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Cuban Beat Books Releases <\/em><\/strong>
First Spanish-Language Title<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Cuban Beat Books is excited to announce the publication of its latest title and its first Spanish-language publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuban Beat Books se complace en anunciar la publicaci\u00f3n de su \u00faltimo t\u00edtulo y su primera publicaci\u00f3n en espa\u00f1ol.

\u00a1Socorro, no soy subversivo! Hip hop cubano, <\/em>obra escrita por el licenciado en Periodismo, m\u00e1ster en Sociolog\u00eda y doctor en Ciencias sobre Arte Joaqu\u00edn Borges-Triana y que fuera Premio Alejo Carpentier de ensayo en 2022, es un texto que incursiona en una zona apenas visitada en las investigaciones musicol\u00f3gicas, sociol\u00f3gicas y de Historia del Arte en Cuba, como es el rap y la cultura hip hop en general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contin\u00faa siendo una asignatura pendiente el asunto de c\u00f3mo abordar de manera coherente y desprejuiciada lo relacionado con la comunidad de cubanos y cubanas vinculados al rap, as\u00ed como la forma de integrar todos los temas del \u00e1mbito art\u00edstico literario en Cuba y su di\u00e1spora, sumando los pasados m\u00e1s de sesenta a\u00f1os al estudio y conocimiento del panorama cultural del pa\u00eds de forma \u00edntegra y no selectiva \u2014como ha sucedido, cuando acontecimientos y figuras han sido favorecidos por pr\u00e1cticas de visualizaci\u00f3n y transparencia mientras otros, por el contrario, han resultado v\u00edctimas de ocultamiento y tachadura. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joaqu\u00edn Borges-Triana<\/strong> (La Habana, 1962) es periodista y profesor invitado por varias universidades, ha investigado durante a\u00f1os la escena musical cubana alternativa. Tiene casi una decena de libros publicados por editoriales de Cuba, Espa\u00f1a, Canad\u00e1 y Estados Unidos. Ha sido galardonado en distintos eventos literarios, posee la Orden por la Cultura Cubana y es Premio Nacional de Periodismo Cultural en su pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cuban Beat Books
Releases
the Third Volume
in the \u201cSongbooks\u201d Series<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n
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Born in Havana in 1973, Ihosvany “Yosva” Bernal V\u00e1zquez<\/strong> has worked as a professional musician since 1994, when he joined the National Center for Concert Music in the Cuban capital. In the second half of the 1990s he joined the Hermanos Sa\u00edz Association -an organization of Cuban artists and intellectuals under 35- as a troubadour. In April 2000, he participated in the creation of the Puntal Alto project, a concert space for young singer-songwriters. As an artist, since 1999, he has performed concerts throughout his country and in different cities in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, sharing the stage with figures from several generations of troubadours. Yosva Bernal’s repertoire is comprised of original songs where society, love and human relationships chart a journey through varied genres of Cuban music –son<\/em>, guaracha<\/em>, and bolero<\/em>– as well as classic trova<\/em> songs celebrating the generations of troubadours that preceded him. His songs appear on the CDs Antolog\u00eda I<\/em> (1999), Cuerda Joven<\/em> (1999), La imp\u00fadica es la guitarra<\/em> (2000), Antolog\u00eda II<\/em> (2001), Concierto Homenaje a Noel Nicola<\/em> (2001), Cambi\u00e1ndolo todo<\/em> (2002), Generaci\u00f3n X<\/em> (2003), Antolog\u00eda IV<\/em> (2005), Una canci\u00f3n para Pablo<\/em> y 60 a\u00f1os de Silvio Rodr\u00edguez<\/em> (2006), Homenaje a Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez<\/em> (2009) y Ihosvany Bernal A guitarra\u2026<\/em> (2011) recorded live during concerts organized by the Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center as part of the A guitarra limpia<\/em> series. He has also contributed to the anthology Acabo de so\u00f1ar<\/em> (2003) and recorded the studio albums Puesta de luna<\/em> (2001) and Sin nada que perder<\/em> (2003). His compositions are part of the catalog of the National Center of Popular Music, in Havana, Cuba.

