For several months in Havana Times, comments on articles have appeared possessing a very Cuban feel. Not out of paranoia, but from curiosity, I began to wonder who this person could be who comments daily about almost all the postings if very few people in Cuba have access to Internet.
Read MoreHT interviewed the visual artist Fabian Fernandez Gonzalez, the creator of an interesting pictorial work that has been exhibited in the circuit of galleries extending across the island, as well as in shows in other countries.
Read More“To those that hear my music clandestinely, I thank them for their boldness and affection. Let’s hope that someday they can listen to it freely on the radio and that the generations who aren’t familiar with me will learn about my existence, and not only through their parents.”
Read MoreHT interviewed Leo D´lazaro, a visual artist and the creator of a very special place in Old Havana: “The Eye of the Hurricane” studio/gallery, which is visited by many passersby who cannot escape the surprise of discovering its originality.
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that Peteco was one of the most colorful characters in Havana’s intellectual life of the 1980s and ‘90s.
Read MoreCuban 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.”
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