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NG La Banda, a Cuban orchestra at its very peak

<p align="left">Considered as one of the Cuban greatest orchestras in the late '80s, NG La Banda directed by José Luis Cortés will turn 20 years old in 2008 by making the popular appeal and gaining the favour of the international criticism. Read More

Successful performance in Greece by Aragon Cuban Music Band

<p align="left"><font size="2">The traditional music band Aragon made the Greek people vibrate in the Ieda Odos center, in Athens, during a nearly-two-hour concert.</font> Read More

Pablo Milanes to premiere unpublished songs in Argentina

<p align="left"><font size="2">Cuban singer songwriter Pablo Milanes will sing songs from his latest album &quot;Como un campo de maiz&quot; and a number of unpublished songs during a tour of Argentina that will end on April 24 in the province of Santa Fe.</font> Read More

Pedrito Calvo celebrates 50 years of making music

<p align="left">April has a special place in the heart and soul of Pedrito Calvo. In April 1957, he sang in public for the first time on the radio program La Corte Suprema del Arte. Four years later, in the very same month, he heard Fidel Castro proclaim the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. Read More

Carhabana, a Cuban-French Musical Adventure

Carhabana is a new musical adventure which was recently presented at the MIDEM 2007 International Festival. This is a Project born between May 2005 and February 2006, from young French and Cuban musicians, who fuse together Afro-Cuban (Latin) jazz, the danzón, the bolero and the sound of Central-European gypsy tradition. Read More

Cuba to attend international Son and Salsa Congress

Cuba will attend the 2nd International Congress of Music, Identity and Culture in the Caribbean that will gather researchers and artists from four continents in the Dominican Republic starting Friday 13. Dominican State Secretary of Culture Jose Rafael Lantigua highlighted that this years event is dedicated to Son and Salsa and its celebration April 13-15 at Leon Center in Santiago de los Caballeros Read More

Cuban songwriter Silvio Rodriguez to offer concerts in Mexico

Cuban songwriter Silvio Rodriguez will offer several concerts in this capital, two of them at the National Auditorium and a third at the Zocalo Plaza, as the local press said here Saturday. Silvio, the author of song "Ojala", which celebrates 40 years of his artistic career in 2007, will perform at the National Auditorium on April 16 and 17 and in the Zocalo Plaza on April 22. Read More

Second edition of Casa de las Américas` Composition Prize in Havana'

The second edition of Casa de las Américas` Composition Prize in Havana' will be held from April 16 to 20. The main objective of this event, having the concurrence of about 15 symphonic works of artists from seven countries is to stimulate and promote the most recent symphonic, chamber and choral creation of the region. Read More

Cuban singer Amaury Perez at UNESCO in Paris

Cuban folk singer Amaury Perez performed his Remembering April concert Wednesday afternoon to an overflow audience in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Read More

The Police invited to play in Cuba

According to foxnews, the Police have been invited to perform in Cuba as part of their 30th anniversary reunion tour. If it happens, the free show will take place in Havana in December, and it will be the last show on the group&#39;s North American tour this year. Read More

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