From Thursday 19th to Saturday, March 21st, Havana will once again become home of the seventh festival of alternative music Havana World Music 2020.
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In this section we want you to get to know in detail everything related to the history of Cuban music, from its origins to the most recent artists.
Manuel Saumell – Father of Cuban contradanza
The contradanza was one of the genres that, over the centuries, has given an entirely Cuban music style. The origin of the contradanza on the island is not clear…
Alejo Carpentier – Music in Cuba
Alejo Carpentier published in Mexico in 1946 a book entitled “Music in Cuba”. Paradoxical was the fact we know from the author be part of a movement called magical realism…
AfroCuban Percussion
The fame of the Cuban percussionists has reached an international level, the skill with which they manage their instrument and the ability to express their emotions in the rhythms imbricated in our nation. The timpani, the conga and bongo are indelible markers of...
Havana Music School – Modern and centenary
Each morning, San Cristobal of Havana wakes up between the aroma of coffee and cocks crowing to continue their centuries-old history. Soon he will be 500 years founded,
Percussion Workshops in Cuba
Percussion workshops in Cuba have always been something interesting for any music students in any country.
The bolero – Cuban one hundred percent
The bolero (similar only in name to the Spanish one) arose in the late nineteenth century in Santiago de Cuba.
The maracas in Cuban music
The maracas is an instrument formed by a sphere, usually dried squash, filled with seeds that give it the particular sound it presents.
Cuban lute – For any reason?
It is said that Barbarito Torres, from the Buena Vista Social Club, played a lute, but not just any lute, a Cuban lute.
The origin of AfroCuban percussion
Percussion in Cuba, as we know it today, has its origins in the first African slaves residing on the island.
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