Tania León: the essence of a feat
Her goal was Paris, but it eluded her. She left Cuba in 1967 alone, benefited from the so-called Freedom Flights, ...
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Daiana García Siverio: “Classical music oxygenates me”
At the end of the Habana Clásica Festival last Sunday, we talked with one of its protagonists, the director of ...
Tania León, a Cuban who triumphs in classical music without forgetting salsa
“I can conduct Stravinsky or play Copland, but I dance salsa. For Cubans, dancing is fundamental, it is part of ...
Celia Cruz, a Cuban biography
The least known stage of this world icon of Cuban music was spent in Cuba. Musicologist and biographer Rosa Marquetti ...
Wandering troubadours
The streets of Cuba are full of troubadours who won’t go to sleep as long as there is someone to ...
A cup of coffee with Alicia: Brenda Navarrete, a woman who triumphs on the drum
In this installment, Alicia has the last cup of coffee of 2020 with jazz musician, percussionist, composer, dancer—and influencer—, Brenda ...
A cup of coffee with Alicia: Kelvis Ochoa, the extraordinary musician who composes while cooking
Kelvis―one of the most established musicians on the current Cuban scene―told us about his passions: music, family, friendship, cooking and ...
Cuban Jazz today: the endless list
Cuba is a prodigal land for jazz. Historically, the island’s instrumentalists have triumphed on the world’s most relevant stages and ...
It’s not my fault! The anguish and triumphs of Cuban music in Miami in the 1990s
The video of the song that gave title to the album recreated a pre-revolutionary club where Gloria Estefan sang with ...
Cimafunk and Alexander Abreu join Tony Succar for Grammy-nominated record theme
The notable Peruvian producer, arranger and instrumentalist Tony Succar released this Friday the video of his recent single "El Tren ...
Cuban bands to pay tribute to Juan Formell
Renowned Cuban popular music dance bands will join in a concert to pay tribute to Juan Formell, founder of the ...
Van Van continues celebrating its 50 years in the U.S., now in New York
The Cuban Los Van Van band is celebrating its 50th anniversary and it is doing it with a world tour ...
Celia Cruz Foundation scholarship for “very versatile” percussionist from Miami
The Celia Cruz Foundation and the Celia Cruz Legacy Project presented a scholarship this Wednesday to the young and "very ...
MSK, a private enterprise for Cuban music
The catalog of MSK, an undertaking dedicated to the promotion of Cuban music in the digital sphere, includes from son ...
City of Miami urges U.S. Congress to veto Cuban artists
A resolution by the City of Miami is urging the United States Congress to enact legislation that would permit states ...
“Rock ’n’ roll with timba is awesome”
Habana Abierta was an explosion in the Cuban underground scene. The members of this creative group recorded, after settling in ...
Roberto Fonseca: “I respect all those who struggle to create”
Music in Cuba The Cuban musical panorama is very interesting. There are many people, especially young people, who are doing ...
From Minnesota to Havana, diplomacy with music
In May 2015 musician Rena Kraut saw her busy and serious colleagues of the Minnesota Orchestra smile as they rarely ...
Cuban Music Obsession or Cuba Is Its Music
A universal language with too much unexplored wealth, music plays a singular role in the composition, coordination and sustainability of ...
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