Cuban composer Leo Brouwer inaugurates animated series

May 23, 2019

The Latin Institute of Music (ILM) announced the screening of a new animated series that, among its characters, will feature the renowned Cuban composer, guitarist, and orchestra conductor Leo Brouwer.

At 80 years old to see myself in cartoons or in little drawings, as we Cubans say, is wonderful. I have been a witness to many things, but this impacted me, Brouwer expressed after seeing himself on screen.

Likewise, he highlighted the value of these creations for Cuban and international culture, whether defending musical works, literary pieces, works by Dutch painter Vincent Willem van Gogh or German musician Ludwig van Beethoven.

It is interesting to see that we are talking about a current, living, modern culture like ours. Bringing Cuban artists to animation is wonderful for anyone, especially for children, he emphasized.

One can forget many things, but never the cartoons one watched in childhood, he stressed.

Titled Tito Reacciona, the purpose is to instill in childhood curiosity about artists who, due to generational distances, might not have direct identification with children.

For that reason, the series uses simple audiovisual language and animation as a form of motivation that connects, interests, and encourages searching for more information about the featured guest.

Created and produced by the ILM president, Daniel Martin, the material will be broadcast in Cuban television's children's programming and other international channels and platforms.

The chapters have an approximate duration of three minutes, in which the protagonist, a child youtuber named Tito, shows his contemporaries who his favorite artists are, in an entertaining humorous tone.

In addition to the pedagogue and National Film Award 2009 winner, the audiovisual will present recognized artists as cultural ambassadors of the institution or considered by the entity with the Century Star distinction.

Tito Reacciona will have subtitles in English, French, Mandarin, German, Portuguese, and Russian, and already had its first trials in cities in Mexico, Argentina, and the United States with more than one hundred children.

According to Martin, it was an excellent experience that demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposal since many of the children were motivated to search for more information on the internet about the personalities mentioned.