Cuban soprano Barbara Llanes has participated in important musical initiatives on the island such as the recording of Jose Maria Vitier’s “Misa Cubana” (Cuban Mass), in addition to critically acclaimed concerts as a soloist with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba.
Read MoreHavana Times interviewed 20-year-old Angel Raicel Merencio Llanes, from Ciego de Avila province. This freshman English student at the University of Havana is a former member of the Tony Menendez Dance Company, and he’s homosexual.
Read MoreLienz Chang is one of the greats produced by Cuban Ballet. Today he is the ‘Maitre’ of the La Scala Theater Ballet of Milan, Italy.
Read MoreCuban guitarist Josué Tacoronte speaks with HT about his studies and career on the island and most recently in Mexico.
Read More“I’ve never believed in competitions as definers of talent. In that sense I don’t believe they define anything. In art, the races are about long distance, not speed. No one finishes first or last because the goals are always on the horizon.”
Read More“I support the belief that all artistic manifestations — those in existence and those yet to be — as well as all styles and tendencies, are nothing more than the universal possibility of expanding the creator’s spirit.”
Read MoreActor Carlos Perez Peña, the founder of the famous Teatro Escambray and winner of the 2009 National Theater Award, spoke with HT about his life on stage and the motivations behind his career.
Read MoreI think the first thing we have to change is our mentality. It’s been a long period of crisis and limitations that have transformed Cubans into individualistic, laconic beings who externalize violence, anger and arrogance.
Read MoreDecadencia was the first song I ever heard by Escuadron Patriota. This was at the end of 2009. What caught my attention was his courage and especially the absence obscene or violent language. But that hasn’t prevented him from being strictly censored.
Read MoreThe generation of creative artists that arose in the 1980s “believed strongly in the role of art as an engine and a tool for transforming life. I experienced this very intensely,” says Rene Francisco Rodriguez in an interview with IPS.
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