progetto molto bello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dj Guaci: Attualmente quali sono i musicisti portoricani che stanno facendo la miglior musica, quella che piace a te?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ti posso dire che recentemente, lo scorso 20 Giugno, abbiamo celebrato i miei 50 anni nella salsa nel Madison Square Garden e mi ha accompagnato la <strong>Spanish Harlem Orquesta<\/strong>; quei ragazzi sono incredibili, i migliori che ci sono attualmente, sia come orchestra indipendente che per accompagnare qualsiasi cantante.<br \/>The Spanish Harlem Orquesta di <strong>Oscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, incredibili!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"50 aniversario  de cheo feliciano &quot;canta&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TIdE4auKm1c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cheo Feliciano con la Spanish Harlem Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dj Guaci: \u00c8 stato un onore e un piacere intervistarla.Pu\u00f2 lasciare un saluto per tutti gli italiani che amano la salsa buena?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Io vorrei ringraziare di cuore ai salseri italiani che sono tanti.<br \/>A Portorico durante il Congresso della Salsa gli italiani sono stati cinque volte campioni della salsa!<br \/>Possiamo dire che l&#8217;Italia \u00e8 la salsa!<br \/>Ed io vi voglio molto bene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dj Guaci: Un saluto per Salsabox che \u00e8 il mio programma nella televisione de Lasalsavive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amici miei, un saluto dal vostro fratello Cheo invitandoli a guardare Salsabox, perch\u00e8 questa \u00e8 salsa, il resto \u00e8 solo una copia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cheo Feliciano, saluta Lasalsavive\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/10PxmHZ5-aM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I saluti di Cheo Feliciano ai lettori de LaSalsaVive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arancio wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/?p=208\" target=\"_self\">Clicca qui per leggere la recensione del concerto di Feliciano al Festival Latino Americando 2008<\/a><\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ringraziamo il <strong>Festival Latino Americando<\/strong> per averci concesso l&#8217;opportunit\u00e0 di realizzare questa intervista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><strong>The interview with Cheo Feliciano<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interview by Tommy Salsero and DJ Guaci, recorded at the Festival Latinoamericando on June 28, 2008<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=205&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cheo Feliciano - intervista\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VlcNTwYt0IM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tommy Salsero: There is a new album on the horizon with Rub\u00e9n Blades.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album is a project we have been working on for a long time, but since Rub\u00e9n is very busy with the Ministry of Tourism of Panama, we have to wait for him to record his part, while mine is already done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept of the album is that I will sing his hits and he will sing mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope the album will be available for sale by the end of this year.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=205&amp;action=edit\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tommy Salsero: What is the difference between recording a song today and in the past, when you recorded with a more aggressive, harder sound and everyone played together?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It must be said that everything changes; the new generations want to use their own approaches and new technological methods to record, seeking perfection in completing a product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our time, on the other hand, the priority was to build a good product, not how to finalize it. There was more feeling, and we tried to project the emotions of the moment, the warmth, and to do this everything was done together and not in a cold way, one piece at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the end what matters is that people keep making salsa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=205&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cheo_feliciano-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"Cheo Feliciano\" class=\"wp-image-4371\" title=\"cheo_feliciano\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cheo_feliciano-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cheo_feliciano-400x331.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/cheo_feliciano.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheo Feliciano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tommy Salsero: During your stay at the Hogar Crea center (rehabilitation center for drug addicts) did you record with the orchestra Impacto Crea?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tommy Salsero: Can you tell us about the Impacto Crea project?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project was born from some musicians who had had the same problem as I did; we were all seeking help and for this reason we created the CREA project, which at the time was in its early stages but today represents one of the most important institutions in the world in the fight against drugs, Hogares Crea Internacional. These musicians at that time were trying to rebuild their lives, just like me, and above all we wanted to leave a message, to be an example and make people understand what was happening inside the Crea foundation and inside ourselves. It was a very beautiful project.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=205&amp;action=edit\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DJ Guaci: At the moment, which Puerto Rican musicians are making the best music, the kind you like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can tell you that recently, on June 20, we celebrated my 50 years in salsa at Madison Square Garden and I was accompanied by the Spanish Harlem Orchestra; those guys are incredible, the best there are right now, both as an independent orchestra and to accompany any singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spanish Harlem Orchestra of Oscar Hern\u00e1ndez, incredible!<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=205&amp;action=edit\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cheo Feliciano with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=205&amp;action=edit\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DJ Guaci: It has been an honor and a pleasure to interview you. Can you send a greeting to all the Italians who love salsa buena?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to sincerely thank the Italian salseros, who are many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Puerto Rico, during the Salsa Congress, Italians have been salsa champions five times!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can say that Italy is salsa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I love you very much.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=205&amp;action=edit\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DJ Guaci: A greeting for Salsabox, which is my show on LaSalsaVive television.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My friends, a greeting from your brother Cheo, inviting you to watch Salsabox, because this is salsa, the rest is only a copy!<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=205&amp;action=edit\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cheo Feliciano, saluta Lasalsavive\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/10PxmHZ5-aM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cheo Feliciano\u2019s greetings to the readers of LaSalsaVive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We thank the Festival Latinoamericando for giving us the opportunity to carry out this interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intervista di Tommy Salsero e Dj Guaci realizzata al Festival Latino Americando il 28 Giugno&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[261,331,332,334,256,333],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviste","tag-cheo-feliciano","tag-hogar-crea","tag-impacto-crea","tag-oscar-hernandez","tag-ruben-blades","tag-spanish-harlem-orquesta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13000,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/13000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalsavive.org\/portale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}