August 13, 2018
Cuban Olympic champion Idalys Ortiz won the gold medal at the Budapest Grand Prix of Judo, Hungary, the only one obtained by the delegation of ten Cubans present at the event.
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August 12, 2018
Yale is a poetry collection that formed on its own; the author did not set out to write a book of poems.
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August 11, 2018
Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés announced this Wednesday in Havana that his next album Jazz Batá II will be released next October and will be dedicated to the centennial of the birth of his father, renowned musician Bebo Valdés (1918-2013).
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August 10, 2018
Daymé Arocena, one of the most current and pleasing revelations of Cuban music, will perform in concert at five thirty in the afternoon this Friday, on the main stage of the Havana-based Pabellón Cuba, to open a weekend of pleasant sound surprises.
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August 10, 2018
I approach Silvio Rodríguez —a man of thought, more than a troubadour— without pretensions of discovering hidden niches in him, because he has been one of the great transparent figures of Cuban culture.
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August 9, 2018
Cuban music stars Adalberto Álvarez, Edesio Alejandro and César "Pupy" Pedroso will receive the recognition of Cultural Ambassadors of the Latin Music Institute (ILM), for their long career and professional work.
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August 9, 2018
Created by British stage director Christopher Renshaw, Carmen La Cubana is a version of versions, as it draws inspiration from both Carmen Jones by Oscar Hammerstein and Bizet's celebrated French opera.
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August 8, 2018
This Havana summer, the National Museum of Fine Arts makes it possible for visitors to the Universal Art Building of the institution to come into contact with the work of one of the creators who in the middle of the last century achieved an identifying mark in the local sphere: Luis Martínez Pedro.
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August 8, 2018
When emotions seem to rest in a remote corner of routine, a documentary awakens us to yesterdays, almost faded, and then joy appears with the spirit and image of an anonymous hero, the Man of Maisinicú.
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August 7, 2018
The renowned Cuban cartoonist and animator Juan Padrón will inaugurate this Saturday, August 11, at the Servando Cabrera Gallery in the capital, a personal exhibition titled As Fierce as They Paint Him.
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August 6, 2018
Kelvis Ochoa returns to make a big splash following a concert in the courtyard of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Cuban Art Building.
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August 6, 2018
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration of the provincial channel Tele Rebelde (TR), Clara Inocencia Castillo Alcántara and Enrique Alberto Bonne Castillo received the National Television Prize for their notable contributions and dedication to the medium.
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August 5, 2018
Cuban producers and artists such as Lucrecia and Mayito Rivera presented the "Mambo Madness!" movement in Miami, with which, starting from an album and an orchestra of 23 musicians, they aim to spread the "madness" of this rhythm once again.
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August 4, 2018
Works by choreographers from the United Kingdom, Spain and Cuba will be part of the Acosta Danza company's Summer season, from August 17 to 19, in Havana.
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August 4, 2018
The current season of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, directed by maestro Enrique Pérez Mesa, will close this Sunday, August 5, 2018, at 11:00 a.
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August 3, 2018
Nephew of educator Raúl Ferrer and one of his most outstanding students, the troubadour has given form to themes that have been treasured as essential by that faithful audience that has followed him for decades at his concerts.
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August 3, 2018
Both will perform in concert, together with Cuban Omara Portuondo, next Saturday, August 11, at 8:30 p.
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August 2, 2018
What joy it has brought me to wake up with the news of the 2018 National Radio Award for maestro Juan Piñera among so many other radio professionals! The most humble and most ingenious person I have known in a long time.
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August 2, 2018
For the eminent Cuban physician Rodrigo Álvarez Cambra, the construction and development of the Frank País Orthopedic Hospital in the capital of the island was the greatest work he undertook in his long and fruitful professional career, as he confessed to Sputnik in an exclusive interview.
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August 1, 2018
The Los Angeles Angels (52-52) returned to the .
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August 1, 2018
On the occasion of the 50 years of artistic life of Alberto Lescay Merencio, the gallery of the José Martí Memorial, in the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana, is hosting a comprehensive exhibition of his work that includes not only oils and drawings, but several sculptures, in fact, impeccable busts of Cuban patriots.
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July 31, 2018
The Cuban sports movement and its delegation attending the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games mourned the death in Havana of Professor Pedro Val Balgueiras, one of the greatest wrestling coaches in the world.
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July 31, 2018
At these XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, there is no other three-time Olympic champion, five-time world champion, and four-time Pan American champion.
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July 30, 2018
Monaco became the final stop of the Diamond League for pole vaulter Yarisley Silva from Pinar del Río.
