The albums Tribute to Irakere: Live in Marciac, by Chucho Valdés and his band The Afro Cuban Messengers, in addition to Los Van Van’s La Fantasía: Homenaje a Juan Formell, are just two of the Cuban nominations vying for a 2017 Grammy Award, the winners of which will be announced this coming February 12
december 13, 2016@ 12:12:08 | Pedro de la Hoz
A group of respected Cuban musicians were awarded the National Culture Distinction last night, May 17, in a ceremony at Havana's José Martí memorial, attended by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Political Bureau member and first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers
may 18, 2017@ 09:05:27 | Pedro de la Hoz
The First International Workshop on Afro-American Diversity, hosted by the Casa de las Americas in Havana, focused on educational, cultural and communicational strategies to combat racism
november 24, 2021@ 10:11:02 | Pedro de la Hoz
The news of the death of Adalberto Alvarez, victim of COVID-19, during the dawn hours, September 1, was a brutal blow to those who, on and beyond our island, danced, sang and enjoyed his music, which bore the purest essences of the Cuban soul
september 3, 2021@ 09:09:40 | Pedro de la Hoz
During the recently concluded Jazz Plaza 2022, among the many noteworthy participants were Argentine Dominic Miller, and pianists Ray Lema and Laurent de Wilde, the first Congolese and the latter French-American, who demonstrated just how far the limits of jazz can be expanded
february 3, 2022@ 10:02:14 | Pedro de la Hoz
FREEDOM CARAVAN REACHES HAVANA
When Fidel and his bearded troops, steeled in battle against the dictatorship, reached the Columbia base, January 8, 1959, an exacting stage in the national liberation struggle came to an end and a hopeful, unprecedented chapter in the country's history began
january 8, 2020@ 09:01:43 | Pedro de la Hoz y Ventura de Jesús
The Bard Conservatory Orchestra will tour Cuba, June 4-9. Award-winning U.S. pianist Peter Serkin will perform the final piece of each concert
may 30, 2016@ 09:05:50 | Pedro de la Hoz
The decades he lived far away, first in Sweden and later in Spain, never made Bebo Valdés less ours, or stopped him from promoting Cuban music
october 16, 2018@ 12:10:55 | Pedro de la Hoz
Alex J. Rosenberg
"A light of sincere love for Cuba has gone out in New York at the age of 103, professor and collector Alex J. Rosenberg, to whose generous work of promotion Cuban art owes so much," wrote on Twitter the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez referring to his passing on July 22, 2022.
august 4, 2022@ 11:08:04 | Pedro de la Hoz
Renowned writer Serafín Quiñones (Tato), known for his contribution to the study and promotion of African legacy in Cuban culture, died yesterday in Havana, at 77 years of age
january 13, 2020@ 14:01:53 | Pedro de la Hoz