Born in Manila

The Cervantes Institute organizes a concert in tribute to Spanish singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute. The Cervantes Institute of Manila, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines, presents the concert "Born in Manila (Homage to Aute)", on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the birth of Manila-born singer-songwriter and painter Luis Eduardo Aute. This event will be held on Tuesday, November 7, at 7 p.m., at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium of the RCBC Plaza in Makati. The screening of "Con tu latido," a video documentary produced in 2021 by the Instituto Cervantes Manila, will open the event. Shot in different locations in Intramuros, this video features Filipino singers, such as Bituin Escalante and Mark Anthony Carpio, performing some of Luis Eduardo Aute's songs. It will be followed by live performances by some of the singers, such as Sheila Ferrer and Toma Cayabyab, who also participated in the recording of "Con tu latido". Toma, son of national artist Ryan Cayabyab, has arranged the new interpretations and versions of Aute's songs, both those recorded in the documentary and those that will be part of the repertoire to be performed live at the RCBC. Luis Eduardo Aute was born in Manila in September 1943, during the Japanese occupation. His father worked at the Tabacalera. His grandmother, born in Valencia, was brought to the Philippines during the Spanish era at the age of three. They had a house next to Roxas Boulevard (then Dewey Boulevard) that also served as headquarters for Japanese and, later, American troops. He studied at La Salle, but the family moved to Spain in 1954, where, years later, Aute would become one of the icons of Spanish music in the second half of the 20th century.