We spoke about religion with Vince Hernandez Leon, member of the Christian faith (Baptist denomination). Born in Havana, he is a High School graduate with an unfinished college military career. Today he’s a barber.
Read MoreNiurka Gonzalez is one of the greatest concert performers of merit today on the island. As she commented, “We’ve been able to play almost all of the most important works in the repertoire for flute and piano.”
Read MoreOne of the things I enjoyed most at the recently held Eleventh Havana International Youth Film Festival was meeting Sachiko (“Sachi”) Tanuma of Japan.
Read MoreThe “Hermanazos” rap group, founded in 2001, has been a member of the Cuban Rap Agency since 2009. They have just returned from a tour of the central and eastern provinces here on the island.
Read MoreI’ve known Frank since the 80’s, back when we were still teenagers. We lived in the Camilo Cienfuegos complex, located in the East Havana municipality. Currently he is waiting to get his visa to go live permanently with his mother in New Jersey.
Read MoreToday we’re talking with M Alfonso, a young performer from the island who has a promising career. Explaining her beginnings in music, M said, “When I was 7, I got an offer to sing with Silvio Rodriguez.”
Read MoreAdolfo “Fito” Cabrera and Miriam “Mirita” Real are a couple who have taken up the challenge of independent artistic production. In a country marked by institutional inertia and the omnipresent shadow of censorship, they defend thematic autonomy and opt for dialogue whenever possible.
Read MoreThe good thing is that the project wasn’t defined from the very beginning. Over time we’re transforming and adapting “Vercuba” since we think of it as something alive and living,” said Ahmel Hechevarria Pere.
Read MoreGuitarist and lutist Efrain Amador Piñero, now 65, is credited with having the academic study of the island’s indigenous instruments, ones like the lute and tres, accepted into art schools in Cuba. “I consider it unfair when an instrument is separated from the genre that it represents.”
Read MoreIn 1961, barely 12 years old, Carlos Saladrigas was sent alone to Miami because his parents wanted to “save him from communism.” Half a century later he is one of the most successful Cuban-American businesspeople. For much of his life in exile he was an anti-Castro hardliner, but he is now part of a group that aims to support the reform process underway on the island.
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