Cuban Beat Books is excited to present this collection of Yosva Bernal\u2019s lyrics, translated by Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz, as part of the bilingual series, Songbooks<\/em>, featuring the works of contemporary Cuban singer-songwriters expertly translated into English and accompanied with informative introductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cuban Beat Books
Releases
the Next Volume
in the \u201cSongbooks\u201d Series<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

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Gape <\/strong>(pronounced GA-pay) is the stage name of Yunier P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, one of the most outstanding Cuban troubadours of his generation. He graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Art History in 2010 from the University of Havana and has since become a fixture in the Cuban music scene. Both as a composer and as a performer, Gape brings a unique and compelling voice to Contemporary Cuban Songs. After winning the Ignacio Villa Music Scholarship in 2018, awarded by the Hermanos Sa\u00edz Association\u2014an organization of young artists and intellectuals in Cuba\u2014he recorded his first album, Oda al plagio<\/em>, \u201cOde to Copycatting\u201d<\/em> (EGREM). The recording was nominated in both the Best Opera Prima and Singer-Songwriter categories for Cubadisco 2020\u20132021 and won in the latter. In 2022, he began production of a second recording and the filming of his first video for the song \u201cOde to Copycatting.\u201d With it, he won three Lucas Awards (Premios Lucas<\/em>) in 2023: in the categories of Best Music Video by a New Artist, Best Animated Video and Best Trova Video. As a troubadour, he performs regularly alongside important figures such as Silvio Rodr\u00edguez, as well as with various members of his generation of singer-songwriters. Additionally, in November 2011 he joined the prestigious \u00d3pera de la Calle Theater Company, with which he has performed not only in Cuba but also on stages in Montreal, Canada. \u00a0As a composer for musical theater, he has written the story, libretto and music for the show Soldemar. <\/em>Cuban Beat Books is excited to present this collection of Yunier \u201cGape\u201d P\u00e9rez\u2019s lyrics, as part of the bilingual series, Songbooks, <\/em>featuring the works of contemporary Cuban singer-songwriters expertly translated into English and accompanied by informative introductions.<\/p>\n

Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz <\/strong>is the editor of the performing arts magazine Tablas <\/em>and has coordinated the Havana Theater Festival (2017 and 2019) and the Latin American Monologue Festival (2012). She graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte (2007) and is a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Her journalistic work has appeared in various media, such as Tablas, Hypermedia, La Jiribilla, Esquife, <\/em>and Escenarios <\/em>(Portugal). She is also the translator of Charly Salgado: Songbook <\/em>(Cuban Beat Books, 2023).<\/p>\n

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The First Volume
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“Songbooks” Series is Out!<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

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Cuban Beat Books<\/strong> is thrilled to present Songbook <\/i><\/a><\/strong>by Charly Salgado<\/strong>, a collection of lyrics translated by Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz, as the inaugural volume in the new bilingual Songbooks <\/em>series. Each songbook features a selection of works by a contemporary Cuban singer-songwriter expertly translated into English and accompanied with an informative introduction.<\/p>\n

Combining the best of Cuban Trova, Nueva Trova, Rock, and Heavy Metal, along with a love of poetry and philosophy, Charly Salgado is undoubtedly one of the most eclectic Cuban singer-songwriter of his generation. As a witness to the unfolding history of the island over the past five decades, he explores and questions not only the reality of life on the island but also his role in chronicling the ever-changing situation. A reflection of all he has seen and heard, as well as all that he has experienced firsthand, he composes songs that fuse his many influences, taking both lyrical and musical risks, and all the while remaining true to his roots and identity as a trovador<\/em> (troubadour).<\/p>\n

Charly Salgado<\/strong> has been a member of the Asociaci\u00f3n Hermanos Saiz since 1999 and the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) since 2001. Born in Manzanillo, he moved to the capital at an early age and was strongly influenced and inspired by international pop and rock sounds in addition to the trova, as his compositions reflect. He is part of a group of artists who gathered at the Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau in the early 2000s, both participating in the Puntal Alto showcase for younger artists and, later, headlining a concert for the A guitarra limpia concert series. His most recent recordings include Buscando caminos<\/em> (2003) and Entre la trova y la postrova<\/em> (2006).<\/p>\n

Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz<\/strong> is editor of the performing arts magazine, Tablas<\/em>, and has coordinated the Havana Theater Festival (2017 and 2019) and the Latin American Monologue Festival (2012). She graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte (2007) and is a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Her journalistic work has appeared in various media such as Tablas<\/em>, Hypermedia<\/em>, La Jiribilla<\/em>, Esquife<\/em>, and Escenarios<\/em> (Portugal).<\/p>\n

