There is no doubt: nothing like the capital city to measure the pulse of Cuban music. But how can you study music in Havana? Whatever is said, in Havana all that is of value and shines inside the world of the musical notes meets. That´s the way it was and that’s way it is now.
“We are not merchants, we decide to make art and I have always been a troubadour […].
The Camerata Romeu is a Cuban musical group integrated only by women. The exclusivity of its repertoire, the scenic beauty, the excellent work as a whole, the refined academic training and interpretive sensitivity, make it proposals exceptional.
NG La Banda had its debut in 1988, specifically at Café Bertolt Brecht Theater in Havana. One of his best known songs in its beginnings was No se puede tapar el sol that gave name to the first disc of the group.
What is more important in the study of Cuban music: theory or practice?
Although both are important, many of the greatest instrumentalists on the island were self-taught.
For most of us, being the descendant of such an important political figure as his father was means that Juan Guillermo has his path to music smoothed. Nothing could be further from the truth.
A native of Matanzas, Vania Borges comes from a family of musicians. Her father was an oboist, her mother a singer and one of her cousins was a member of the vocal quartet Gema 4.
A French friend once told me that every time he came to Cuba he was surprised to find a completely unknown artist.
Francisco Pérez Tamayo or Frank Fernández, as he is artistically known, is considered by the specialised critics as one of the five best pianists in the world and is distinguished as a Steinway Artist.
Its first official presentation took place in the National Theatre, in the Sala Covarrubias, in 1996. After that, three personal albums and 10 as a producer, tours around Spain and the world would follow.