Cubadisco International Music Fair 2025
Cubadisco. Most important international fair for the Cuban music recording industry. Each year is dedicated to a country and a musical genre, in addition, it pays tribute to personalities and artists with outstanding creative work in the field of Cuban music. \r\n\r\n The Cuban Institute of Music and the...
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Centenary of the Matamoros Trio
A century after the founding of the exceptional Trío Matamoros, the Son Festival will honor its career and imprint on Cuban and world music from May 8th to 11th in Santiago de Cuba. In a press conference held today, Rodulfo Vaillant, president of the Organizing Committee, highlighted the event's inauguration...
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Cuban Son Day
Press Release: Cuban Son Day 2025 The Cuban Institute of Music invites all the people of the island and lovers of our culture around the world to celebrate Cuban Son Day, which takes place every May 8th—an initiative initiated by the unforgettable maestro Adalberto Álvarez in 2019—in honor of...
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Centenary of Lázaro Ros
To commemorate the centennial of Lázaro Ros's birth, the Cuban National Folkloric Ensemble (CFNC) has launched the "Lázaro Lives in Song" campaign, which will run for a full year starting in May, the month in which the renowned singer-songwriter, considered "Cuba's greatest akpwon of Lucumí and Arará music," was born....
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Bis Music premieres Manolito Simonet's "Symphony of Son" for Son Day
Every May 8th, since 2019, we commemorate maestro Adalberto Álvarez's initiative to honor two legends born on this date: Miguel Matamoros and Miguelito Cuní. Names like Sindo Garay, Benny Moré, Compay Segundo, Arsenio Rodríguez, Pacho Alonso, Eliades Ochoa, and Adalberto Álvarez himself have elevated this genre to the highest...
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Cubadisco Conference at UNEAC
The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), in conjunction with the Cuban Institute of Music, will hold a pre-event event from May 12 to 16, leading up to the Cubadisco 2025 International Fair. This will be an opportunity to celebrate with musicians, authors, and groups the impact of...
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