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Cuban Beat Books
<\/strong><\/em>Announces Its Latest Publication!<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n

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For the first time, the voice of one of Cuba\u2019s most important Afro Cuban singer-songwriters is available to an English-speaking public in this deluxe bilingual edition, <\/span>Universal Songs <\/strong><\/a><\/em>by <\/span>Gerardo Alfonso<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Known for his unflinching and objective analysis of contemporary Cuba, Alfonso explores the many challenges and contradictions inherent to life on the island. As Musicologist Robin Moore writes in his introduction, <\/span>\u201cAlfonso chooses themes that are significant in a social sense, as well as politically charged, but he treats them in a way that avoids dogmatism.\u201d This representative selection of lyrics, translated by Robert Nasatir, has examples of Alfonso’s earliest writings of the 1980s through to the present, compositions that coincide with the most complicated and transformative decades in Cuban history.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am history, I am culture
<\/em>I have glory, I have stature
<\/em>There is no vengeance, no mischief
<\/em>Patience is my armor
<\/em>Sometimes I dream of slave ships and the foreman\u2019s whip
<\/em>I sing with all my strength, don\u2019t forget, my song is universal.
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Gerardo Alfonso, \u201cMy Song is Universal\u201d<\/p>\n

GERARDO ALFONSO<\/strong> (1958-) joined the Movimiento de la Nueva Trova (New Song Movement) in 1980. He is well known throughout Cuba for the songs \u201cS\u00e1banas blancas\u201d (\u201cWhite Sheets\u201d), a tribute to the city of Havana, and \u201cSon los sue\u00f1os todav\u00eda\u201d (\u201cThey’re Still Dreams\u201d), an homage to Ernesto \u201cChe\u201d Guevara. His music combines complex harmonic and rhythmic ideas with a pop sensibility. He is also one of only a few Afro Cuban trovador <\/em>singer-songwriters, and he often explores issues of race and racism in his compositions. Among his recent recordings are La ruta del esclavo<\/em> (The Route of the Slave<\/em>) (2022), La cima<\/em> (The Peak<\/em>) (2009), A orillas del mar<\/em> (On the Seashore<\/em>) (2005), and Raza<\/em> (Race<\/em>) (2004). He has also published an autobiography, Son los sue\u00f1os todav\u00eda<\/em> (2013).<\/p>\n

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Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz Wins Song Lyric Translation Contest<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cuban Beat Books<\/strong> is pleased to announce that Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz<\/strong> is the winner of the Song Lyric Translation Contest. Her translations of the lyrics of trovador Charly Salgado will appear in Spring 2023 as the first volume of Cuban Beat Books\u2019s new bilingual series, \u201cCancioneros\/Songbooks\u201d. Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz is editor of the performing arts magazine, Tablas<\/em>, and has coordinated the Havana Theater Festival (2017 and 2019) and the Latin American Monologue Festival (2012). She graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte (2007) and is a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba. Her journalistic work has appeared in various media such as Tablas<\/em>, Hypermedia<\/em>, La Jiribilla<\/em>, Esquife<\/em>, and Escenarios<\/em> (Portugal).<\/p>\n

Charly Salgado (1973–) has been a member of the Asociaci\u00f3n Hermanos Saiz since 1999 and the UNEAC since 2001. Born in Manzanillo, he moved to the capital at an early age and was strongly influenced and inspired by international pop and rock sounds in addition to the trova, as his compositions reflect. He is part of a group of artists who gathered at the Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau in the early 2000s, participating in both the Puntal Alto showcase for younger artists and, later, headlining a concert for the A guitarra limpia concert series. His most recent recordings include Buscando caminos<\/em> (2003) and Entre la trova y la postrova<\/em> (2006).<\/p>\n

