Vocal Sampling press conference in Beijing (PL)

Beijing, August 5 (RHC) – The Cuban vocal group Sampling is building a bridge between Cuba and China with an album of pieces of the traditional Chinese repertoire... More


Bogota, August 5 (RHC)—Participants in the  28th Festival of Women in Scene for Peace underway in the Colombian capital, paid tribute on Sunday to Cuban intellectual Roberto Fernandez Retamar and the Casa de las Americas.... More


Los Van Van orchestra

Havana, August 4 (RHC) – The exhibition “Los Van Van is Our Homeland” by photographer Iván Soca opened the International Timba Festival “Forever Formell” on Friday... More


Havana, August 2 (RHC)--Leading groups in Cuba's popular dance music will get together this Saturday, August 3 in the "Formell for Ever Concert" that will to pay tribute to one of the most outstanding representatives of Cuban music, bassist and composer Juan Formell, reports Cuban News Agency.... More


Cuba vibra!, LADC's most successful show

Havana, July 30 (RHC) – The famous Cuban company Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba (LADC) will perform in Peru for the first time with its hit Cuba vibra!... More


Havana, July 29 (RHC) – Cuban National Ballet premier dancers, Grettel Morejón and Dani Hernández, represented their country at the Panama Ballet Festival closing gala... More


San Juan, July 28 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico is celebrating, after 12 days of protest, the island’s governor, Ricardo Rossello, finally announced his resignation, effective as of next Friday, August 2nd.... More


Bayamo, July 25 (RHC) – The cultural gala "From the Moncada Barracks to the Future" was held Thursday evening at the Bayamo Theater to mark National Rebellion Day.... More


Sao Paulo, July 25 (RHC)-- The 14th Latin American Film Festival of Sao Paulo, one of the largest exhibitions of the region's film industry, kicked off Wednesday and for seven days, until July 31, will exhibit a record of 148 films from 17 countries.... More


Los Van Van founder, the late Juan Formell

Havana, July 23 (RHC) – The Cuban capital will host a festival from August 2 through 4 to pay tribute to a man who left his imprint in Cuban culture: Los Van Van Director, the late Juan Formell... More


Johannesburg, July 23 (RHC)-- South African singer Johnny Clegg, one of the very few white artists who confronted the apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 66. “Clegg has made an indelible mark on the music industry and the hearts of the people,” said the South African government in a tribute paid to the singer on Twitter, adding that his music had the power to unite people across race and to bring them together as a community.... More


Rodrigo García awarded second prize at Amsterdam music competition

Amsterdam, July 18 (RHC)—Young Cuban pianist Rodrigo García and violinist Tania Haase have been awarded the second prize at the 2019 International Grand Prize Virtuoso Music competition in Amsterdam.... More


Cuban ethnologist Fernando Ortíz

Havana, July 17 (RHC)-- The work of Cuban ethnologist Fernando Ortíz has been declared a Cultural Heritage Asset of the Cuban Nation at a ceremony held on Tuesday in Old Havana... More


Benicio del Toro and Jorge Perugorría at Gibara Festival. (Photo: ACN)

Gibara, July 15 (RHC)—The International Film Festival of Gibara wound up with the presentation of the ‘Lucía’ Awards and concerts by Polito Ibáñez, Habana Abierta and Cimafunk... More


Synthesis jazz band and 'Maracas' (Photo: PL)

Havana, July 13 (RHC)—The US jazz band Synthesis will hold a concert in the Cuban capital Saturday with special guest star, Cuban flutist Orlando Valle... More


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