Paul Seaquist, manager of the renowned dancer Vladimir Malakhov, shares with us the details of the first North Atlantic Dance Competition and Vladimir Malakhov Grand Prix, a great dance event to be held this year in Cuba.
Anima Mundi is one of the few Cuban rock bands that have achieved international recognition and have taken the stage at important European venues. Their music makes them a one-of-a-kind experience at home. Today, we converse with the band’s guitarist and founder, Roberto Diaz.
Cuban painter Eidania Perez offers us a glimpse at her artistic and spiritual milieu, allowing us to discover some of the concerns that impel her creative work. “I take my work as an artist and a conveyor of certain values very seriously. I have huge respect towards art and the gift of creation.”
The novel and interesting performances of Zuleida Suarez and Susana Frade – two soloists who have come together as a music duo – have already earned them renown on the island. “Sacrifice is part of the life of any musician,” one of them tells me during their interview for Havana Times.
A young woman on the Tres, a traditional Cuban instrument, presents us with her album which she’s made with the help of friends. “I’ve always accompanied many top Cuban musicians,” she says in this interview with HT.
A clarinetist and great improviser, Alejandro Calzadilla is a talented musician who can take on anything from the conventional to the most artistically free expressions. “Creating music in a spontaneous fashion is something marvelous for me,” he said during his interview for Havana Times.
It would seem the issue of Cuba’s sugar industry is caught up in an endless process marked by intermittent stages of silence and controversy. As of the close of November last year, with the start of the 2013-2014 harvest, we appear to be entering a boisterous, propagandistic period.
After 20 years abroad, the artist who wrote the first page of Cuba’s pop-rock music history has returned to the island. “People still remember my songs,” Cuban singer-songwriter Tanya told us during her interview for Havana Times.
Jorge Aragon is a virtuoso of the instrument, a young musician with a very contemporary vision of Cuban Jazz. “My father was the inspiration that led me to the piano. He gave me a gift that he had, the taste and sensitive way of taking on the instrument. A way of playing a little simply, you could say, but at the same time comes very close to people, and that’s something that schools do not teach.” he said in his interview with HT.
“I would like to be able to come to Cuba more often. I have many Cuban friends I have worked with in the course of my career,” said Vladimir Malakhov in his interview with HT.