Cuban Music – Havana Music School

Cuba is a country recognized by its great musicians and sonorities; also for its training schools. However, from time to time, self-taught figures...

When we talk about the musical revolution in Cuba after 59, we should always mention the Nueva Trova movement. Within this musical phenomenon...

The jazz singer Dayme Arocena is a revelation for those who have a different concept of Cuban music. Her charisma and vocal talent, coupled with...

When in the sixteenth century Spain began the slave trade into the new world, never thought that it was carrying out what is now known as cultural...

Percussion in Cuba, as we know it today, has its origins in the first African slaves residing on the island. With their arrival came also their...

It is true that we Cubans carry in the rhythm in their blood and this historical fact has been demonstrated by the great amount of artists and...

Silvio Rodriguez Domínguez is the artist who was chosen in Cuba along with Ernesto Lecuona as the best Cuban composer of the 20th century and...

Music learning requires time and dedication. A professional musician must employ no less than three years of constant practice to master an...

When in 2008 the Cabaret Turquino, belonging to the Hotel Habana Libre, exhibited the first performance of the orchestra Havana DPrimera, had just...

The cajón has its origin in the Peru of the nineteenth century, although it could date from a time before. Its use in the Caribbean music of...

The Nueva Trova is a musical-aesthetic phenomenon born in the second half of the 60s in Cuba. Enriched with songs of the Traditional Trova, the...

In the late nineteenth century began to emerge in Cuba musical groups that had the format of “typical orchestra” dedicated mainly to...