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Cuban Beat Books<\/strong> se complace en anunciar que Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz<\/strong> es la ganadora del Concurso de Traducci\u00f3n de Letras de Canciones. Sus traducciones de las letras del trovador Charly Salgado aparecer\u00e1n en la primavera de 2023 como el primer volumen de la nueva serie biling\u00fce de Cuban Beat Books, \u201cCancioneros\/Songbooks\u201d. Indira Rodr\u00edguez Ruiz es editora de la revista de artes esc\u00e9nicas Tablas<\/em> y ha coordinado el Festival de Teatro de La Habana (2017 y 2019) y el Festival de Mon\u00f3logos Latinoamericanos (2012). Es egresada del Instituto Superior de Arte (2007) y es miembro de la Uni\u00f3n Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba. Su trabajo period\u00edstico ha aparecido en diversos medios como Tablas<\/em>, Hypermedia<\/em>, La Jiribilla<\/em>, Esquife<\/em> y Escenarios<\/em> (Portugal).<\/p>\n

Charly Salgado (1973–) ha sido miembro de la Asociaci\u00f3n Hermanos Saiz desde 1999 y la UNEAC desde 2001. Nacido en Manzanillo, se traslad\u00f3 a la capital a una edad temprana y fue fuertemente influenciado e inspirado por internacional sonidos pop y rock adem\u00e1s de la trova, como reflejan sus composiciones. Es parte de un grupo de artistas reunidos en el Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau a principios de los 2000, participando tanto en el escaparate de Puntal Alto para j\u00f3venes artistas y, m\u00e1s tarde, encabezando un concierto del ciclo de conciertos A guitarra limpia<\/em>. Sus grabaciones m\u00e1s recientes incluyen Buscando caminos<\/em> (2003) y Entre la trovay la postrova<\/em> (2006).<\/p>\n

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Where Are You From, Asere?
News of Cuban Music
<\/em><\/strong>and Musicians
from the
<\/em><\/strong>Editors of Cuban Beat Books
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Cuba organized a concert for 50th anniversary of Nueva Trova Movement
<\/strong>By JBT
Havana, Dec 11 (JBT). Havana-based Casa de las Americas was organizing a concert on Thursday as part of the activities for the 50th anniversary of the New Trova Movement in the Che Guevara hall of this institution.<\/p>\n

Recognized as the site where the first meetings of the protest song were held in Cuba, artists such as Ariel D\u00edaz, Mauricio Figueiral, Silvio Alejandro, Annie Garc\u00e9s, Leonardo Garc\u00eda, Rochy Ameneiro, Nelson Vald\u00e9s, Ariel Barreiro and Li\u00e9n Rodr\u00edguez, among others, performed that Thursday.<\/p>\n

Several cultural institutions on the island, led by the Cuban Institute of Music, organized a broad program of initiatives to commemorate the 50 years of the Nueva Trova Movement, recalling significant dates of the trova song, making it visible and promoting the work done by the founders and performers of this genre.<\/p>\n

Photographic and poster exhibitions associated with the movement, and the screenings of films that narrate the history of the so-called intelligent song in the Caribbean nation took place, in coordination with the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry, .<\/p>\n

Another activity was the declaration of trova music as a Cultural Heritage of the Caribbean nation during the 27th edition of the Carlos Puebla In Memoriam National Festival in Manzanillo, eastern Cuba, the city where the New Trova Movement emerged.<\/p>\n

Work of Cuban lyric singer Esther Borja recalled in Cuba
<\/strong>By PL
Havana, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Institute of Music on Monday recalled outstanding singer Esther Borja, known as the Cuban dame of lyric singing, who had a prolific career for over half a century.<\/p>\n

\u201cEsther Borja was a renowned Cuban singer who sang pieces of famous composers such as Gonzalo Roig, Rodrigo Prats and Ernesto Lecuona.<\/p>\n

We treasure the album \u201cEsther Borja canta a dos, tres y cuatro voces\u201d (Esther Borja sings in two, three and four voices) with maestros Luis Carbonell and Numidia Vaillant,\u201d the Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales de Cuba (Enterprise of Recordings and Musical Editions of Cuba) tweeted.<\/p>\n

Known as the \u201cDamisela encantadora\u201d (the Charming Damsel), due to one of the songs by famous Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona that she used to sing, this singer sang zarzuelas and operettas. She also worked on the radio, theater, movies and television, where she hosted the musical program \u201cAlbum de Cuba\u201d (Album of Cuba) for several decades.<\/p>\n

Esther Borja recorded many albums and gave concerts in Spain, the US, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, countries in which she perfomed alongside Argentinian artists Libertad Lamarque, Tita Merello and Alfredo La Pera, Spanish Rosita Moreno and Mexican Pedro Vargas.<\/p>\n

