November 12, 2019
A spectacle of more than 16 thousand fireworks, under the direction of a Canadian company, will close on November 16 the gala celebrating the 500th anniversary of the founding of this capital, confirmed today by composer Frank Fernández.
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November 12, 2019
The renowned singer Mayra Caridad Valdés passed away last Saturday, November 9, at the age of 63.
Source: Granma
November 10, 2019
Spain has a hard time taking itself seriously.
Source: El pais.com
November 10, 2019
Cuban singer Haila María Mompié has been left without the concert she intended to perform at a nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 15 due to pressure exercised by some members of the Cuban exile community in the United States and public opinion from the Cuban community.
Source: ADN Cuba
November 8, 2019
The director of the National Institute for Research in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops (Inivit), in Santo Domingo, Dr.
Source: Vanguardia.cu
November 8, 2019
On the night of Thursday, November 7th of this year 2019, Professor Emeritus Juan Manuel Diego Cobelo passed away, born in Cienfuegos on April 30, 1929.
Source: Infomed
November 7, 2019
The World Para-Athletics Championship will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from today, November 7 through the 15th, and among the list of the 10 most renowned women, Cuban Omara Durand stands out.
Source: Asere.com
November 6, 2019
Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca poses, this Monday in Madrid, during an interview with the EFE Agency on the occasion of the publication of his ninth album Yesun.
Source: CubaSi
November 5, 2019
The renowned Cuban violinist Evelio Tieles was recently honored in Faenza, a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region, with a concert organized in his honor as part of the program of the twenty-fifth edition of Italian Independent Music, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of that European nation.
Source: Cubarte
November 5, 2019
This year the renowned performer Yaima Sáez has taken a varied repertoire of Cuban music to Spain for the first time.
Source: La Jiribilla
November 4, 2019
With part of the unknown, forgotten and rescued work of Master Ernesto Lecuona and librettist Gustavo Sánchez Galarraga, the second installment of the Anthology of Cuban Zarzuela was produced at the Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura with a hall full of audience.
Source: CMBF Radio.cu
November 4, 2019
The renowned Cuban television actor Bárbaro Marín, known for his characters in the police series Día y Noche, said that he feels happy to resume his career in Cuba after ten long years away.
Source: Asere.com
November 3, 2019
A Cuban marquesa in Coral Gables would be a good title for a biography of María Elena de Cárdenas y González, but how can you sum up a century of life in just a few words.
Source: El Nuevo Herald
November 3, 2019
The company Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) shared the stage in this capital with artists from the Flamenco Conservatory Foundation Casa Patas in Madrid, Spain.
Source: Cuba.cu
November 2, 2019
Cuban singer Isaac Delgado and his group opened this Friday the first day of Festival Habana Más, which began the popular celebrations for the capital on its five hundredth anniversary.
Source: CubaSi
November 2, 2019
Pablo Fernández Gallo and his group La Élite, under the Bis Music record label, have just released the album Brindando, which includes among other songs, the one that gives the album its name; Licencia timbera, which he does together with Antony Puig; La complicidad, with Nina Ferrera; Pa' que suenes, with Haila and Mayito Rivera; Rumberos latinoamericanos, with Elito Revé y su Charangón and Hasta el último callejón, which is nominated in the category of Most Popular Video of the Year in the Lucas 2019 edition, among others.
Source: Granma
November 1, 2019
The international gathering of troubadours will take place from December 4th to 7th Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés will perform together at the Yucatán Trova Festival The International Trova Festival in Yucatán (FITY) returns after its successful first edition in 2018 and this time will take place from December 4th to 7th with the presentation of possibly the most emblematic exponents of Cuban trova: Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés.
Source: Asere.com
November 1, 2019
Spain confers upon the historian of the city of Havana, Eusebio Leal, the Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III, the highest of the civil orders of this European country.
Source: Cuba.cu
October 31, 2019
The death this Monday in the nation's capital of local intellectual Elda Cento Gómez constitutes a sensitive loss for the people of Camagüey and all of Cuba, a teacher above any other title.
Source: Adelante, OnCubaNews
October 31, 2019
Question marks and exclamation marks, phrases in the superlative degree, emotion, joy, combined in the responses of the National Music Prize winners 2019: Ildefonso Acosta Escobar and Joaquín Betancourt.
Source: CubaSi
October 29, 2019
Omara Portuondo and Roberto Fonseca will perform at 28 Festival Temporada Alta Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, known as the girlfriend of feeling, will star this Monday in a concert with her compatriot, pianist Roberto Fonseca during the 28 Festival Temporada Alta.
Source: Radio Enciclopedia Popular
October 29, 2019
With only two international competitions remaining before the close of 2019: the Osaka Grand Slam and the Qingdao World Masters, Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg) appears as the judo athlete with the most points among all categories (female and male) in the world and Olympic ranking governed by the International Federation of this sport.
Source: Cubadebate
October 28, 2019
Cuban composer, guitarist and orchestra conductor Leo Brouwer expressed feeling moved by the tributes and the authentic and sincere affection received in Costa Rica, where, in a unique concert, he conducted the CR Orchestra performing his music.
Source: CubaSi
October 28, 2019
Stellar pitching by Gerrit Cole, home runs by Yordan Álvarez, Carlos Correa and George Springer, guided the Houston Astros to a 7-1 victory over the Nationals to complete a three-game sweep in Washington, in the fifth game of the World Series, Sunday before 43,910 fans.
