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Calle 13 and Buena Fe Celebrate Anniversary of Caracas
Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 and Cuban group Buena Fe will join their
voices next Saturday to celebrate the 443rd founding anniversary of
this city, during a concert at a central square of the capital.
Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro, Legendary Cuban Son Septet to U.S. Tour
Back by popular demand: Cuba's legendary Septeto Nacional to embark on
second US tour in September 2010 Tour promotes September Album of Sin
Rumba, No hay Son from Harmonia Mundi, World Village Records New York,
NY.
Artists See an Increase in U.S.-Cuba Cultural Exchanges
HAVANA — The venue is undistinguished: a cramped theater tucked beneath
a downtown apartment block. Tickets cost just five Cuban pesos, or 23
cents. The set, for want of wood, is a beautiful creation of string.
New film by Remi Bezancon with scene shot in Havana
Bezancon, a graduate from ESRA (Higher School of Audiovisual
Production) in Paris, has directed two films: Ma vie en l\'air (2005)
(My life in the air) and ‘Le premier jour du reste de ta vie’ (2008)
(The First Day of the Rest of Your Life), and he will direct ‘Zarafa’
this year.
Cuban Short Competes in Brazilian Festival
The animated film "Veinte Años" (Twenty Years) by Barbaro Joel Ortiz is
competing in Brazil's Anima Mundi International Festival, together with
100 productions from all five continents.
Experience the Sounds of Cuba at Oakland's City Center Plaza
July's third Summer Sounds concert will feature the Cuban rhythms of a well-renowned artist who’s a native of the country.
Hemingway in Cuba
This July 21st, Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961) would have been 111
years old, characterized by incredible dynamics and adventures that are
almost a legend.
Carmen Ballet in polemic version
Polemic and audacious has been the premiere of the Camagüey Endedans
Contemporary Ballet, which transforms the famous piece "Carmen" into a
scenario of current debate of the sexual preferences.
Paulito FG on national tour “Sin Etiqueta”
Pablo Fernández Gallo (Paulito FG) confirmed that he will start a
national tour on July 15th to raise funds for art education and promote
his new album “Sin Etiqueta”.
The Afro-Cuban jazz of Chucho Valdés leaves a mark in Madrid
The pianist Cuban Chucho Valdés offered a great recital at the Sabatini
Gardens in Madrid and took advantage to show his last work Chucho´s
Steps together with the Afrocuban Messengers, the new band of the Cuban
maestro who with his 68 years old managed to receive the applause and
the smile of the public.
Ernesto Blanco Conquers Kilometer Zero
There isn't greater joy for a writer or artist than seeing his first
work published. That satisfaction lives these days in the
instrumentalist, arranger, and composer Ernesto Blanco, one of the
youngest figures in the Cuban pop music panorama.
'La Visita de la Vieja Dama' at the Goodman: First time in U.S., a story about a homecoming — maybe to Cuba
The first United States performance, en masse, by the leading theater
company in Cuba took place at the Goodman Theatre on Thursday night.
Chinese Folkloric Musical Group Performed in Havana
The Folkloric Music Group of the Traditional Orchestra of Aihua de
Shenzhen made a masterly performance at the Covarrubias hall of
Havana´s National Theater.
Chicago in Havana: Razzle Dazzle
Chicago in Havana: Razzle Dazzle. Mefisto Teatro comes back to call
those faithful to music theater with the announcement of its coming
premiere.
Cuban Pianist Frank Fernández Pays Due Tribute to Schumann
After honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Chopin,
Cuban pianist Frank Fernández pays tribute to German composer Robert
Schumann, whose 200th birth anniversary is also in 2010 but the
celebration has not been duly remembered.
Silver Sculptures by Cuban Artists Available Online
Pauyet works of art by a local group of silversmiths named Pauyet, from
the province of Ciego de Avila, were available as of last week in a
virtual gallery at www.pauyet.com. Pauyet´s artists turn flatware
(forks, spoons and knives) into authentic works of art.
Brilliant performance by Carlos Acosta in Japan
Monica Mason, director of the Royal Ballet said it is a pride of her
company to have the presence of Carlos Acosta, the Cuban dancer, who
was presented yesterday at the Tokyo Bunka Kankan Great Theater of
Japan.
Teatro Buendia with Goodman Production
I was interviewing a Cuban director named Flora Lauten, and a writer named Raquel Carrio, over the telephone.
Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club to miss U.S. show
HAVANA (Reuters) – The first of three U.S. concerts scheduled by Cuban
band Buena Vista Social Club has been canceled because of a delay in
getting U.S. visas, their U.S. lawyer said on Thursday.
French Filmmaker to Film in Havana
Remy Bezancon, director of film “El primer dia del resto de tu vida”
(The First Day of the Rest of Your Life), which participates at the
13th French Film Festival in Cuba, affirmed he’d film part of his next
film in Havana.