5 July, 2017
The Van Van Took Its Music to Portugal
Cuban orchestra Los Van Van offered a massive concert, which closed the festivities of Lisbon, as reported by representatives of the Cuban Embassy in Portugal.
Cuban orchestra Los Van Van offered a massive concert, which closed the festivities of Lisbon, as reported by representatives of the Cuban Embassy in Portugal.
Camaguey, Cuba.-The central city of Camaguey, in the province with the same name, is ready to open the 7th Festival of Comic Art from July 5th to 8th with the presence of outstanding Cuban comic writers. The organizing committee of the event, held in cooperation with the Council of Plastic Arts in the province, scheduled […]
Havana, Cuba.-More than 50 books will be launched on Friday in the main cities of Cuba, as part of the Festival of Arts, said today Edel Morales, vice president of the Cuban Institute of the Book (ICL). The traditional ‘Evening of the Books’ will be held in Havana across 23rd, one of the main streets […]
Havana, Cuba.-Students of the International School of Cinema and Television in Cuba began discussing their theses today to graduate in specialties such as Direction, Screenplay, Editing, Documentary, Production, Sound, Photography, Television and new media. In total, 43 students finish the course 2016-2017 and, according to the institution, come from Venezuela, Spain, Brazil, Panama, Denmark, El […]
Havana, Cuba.-Music once again proved its ability to join cultures and being an effective diplomatic mechanism in the interesting concert program offered by the Stanford Junior Symphony Orchestra (SJS) in this capital. The American symphonic band, directed by Anna Wittstruck, assumed a demanding and inescapable repertoire for any group after combining works by classical and […]
Paris, France.-Cuba has called on UNESCO for a greater commitment by all states to face climate change and recalled the serious implications of this phenomenon for the planet, diplomatic sources said today. During the intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the Declaration on Ethical Principles in Relation to Climate Change, the Cuban delegation recalled that the implications […]
With the show The Magic of Dance with a full house in the San Lorenzo Auditorium of El Escorial, in Madrid, the National Ballet of Cuba concluded its season in Spain.
Havana, Cuba.-Award-winning North American filmmaker, Oliver Stone, has expressed today his support for Cuba facing the U.S. policy change proclaimed by President, Donald Trump, to the detriment of the relations with this Caribbean country. The writer and director signed the message sent by the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) to the friends […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 12th International Seminar on Journalism and Tourism has began sessions today in this capital, in times that the leisure industry in the island is showing a strengthening and the media devotes more attention to its benefits. Hilda Prieto, organizer of the event, said that about 60 journalists from 10 countries, including those from […]
The Covarrubias Hall of the National Theatre will be next Sunday at eleven a.m. the first scale of the Minnesota Youth Symphony Orchestra, which will be presented in Camaguey next June 28 and in Santiago de Cuba next Thursday 29.
Erick Roman Sanchez, Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica in Cuba, visited the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in the province of Artemisa, to strengthen the collaboration links.
The National Music Publishers Association officially recognized Yoko Ono, John Lennon´s widow, as co-author of the emblematic song Imagine, at its annual meeting in New York.
The National Lyric Theatre, directed by Maestro Roberto Chorens, will celebrate its 50th anniversary next Friday 9 at five in the afternoon, in Gonzalo Roig Hall in Havana.
Cuban Alicia Alonso receive in Spain the gold medal and the Friends of Music National Award that the Ciudad de Ubeda International Festival of Music and Dance grants.
Venezuelan and Cuban musicians will perform a political-cultural show, in the emblematic Salon Rosado (Pink Hall) of La Tropical, tomorrow at four p.m. with free entrance to the public
Havana, Cuba.-The Harp Quartet of Chicago, United States, will hold two concerts in Cuba along with the local Symphony Orchestra of Amadeo Roldán Conservatory, the Cuban Music Institute reported. The shows, scheduled for June 2-3, in the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theater, will feature the leading ensemble of harps in North America. According to […]
Along with the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory Symphony, the Chicago Harp Quartet will provide offer two concerts in Cuba.
Havana, Cuba.-As part of the activities for the Month of French Culture in Cuba, renowned and famous photographer, painter and designer Maurice Renoma will bring a part of his images and stage work, organizers said. The exhibit will be opened Friday at the Cuban Art Factory of Havana, and it will be opened up to […]
Havana, Cuba.-To pay tribute to The Beatles from Havana today is an acknowledgment of the cultural movement they originated and an opportunity to reiterate the Cuban people”s call for peace, said journalist and critic Guille Vilar. At a press conference, the cultural promoter and director of major music programs said that the concert planned for […]