Bola de Nieve is the nickname for Ignacio Villa (September 11, 1911, Guanabacoa, Havana City, Cuba – October 2, 1971, Mexico City, Mexico), a Cuban author, singer and composer. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
Raised in Cuba, Villa studied at the Mateu Conservatoire of Havana. He started his artistic life as Rita Montaner's pianist in 1933 in Mexico. After Montaner retured to Cuba, Villa remained in Mexico and developed an original performance style as a pianist and singer. He sang mostly in Spanish, but also in English, Catalan, French, Italian and Portuguese. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Before he became the renowned musical figure known as "BoladeNieve" (snow ball) and one of the most charismatic cultural figure of his times, Ignacio Villa was born in the Havana suburb of Guanabacoa, on September 11 1911.
It was after this performance that Montaner referred to him affectionately as "BoladeNieve," a name he embraced humbly but proudly.
Bola was often compared as a singer and performer to Louis Armstrong, his North American twin.
BoladeNieve wurde in seiner musikalischen Entwicklung durch seine Mutter beeinflusst, die ihm die ganze Bandbreite afrokubanischer Musik vermittelte und durch seine Tante Tomasa, genannt Mamaquica, die seine Musikausbildung finanzierte.
Rita Montaner soll ihm auch den Spitznamen BoladeNieve (Schneeball) gegeben haben als ironische Anspielung auf seine runde Körperform und seine tiefschwarze Hautfarbe.
BoladeNieve arbeitete zusammen mit Musikern wie Ernesto Lecuona und Dichtern wie Nicolás Guillén.
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