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US-Cuba Coral Symposium 2012 joins choirs from Cuba and US in Havana

As part of the US-Cuba Coral Symposium 2012 until May 30, the Cuban National Choir and the Cardinal Singer of the U.S. University of Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday staged a concert reaffirming the gradual rapprochement of the two countries in the artistic sphere in recent years. Read More

Cuban Festival La Huella de España is Dedicated to Andalusia

Cuba is the only country in the world that recognizes the input of Spain, and added that blood should not be ignored Read More

Cuban band Pupy y los que Son Son on Canadian tour

The popular Cuban band Pupy y los que Son Son put Canadians to dance salsa and timba at the first of several shows in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. Read More

Chucho Valdés, Grand Extraordinary Award in Cubadisco 2012 Festival

Cuban musician Chucho Valdes and his band The Afro-Cuban Messengers won the Extraordinary Award of the International Festival Cubadisco 2012 for the CD Chucho´s Steps, of the record label Colibri. Read More

Cuban Poet Nancy Morejon received work/life award granted in San Francisco by the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).

She said it is not a book or an essay; it is an important award that recognizes an author's career. Read More

Digna Guerra Cuban national chorus director in Portsmouth

Digna Guerra, director of the Cuban National Chorus, visited Portsmouth to direct the chorus Voices from the Heart at South Church Read More

University of Louisville Cardinal Singers at the first U.S./Cuba Summit on Choral Music in Havana

<br /> The summit will be a cross-cultural exchange of U.S. and Cuban composers, directors and students that is intended to showcase the distinct choral music styles of Cuban tradition and American genres. Read More

Ten prominent New York City chefs are teaming up this week with 10 culinary entrepreneurs from Havana’s budding private restaurant scene

It’s a performance art spectacle that’s about bridging the gap between estranged neighbors and socioeconomic classes. Read More

Hisotrial debut of Cuban Symphony music director Enrique Perez Mesa

A little musical and geopolitical history was made Friday night when Enrique Perez Mesa, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, made his U.S. debut not far from the historic cigar factory districts that constitute some of the deepest ties between the two countries. Read More

Biennial art festival transforms Cuban capital in a big museum

Crews installed sculptures along city's famous seawall, galleries hung paintings and citywide performance pieces delighted art lovers, tourists and residents tickled to stumble onto the unexpected. Read More

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