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July 30, 2018
Viengsay Valdés, prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), will participate in the fifteenth edition of the Tokyo World Ballet Festival (WBF), according to the event's official website.
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July 28, 2018
The renowned artists, Puerto Rican Marc Anthony and the Cuban duo Gente de Zona, will offer together for the first time a concert in Panama, on the coming August 7th.
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July 26, 2018
One of the most traditional and prestigious events in the world of dance, with more than half a century of history, the International Ballet Festival of Havana "Alicia Alonso" will be held from October 28 to November 6 and will be dedicated, in its XXVI edition, to celebrating the 70 years of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, the host company of this important event.
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July 26, 2018
Since she began her solo career just over a year ago, following her time in Fifth Harmony, Camila Cabello has continued to achieve success.
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July 24, 2018
The film Yuli, inspired by the life of Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta and directed by Spanish filmmaker Iciar Bollaín, will compete at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
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July 24, 2018
From today onwards the King of the Shekere falls silent forever, but the gift of his music is more alive than ever.
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July 23, 2018
The artistic gymnastics hall at Golden Gate has undoubtedly been one of the most crowded venues in these Central American and Caribbean Games and everyone came there to cheer for their idol Josymar Calvo, but the celebration had a Cuban flavor.
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July 23, 2018
The emblematic Gran Rex is already announcing it and its followers in the country are rushing to buy tickets for the show that the great Cuban jazz musician Chucho Valdés will offer in September alongside Argentine Patricia Sosa.
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July 22, 2018
Luz Marina Zaldívar Calzadilla, the woman who together with her husband inspired the popular guaracha La caldosa de Kike y Marina, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at the age of 88.
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July 22, 2018
Cuban musician Paquito D'Rivera will perform on Wednesday, September 26 at the Teatro Municipal Quijano, where he will offer a concert commemorating his 70th anniversary and the centennial of Bebo Valdés's birth with a repertoire ranging from classical to popular music.
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July 21, 2018
Camerata Romeu and Brazilian Violinist Unite Talents in HavanaThe Cuban female musical ensemble Camerata Romeu will offer today a concert of popular Brazilian music accompanied by violinist and composer from that country Ricardo Herz.
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July 21, 2018
Cuba's National Assembly announced this Saturday the name of the new Minister of Culture: Alpidio Bautista Alonso Grau.
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July 20, 2018
The renowned company Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba is preparing a new show in which the music and visual arts of the island go hand in hand, and which will be presented first in Canada, in February 2019, and then will arrive at the main stages of the country.
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July 20, 2018
The Minister of Culture and Sport, José Guirao, will present the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts next Monday, July 23rd at 12:00 noon to singer, composer and actress Gloria Estefan at the Teatro Real, according to information from the Ministry of Culture and Sport.
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July 19, 2018
Nearly two thousand people gathered on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 11 at the Pabellón Cuba to participate in the presentation (and sale) of the book "Discovering Psychology".
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July 19, 2018
Cuba's first world record holder, Pinar del Río native Pedro Pérez Dueñas, passed away on July 18 in Havana at the age of 66.
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July 18, 2018
The development of socialism in Cuba has faced great challenges along the path undertaken 60 years ago.
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July 18, 2018
The Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales (Egrem) presented the phonogram Pasándola bien, the most recent production by pianist, composer and arranger César "Pupy" Pedroso and his orchestra Los que Son Son.
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July 16, 2018
Mexican musician Armando Manzanero, visiting Cuba for the first time, recorded three of his songs in Havana together with popular Cuban singer Haila María Mompié that will be included in her next album release.
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July 16, 2018
The undisputed queen of salsa, remains more alive than ever in the eternal legacy of her music and among her millions of fans throughout the world.
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July 14, 2018
Cuban singer-songwriter Liuba María Hevia considers it a privilege to share a concert with the National Symphonic Orchestra (OSN) on July 22, on the occasion of her 35 years of artistic life.
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July 13, 2018
The National Museum of Fine Arts inaugurated last Wednesday, July 12, at 4:00 p.
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July 13, 2018
Last Tuesday, July 10, Cuban television broadcast the documentary Sara and Diana by filmmaker Claudia Rojas on its Pantalla Documental program.
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July 13, 2018
Although he has won 10 GRAMMY awards and is considered one of the best trumpet players in the world, Arturo Sandoval assures that he remains committed to his music with the same intensity he had before becoming famous.
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July 11, 2018
The well-known singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés will offer a concert on August 9th at the Monti-Sion Sanctuary in Porreres, Balearic Islands, Spain, at 10:00 p.
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