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Pablo Milanés honored with UNEAC Award

Popular Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés received in Havana the Annual Award of the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC). Pablito, author of the anthological piece "Yolanda" and founder of the Nueva Trova (New Song) Movement in Cuba, won the 2007 award along with musician Salvador Alarcón, of Bayamo. Read More

Compay Segundo award presented to Omara Portuondo

Cuban renowned singer Omara Portuondo received the Compay Segundo Centenary Award in San Miguel de Allende, amid the 4th Cuban Culture Event, that is underway in that municipality of the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Read More

Cuban singer Milanes receives Medal

Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Friday presented Cuban singer Pablo Milanes with a medal from the Casa de las Americas for his contributions to Latin American culture. The Nobel laureate in literature, who turned 80 earlier this week, joked that it was the first time he had bestowed a medal on a younger person, the official National Information Agency known as AIN reported Read More

Silvio Rodriguez cancells concert in Chile over tickets prices

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez cancelled his concert scheduled for Friday in the town of Talca, 255 kilometers South of Santiago de Chile, in protest of the high prices of the tickets that ranged from $80 to $110 US. Read More

Cuba hosts International Piano Contest

The sixth Ignacio Cervantes International Piano Concourse and Festival will open at the Havana Amadeo Roldan Theater on March 8, with participation of 21 piano players from 10 countries. Read More

Colibrí label: four aces to Cervantes

Serenata Cubana production, where Colibrí collected a large unknown part of the pianist Ignacio Cervantes' work (1847-1905) into (disc, store book, DVD and CD ROM) will be made availabe for all Cuban educational institutions ranging from elementary level to higher education. Read More

Cuba wins four prizes at the Dominican Film Festival

Visibly pleased Dominican film critics highlight today Cuban film "El Benny" by director Jorge Luis Sánchez won Cemi Prize in the Best Opera Prima category at the 9th International Film Festival of Santo Domingo. The film portraying the life of the popular music star also conquered the Peoples Choice Award and the Best Actor Award went to Renny Arozarena for his role as Benny Moré. Read More

Sour note for Cuba pianist, US visa

Cuban pianist Frank Fernandez denounced Wednesday, while on a Russian tour, that the denial a US visa prevented the presentation in Puerto Rico of a recording in which the eminent musician is accompanied by Puerto Rican singer Dany Rivera. The musician said in a press conference in this capital, that this policy must be overcome. Read More

Silvio helped chileans breathe

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez readies his third tour of Chile accompanied by gratitude for songs secretly brought into that nation that "helped us breathe" during the dictatorship," a Chilean intellectual declared. Silvio held an informal meeting at the Cuban Embassy yesterday with Chilean friends, intellectuals and politicians, including Minister of Culture Paulina Urrutia. Read More

IV annual Journey of Cuban Culture in San Miguel de Allende will be devoted to Compay Segundo

The IV annual Journey of Cuban Culture in San Miguel de Allende, at the central state of Guanajauto, will be devoted this year to the centennial of the Cuban musician Compay Segundo. Read More

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