A bassist from the Dominican Republic is the winner of the Miguel Bosé Grant to study at Berklee College of Music. Ernesto Núñez, 22, who likes to play vallenato, will receive up to $ 200,000 to study music at the prestigious American university, which has already been accepted to begin in the fall, The Associated Press noted in advance. The donation is co-financed by Bosé and the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation, which would make the announcement officially on Friday in Boston, where the study house remains. The foundation began to give similar scholarships in partnership with Juan Luis Guerra two years ago. "I'm super excited," Nunez said in a recent telephone interview. He reported that Bosé himself gave the news by videoconference and invited him with his family to his recent concert in the Dominican, where they had the opportunity to meet. "I thought it was a skills interview, they told me that I was one of the finalists ... and suddenly I see that they say 'we do not have any more questions for you but there is someone who wants to ask you something' , And suddenly that gentleman leaves. It was very exciting, "the beneficiary reported enthusiastically.
"For me it was a dream. (At the concert) I met the stage musicians, I met him a little more personal," he added. "It was really a dream to be in front of an artist that I admire a lot." In an interview with AP, Bosé said that the selection process was "long and complicated" and that it was attended by staff of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation and about twenty teachers of Berklee. Núñez was selected from about 400 candidates. The Spanish superstar anticipates an enriching experience for the young musician, who celebrated his "very positive, enthusiastic and friendly personal attitude". To enter Berklee, he said, he had to "fulfill a certain quality, have an existing musical level, and he will improve, gain experience, learn English, etcetera." Although Bosé did not study in Berklee, he emphasized that he knows and has worked with outstanding alumni that include Nicolás Rodríguez, producer of his successful "MTV Unplugged"; And Juan Luis Guerra, who collaborated on his duet album "Papitwo", in a version of "Creo en ti". He also said that the school is known not only for training great musicians but for excellent teachers. Núñez, meanwhile, is very clear how he will take advantage of the next four years in the renowned house of studies. "The career I want to study is contemporary writing and production and the focus I want to give it is that," said the bassist. "They are the tools I do not have to have my own music." The competition for the Miguel Bosé Scholarship was open to students born in Iberoamerica, Portugal, Canada and the United States. The gift will be disbursed in four annuities.