Source: Cubanet.org
October 27, 2019
For their excellent merits as actors and actresses of our audiovisual media, on October 24th they received the National Television Award Miriam Mier Vidal, Odalys Fuentes de Arma, Luis Rielo Morejón, Mario Balmaseda Maurisco, Frank González Díaz and Félix Pérez Ortiz.
Source: Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión
October 27, 2019
The keynote lecture 'The Functions of Science in the Cuban Economic and Social Model: Insights from Biotechnology', constituted the opening of the XI Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation (CITAtenas-2019).
Source: Prensa Latina
October 25, 2019
Cuban visual artist Nelson Domínguez is presenting today in Holguín the first tribute made through his artistic expression to the legendary dancer Alicia Alonso, who recently passed away.
Source: Ecured
October 25, 2019
Founded in 1912, the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is the oldest school of public health in the United States.
Source: Higiene y Epidemiología. Infomed
October 24, 2019
el-pueblo-soy-yo-manuel-lopez-de-oliva The National Museum of Fine Arts was the setting to commemorate the 36 years of the René Portocarrero Screen Printing Workshop and present the screen print The People Are Me, by artist Manuel López Oliva.
Source: Cubarte
October 24, 2019
Yurisbel Gracial was elected this Tuesday as the Most Valuable Player of the 2019 Japan Series in baseball, after winning the title with the Softbank Hawks, for the third consecutive year.
Source: Prensa Latina
October 23, 2019
With the film Esteban, the young Jonal Cosculluela achieved a dream, after having worked as a sound technician, editor and other specialties in television.
Source: Cubadebate
October 23, 2019
Two soloists, a duo, and a quartet of guitarists from Costa Rica paid tribute in Cartago, Costa Rica, to the renowned Cuban composer, performer, and orchestra director Leo Brouwer on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Source: Cubasi
October 22, 2019
Cuba is present at the International Maxence Larrieu Flute Competition in France through the artist Niurka González, who is part of the competition's jury.
Source: Prensa Latina
October 22, 2019
The National Symphony Orchestra announces its next presentation with a classical concert for next Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 11:00 am in the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theater of Cuba, which includes, in its program, as its main attraction, the return to the Cuban stage of the renowned pianist and pedagogue Víctor Rodríguez with the piano concerto by Schumann, which is possibly the masterwork in his author's catalog.
Source: Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional
October 21, 2019
Cuban singer-songwriter Liuba María Hevia premiered the music video "Dueños De Mi Fe" with Peruvian singer Miryam Quiñones, available on digital platforms.
Source: CubaSi
October 21, 2019
Game 6 of the American League Championship Series featured key home runs by the Houston Astros in the first and ninth innings as they eliminated the Yankees, with the game ending with a final score of 5 runs to 4, to the delight of a packed Minute Maid Park.
Source: Swingcompleto.com
October 20, 2019
The funeral carriage moved slowly through the narrow corridors of Colón Cemetery.
Source: Cubadebate
October 20, 2019
Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez and Spanish artist Lin Cortés are among the first artists confirmed today for the Habana World Music Festival (HWM), an event scheduled for March 19-21, 2020 in Havana.
Source: CubaSi
October 19, 2019
Major League Baseball has announced the nominees for the Reliever of the Year award and one of those chosen is the Cuban flamethrower Aroldis Chapman, who had another great season wearing the Yankees uniform and continues to enhance his legend.
Source: Swingcompleto.com
October 19, 2019
The nomination to the Latin Grammy of one of their children has brought great joy to the people of Guantánamo: the prestigious bassist Yelsy Heredia.
Source: Cubasi
October 18, 2019
Alicia Alonso, who for 88 years as a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue contributed with her brilliant art to place the prestige of her Homeland in the highest position in the four corners of the world, passed away at CIMEQ Hospital in Havana at 11 o'clock in the morning on Thursday, October 17, 2019, two months and three days before turning 99 years old.
Source: Cubadebate
October 18, 2019
The cover of «Yolanda», by Pablo Milanés, is the one that has managed to raise this number of views on the aforementioned platform.
Source: Asere.com
October 17, 2019
The Centro de Estudios Martianos will present on October 18 in La Habana, volume 29 of the critical edition of the Complete Works of José Martí.
Source: Granma
October 17, 2019
Fidelio Torres, one of the most outstanding Cuban actors of all time, unfortunately passed away on the morning of Tuesday, October 15.
Source: OnCuba News
October 16, 2019
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura is participating this weekend in the Festival Polars du Sud in Toulouse as godfather of the annual gathering around noir novels, which this year focuses its attention on Latin American creations.
Source: OnCuba News
October 16, 2019
Evelio Capote Castillo, Hero of Labor of the Republic of Cuba, passed away this Tuesday in Ciego de Ávila, at the age of 87, as a result of an acute myocardial infarction, after 11 days admitted to the provincial hospital Antonio Luaces Iraola.
Source: Trabajadores
October 15, 2019
Camila Cabello will play Cinderella in new remake of the classic animated film.
Source: Asere.com
October 15, 2019
On the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month, the specialized site Digital Trends in Spanish compiled a list of the most influential Hispanic people in the technology industry, which included Cuban Ralph de la Vega, who played a key role in bringing the iPhone to market.
Source: Diario de Cuba
October 14, 2019
For followers of Silvio Rodríguez in Antofagasta, this news will interest you.
Source: Timeline.cl
October 14, 2019
As of October 13th, the historian of the city of Havana, Dr.
Source: Sputnik
