Recognized Cuban scientist and high executive of BioCubaFarma group, Agustin Lage Davila, ended his work visit to Turkey after attending the 14th Congress of Pharmacists, informed today diplomatic sources to Prensa Latina.
The Latin American and Caribbean Music Festival Patria Grande (Great Homeland) will celebrate its 5th edition with the participation of important bands from the continent such as Mexico”s Here Comes The Kraken and Belize”s Verge of Umbra, according to the organizers.
Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel and general director of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay, highlighted today the close relations between the island and that United Nations organization, during a meeting held in this capital.
The young Cuban jazz musician Alberto Lescay is preparing an international tour that will take him to Mexico, Europe and the United States.
Dancers from several American companies will perform Monday in Cuba during the 26th Alicia Alonso International Ballet Festival in Havana.
Silvio Rodriguez, a troubadour, a poet, a Cuban and a Latin American returned to Buenos Aires in the first of two concerts in this capital, where more than 9,000 people sang with him in an evening full of symbolism.
Havana Historian, Eusebio Leal, will receive in this city the Hadrian Award granted by the World Monuments Fund (WMF), reported the permanent mission of Cuba to the UN.
With the attendance of representatives from more than 15 nations, the twenty-fourth edition of the Ibero-American Culture Festival has begun this Wednesday in the eastern city of Holguin and will be extended until October 30.
The Cuban circus artist Hermes Mora won two prizes at the 1st Ibero-American Circus Festival (FIRCO) held from October 19 to 21 in Spain, the Cuban National Circus reported on Monday.
The 4th Mozart Havana Festival, to be held from October 25 to 28, will celebrate the centenary of the famous Cuban composer Alfredo Diez Nieto with the world premiere of his String Quartet No. 2.
Although it seems much larger in postcards, the sculpture of a knotted pistol calls the attention, be they visitors or regulars, who enter the UN headquarters in New York.
Cuban musician Jesus ”Chucho” Valdes will be honored on Thursday at the 6th edition of the annual La Musa Award due to his career and contributions to that event throughout his 50-year career.
Residents in Santiago de Cuba gathered on Tuesday at the former civil hospital, currently the Abel Santamaria Museum of History, to remember the self-defense plea made there by Fidel Castro 65 years ago, after the attack on the Moncada Garrison.
With the participation of around 300 delegates from all over the country, Havana is hosting Tuesday the Third Congress of the Hermanos Saiz Association (AHS), a group of young Cuban avant-garde artists.
The Cuban Symphony Orchestra gave a special concert on Sunday that will be dedicated to National Culture Day that included music by emblematic composers.
The movie ”Jose Marti, el Ojo del Canario” (Jose Marti, The Eye of The Canary), by Fernando Perez, will represent Cuba at the Mira Pa’ca Latin American Film Festival in Buenos Aires, to which motion pictures from 11 countries were submitted.
Facing the many challenges of today’s world, UNESCO’s contribution to peace and security can be significant, Cuban representative to the Executive Council of the agency, Oscar Leon, said on Tuesday.
The record company Producciones Colibri, from the Cuban Institute of Music, won 18 awards at the International Music Forum in Havana Cubadisco-Primera Linea, an event devoted to recognizing the best national phonograms.
Two Giants of Cuban Music is the title of the album of the international Tumi Music label, which is circulating on Wedsnesday with performances by Eliades Ochoa and Alejandro Almenares, the latest veteran of the old Santiago trova.
The recent feature film by Spanish director, Iciar Bollain, inspired by the life of Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, has been praised by specialists after its premiere at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