Born in Havana (1913-2013), she was awarded with the National Culture Prize, the Alejo Carpentier Medal, the Felix Varela Order, and the national prizes of Music and Television.<\/p>\n

Ibeyi: \u2018Once we put a song out, it\u2019s not ours anymore\u2019
<\/strong>Monday 5 December 2022\u00a0\u00a0 By Gisselle Babaran
French Afro-Cuban musical duo Ibeyi are currently booked and very busy. When we meet with the twin sisters \u2013 Lisa-Kaind\u00e9 and Naomi Diaz \u2013 they\u2019re in the middle of a sound check at one of London\u2019s most iconic music venues, KOKO, as they prepare for their show later that evening. At the moment, the pair are on the road in the midst of their highly anticipated, six-month global headline tour to promote their latest studio album, Spell 31.<\/p>\n

Taking inspiration from the ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead for the album\u2019s name, the project explores and builds on ideas around healing, ancestry and sisterhood. Much like their two previous albums, 2015\u2019s Ibeyi and 2017\u2019s Ash, Spell 31 is charged with a spirituality and mysticism that directly speaks to the sisters\u2019 cultural identity as Afro-Cuban women. This homage to their heritage, alongside their various musical influences, is what continues to enthral their ever-growing global fan base.<\/p>\n

Here, we caught up with them both to find out more about the artists and music that inspire them, as well as the up-and-comers we should be paying attention to.<\/p>\n

Can you plot the exact moment when you first discovered your love for music?<\/em><\/p>\n

Lisa-Kaind\u00e9 Diaz: \u2018I think it started when we watched our dad play when we were two in our pushchairs. Both he and our mum had music around them all of the time. But the moment I knew I wanted to sing was when I went to my first gig, and I felt a visceral pain of not being on stage and being a part of what I was looking at.\u2019<\/p>\n

Which artists\u2019 albums did you first buy?<\/em><\/p>\n

Naomi Diaz: \u2018Shakira, of course.\u2019<\/p>\n

LKD: \u2018Anastasia.\u2019<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your comfort track?<\/em><\/p>\n

ND: \u2018It changes all the time, but at the moment it\u2019s \u201cParabel\u201d by Superpoze. He\u2019s a French artist who composes and produces music for movie soundtracks.\u2019<\/p>\n

LKD: \u2018For me, it\u2019s anything by Nina Simone.\u2019<\/p>\n

Do you ever listen back to your own music?<\/em><\/p>\n

ND: \u2018Yes, but more when we\u2019ve just released something.\u2019<\/p>\n

LKD: \u2018For me, I\u2019ll listen to our music a lot before it gets released. Once it goes out I don\u2019t see it as mine anymore. Also, I can\u2019t change it then, which makes me want to listen to it less.\u2019<\/p>\n

Who are your key musical influences?<\/em><\/p>\n

LKD: \u2018Artists like Amy Winehouse, James Blake and D\u2019Angelo.\u2019<\/p>\n

ND: \u2018Lauryn Hill, among so many others.\u2019<\/p>\n

If you could play any other instrument, what would it be?<\/em><\/p>\n

ND: \u2018Piano and guitar.\u2019<\/p>\n

LKD: \u2018Bass.\u2019<\/p>\n

If you had to pick a soundtrack to your life, what would it be?<\/em><\/p>\n

ND: \u2018Spaces by Nils Frahm \u2013 especially the track \u201cSays\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n

LKD: \u2018MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 by Lauryn Hill.\u2019<\/p>\n

Which new artists are you most excited about right now?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

LKD: \u2018I love Saya Gray \u2013 she\u2019s half Japanese, half Canadian. She\u2019s a bass player too and has played for Daniel Caesar.\u2019<\/p>\n

ND: \u2018Ezra Collective.\u2019<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your pre-performance ritual?<\/em><\/p>\n

LKD: \u2018Drinking honey, lemon and ginger tea.\u2019<\/p>\n

X Alfonso was guest artist for the opening gala of the Havana Film Festival
<\/strong>By JBT
Havana, December 2 (JBT) Cuban singer-songwriter, arranger and producer X Alfonso was the guest artist at the opening gala of the 43rd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.<\/p>\n

The opening of the event took place on Thursday, December 1st, at 7:00 p.m. local time, at the Charles Chaplin cinema and the film chosen for the first screening is Argentina, 1985.<\/p>\n

