According to 34-year-old Cuban jazz pianist Rolando Luna: I’ve always known that I was privileged. My first experience backing up a singer was when I was only 15. That was with none other than the great Omara Portuondo.“
Read MoreLast week, the 2013 Havana International Book Fair Cuba featured a presentation titled “The Contradictions of Copyrights: Essential Elements for the Global South,” led by British law professor Alan Story.
Read MoreCuban singer Pablo Milanes will tour several Colombian cities in April, said his daughter, Lynn Milanes, who will accompany him in those concerts. To date, five concerts have been confirmed, one in Bogota.
Read MoreThe Contemporary Dance Company of Angola performed last weekend at the Mella Theater in Havana, as part of its activities in Cuba by the African country that is the guest of honor of the XXII International Cuba Book Fair 2013. The show entitled “Conducive Landscapes” is inspired by the work of Ruy Duarte de Carvalho. (30 photos)
Read MoreMartha Le Parc thrives on what she knows well: the popular cultures of Latin America and other parts of the globe. She’s also well-versed in academia, as some of these great tapestries remind us of the works of Annalise Albers, Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky. (15 photos)
Read MoreCuba recording artista X Alfonso gave a concert at the Mella Theater in Havana on the night of Saturday February 16. HT was on hand to snap pictures for our readers. (30 photos)
Read MoreThe 19th Erotic Art Exhibition in the Fayad Jamis Gallery of Alamar, Havana opened on Saturday February 16th. This show awards, in addition to the visual arts, fiction and poetry on the subject and can be visited through mid April. (7 photos)
Read MoreThe Superior Institute of Art (ISA) and the National Art School (ENA) were declared national monuments by the National Heritage Council on Monday in Havana, reported the Prensa Latina news agency.
Read MoreA 58-year-old author from the poverty-stricken Havana neighborhood of Mantilla has just won Cuba’s National Literary Award. Leonardo Padura was awarded that distinction in a context of social and institutional transformations that are changing the face of the island. For many of his compatriots, these changes and the award constitute good news.
Read MoreThe Cuban film Juan de los muertos, by Alexander Brugues, won the Goya award on Sunday for the Best Latin American Film, the highest honor granted by the Spanish Film Academy.
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