On this day was born
Mayda Galano Guilarte
She was born in Baracoa, Cuba, where, as a young child, her mother introduced her to the practice of music, to which she dedicates her life
Pedro Arias Domínguez
He studied singing with his mother, soprano Raquel Domínguez (1913-1993) and with Mariano Meléndez
Rafael Felipe Lay Apesteguía
Lay
Outstanding Cuban violinist, composer, arranger, and orchestra conductor
Rosa María Matos Espinosa
Guitarist and pedagogue, she was the first woman to win the International Guitar Competition-Festival of La Habana
On this day died
Antonio Guiteras Font
Outstanding educator and director of Colegio La Empresa
Arístides Agramonte Simoni
Padre de la bacteriología cubana
He was born in Puerto Príncipe, the current city of Camagüey, and died in New York, USA
