Award-winning Salsa
Victor’s international reputation was secured in April 2005 with the release of the album Salsa Pa’America which featured Kike Harvey on the track Viva la Salsa. It won Best Salsa Album while the song Havanera from the album won Best Salsa Song at the 2006 JPF music awards in the USA.
Victor was also nominated for Best Latin Artist in the UK in 2005. the same year he landed an exclusive deal in Asia after a successful tour of Hong Kong and Singapore.
A classic re-mastered
Few artists are as prolific as Victor Hugo. In 2006 he released a re-mastered version of his most loved album. Latinoamerica, which never enjoyed the commercial success that it deserved. Now it is recognised as a masterful piece of musical arrangements.
All the songs were arranged by Armin Keil who collaborated with Victor in this unique, once in a lifetime musical project.
His next album is entitled Que Pasa and it promises to be yet another commercial success.
In the pipeline…
Several projects are waiting to be finalized. A new album where Victor crosses over into Raggaeton (the new Latin craze) entitled ‘Perfecto’. A second collaboration with Kike called Salsa y Soneos is also in the pipeline as is a third to be recorded in Cuba, which will be a ‘Salsa in English’ project with Cuban bass player and arranger Rey Crespo.
The Salsa Gospel according to Victor
Victor lectures on the ‘History of Latin American Music’ in colleges and universities across Europe. The lectures on the socio-political impact of Latin American popular music are practically a hobby.
Today Victor performs his songs all around the world, or as he says 'wherever the music takes me'.
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