Recently, X Alfonso, together with his sister Eme, his parents Carlos Alfonso and Ele Vald\u00e9s and the group S\u00edntesis, won the Latin Grammy in the category of Best Folk Album for the album Ancestros Sinf\u00f3nico.<\/p>\n

The 43rd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema will be held from December 1 to 11 in several theaters in the Cuban capital.<\/p>\n

Lopez-Nussa family to give concert in Havana
<\/strong>By PL
Havana, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) The members of the Cuban Lopez-Nussa family will give a concert on December 23 at the Covarrubias Hall of Havana’s National Theater, the Cuban Music Institute (ICM) announced.<\/p>\n

With support from the National Center of Concert Music, Maestro Ruy (father) summoned pianists Ernan (brother), his first-born son Harold, renowned percussionist and pianist Ruy Adrian (son), as well as trumpeter Mayquel Gonzalez and bassist Julio Cesar Gonzalez, who have accompanied him on other occasions, to join him in this recital.<\/p>\n

As part of the show, scheduled for 8:00 p.m., local time, singer Mayito Rivera and percussionist Yaroldy Abreu, both from Cuba, will also join them.<\/p>\n

Since the first occasion in 2006, the quartet integrated by the Lopez-Nussa gave recitals in Cuba and abroad, whose shows have enjoyed great popularity and success due to their unique artistic proposals, the ICM indicated.<\/p>\n

Percussionist Ruy Lopez-Nussa has worked with outstanding Cuban musicians such as singer Beatriz Marquez and composer Pedro Luis Ferrer, as well as with singer songwriter Santiago Feliu, with whom he performed in several concerts in Latin America<\/p>\n

Cuban President Diaz-Canel celebrates Silvio Rodriguez\u2019s birthday
<\/strong>By PL
Havana, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulated renowned singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez, one of the founders of the New Song Movement (Nueva Trova) in Cuba on his 76th birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith your \u2018Peque\u00f1a Serenata Diurna,\u2019 I wake up on your 76th birthday. If it were mine, I would give it to you today. May you have a happy birthday with those you love. #Cuba and the world celebrate your fertile life, poet,\u201dthe Cuban president wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Considered an icon of the Cuban New Song Movement, with songs that have become the soundtrack of the last decades in the country and many Latin American nations, Rodriguez is celebrating his birthday after a prolific career on stages all over the world.<\/p>\n

Mexican university to grant doctorate degree to Pablo Milanes
<\/strong>By PL
Mexico, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) The Autonomous University of Zacatecas will keep the proposal to grant posthumously Pablo Milanes the Honoris Causa doctorate that the University Council was scheduled to deliver to him in person on December 2.<\/p>\n

It was confirmed by Rector Ruben Ibarra Reyes, who lamented the death of the Cuban artist.<\/p>\n

Pablo\u2019s death, he said, is a very sad event for the world of the arts and for society in general.<\/p>\n

He was a great artist, a great composer, and a great singer-songwriter, and of course, it is a very heartfelt loss for the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, due to the closeness of our institution with the Cuban people and government.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that, after the artist\u2019s death, the awarding ceremony of the Honoris Causa doctorate in person was frustrating.<\/p>\n

Ibarra Reyes said that, for now, we are going to respect the prudent time for the mourning that the family of Pablo Milanes has to live, and after that, we will talk with them and see the issue.<\/p>\n

He repeated that the special session of the University Council to grant the Honoris Causa award to Pablo Milanes was originally scheduled for September 27, but it was necessary to postpone it, due to his health condition, which was already delicate and impossible for him to come to Zacatecas.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it was rescheduled for Friday, December 2. But after his death, we can only mourn him and his family respectfully, and then we will see a future date and do it posthumously.<\/p>\n

THE FIRST STONE<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are pleased the announce the release of our latest title, The First Stone: Essays On Contemporary Cuban Song and Society<\/em> by Ariel D\u00edaz. Available for the first time in English, the book collects writings on music and the contemporary arts scene in Cuba. Ariel D\u00edaz is one of the leading voices of his generation of singer-songwriters<\/a>. For music lovers and anyone curious about Cuba, this book is a must have!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out Ariel talking with Oni Acosta about the book on Buenos D\u00edas.\u00a0<\/p>\n