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Casa de la Música (Miramar)
20 y 35. Playa. Tel: 204 0447
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Adalberto Alvarez y su Son
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Hecho en Cuba
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Sur Caribe
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Pachito Alonso y sus Kini Kini
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Sat 31 Mar |
Gardi
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Bamboleo
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Casa de la Música (Galiano)
Galiano y Neptuno. Centro Habana
Tel: 862 4165
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La Frontera
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Bamboleo
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Gardi
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Eminencia Clasica
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Charanga Latina
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Fri 30 Mar |
Salsa Mayor
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Alain Daniel
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Dantes y la Novena
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Paulo FG
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Ng La Banda
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Waldo Mendoza
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Combinación de la Habana
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Café Cantante Mi Habana (National Theatre)
Paseo y 39. Plaza
Tel: 878 4273
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Manolito Simont
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Fri 30 Mar |
Karamba
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Tumbao Habana
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Sat 31 Mar |
Waldo Mendoza
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Delirio habanero (National Theatre)
Paseo y 39. Plaza
Tel: 878 4273
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El Dversario
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Osdalgia
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Sat 31 Mar |
Diana Rosa y sus Invitados
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Juego de Manos
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Rumberos de Cuba
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El Diablo Tun Tun
20 y 35. Playa
Tel: 204 0447
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Disco Temba Rex X
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Hecho en Cuba
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Sat 31 Mar |
Peña de Rock - GENS
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Discotemba - Los Tackson
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Jazz Café (Galerias Paseo)
Paseo y Malecón
Tel: 553302
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La zorra y el cuervo (La Rampa)
Calle 23 e/ N y O, Vedado
Tel: 204 0447
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Recital by Cuban trumpet player Yasek Manzano
Saturday 3March, 7:00 pm, Edificio de Arte Cubano, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Trocadero entre Zulueta y Monserrate, La Habana Vieja.
Tel. 861 3858 / 862 0140 / 863 9484.
Recital by Cuban trumpet player Yasek Manzano, a graduate of the Julliard School of Music in New York, a virtuoso of the trumpet, disciple of Wynton Marsalis, and one of the most prominent Cuban jazz musicians.
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The Ignacio Cervantes International Piano Competition held in Havana
Thursday 8 March, 8:30 pm, Sala Roldán of the Teatro Amadeo Roldán, Calzada y D, El Vedado,
Tel. 832 4521-22
As part of the Ignacio Cervantes International Piano Competition held in Havana from 3-20 March, the national Symphony Orchestra will play two key works from the romantic repertoire: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra, with the performance of American pianist Alexander Braginsky as soloist; and Frederik Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra, performed by Cuban maestro Víctor Rodríguez.
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Recital by
Liuba María Hevia
Tuesday 20 March, 5:00 pm, Casa de la Poesía, Muralla entre Oficios e Inquisidor, La Habana Vieja,
Tel. 862 1801.
Recital by popular ‘trovadora’ Liuba María Hevia, with a selection of essential songs from her repertoire, which is characterised by an intense poetic feeling, and lyrics by poet Ada Elba Pérez.
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Recital by saxophonist César López and Habana Ensemble band
Friday 23 March, 8:30 pm, Sala Roldán of the Teatro Amadeo Roldán, Calzada y D, El Vedado,
Tel. 832 4521-22.
Recital by saxophonist César López and Habana Ensemble band, where the outstanding musician will play works of his own authorship, his much-loved versions of international pop music and well-known jazz pieces of all time.
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International Choir Festival
Friday, 30, 8:00 pm,
March
Opening concert of the America Cantat International Choir Festival (from 30 March-7 April, aimed at promoting choral music of this hemisphere in all genres and styles) with the Salmo de las Américas [Psalm of the Smericas], by outstanding Cuban composer and pianist José María Vitier, who will be conducting the National Symphony Orchestra. , Sala Roldán of the Teatro Amadeo Roldán, Calzada y D, El Vedado, Tel. 832 4521-22.
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Opera Cavalleria rusticana
From 16-25, Fri-Sat March, 8:00 pm, Sun 5:00 pm.
Sala García Lorca of the Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana,
Tel. 861 3077-79
Season of the Teatro Lírico Nacional with the production of the opera Cavalleria rusticana, Italian composer Pietro Mascagni’s most important work.
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Pepe Sánchez International Trova Festival
Santiago de Cuba, From 15-22 March.
Pepe Sánchez International Trova Festival, organised by Eliades Ochoa and dedicated to Compay Segundo’s centenary. Recitals, serenades, concerts, disc and book launchings by outstanding Cuban and international musicians.
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Concerts by the Banda Nacional
Fridays 4:00 pm March, Tacón entre O′Reilly y Obispo (Wooden Street at the Plaza de Armas), Old Havana.
Weekly open-air concerts by the Banda Nacional, a hundred-year-old orchestra that has delighted several generations of habaneros and visitors alike with their own versions of both concert and popular Cuban and international music.
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Performances by the Ballet de Camagüey.
Fri 9/Sat 10, 8:30 pm, Sun 11, 5:00 pm, March. Sala García Lorca of the Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana.
Tel. 861 3077-79
Performances by the Ballet de Camagüey, second most important ballet company in Cuba, founded in 1967 by maestro Fernando Alonso and currently directed by ballerina and regisseur Regina Balaguer, with a varied program that combines both classical and modern ballets, a distinctive feature of this company.
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Concert program of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba
Fri 30/Sat 31, 8:30 pm, March
Concert program of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, directed by prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso. Sala García Lorca of the Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana, Tel. 861 3077-79.
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The Rumba Patio
Saturdays, 3:00 pm, March
El Patio de la Rumba [The Rumba Patio], a weekly meeting with dancers and musicians from the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional and guests, dedicated to rumba, one of the most popular Cuban musical and dance genres, one which stems from Afro folk origins. El Palenque, Calle 6 entre Calzada y 5ta, El Vedado.
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Emergency Exit
Fri/Sat 8:30 pm; Sun 5:00 pm, March
Vi-Tal Teatro, directed by Alejandro Palomino, opens Salida de emergencia [Emergency Exit]
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based on the Cuban film La pared [The Wall], which premiered during the past International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. All month, Sala Adolfo Llauradó, Calle 11 entre D y E, El Vedado.
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Opening of El otro Javier
From 21-24, 7:00 pm, March.
Opening of El otro Javier, monologue written by Gerardo Fulleda León and performed by José Ignacio León; a shrewd reflection on love, exile, nation, and life. Edificio de Arte Cubano, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Trocadero entre Zulueta y Monserrate, La Habana Vieja, T 861 3858 / 862 0140 / 863 9484.
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La olla
Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 5:00 pm, March
Teatro Buendía, directed by Flora Lauten, presents a comedy of intrigue: La olla [The Pot], Jorge Alba’s version of Plautus’s text, and choreographed by Tangin Fong, is a four-actor play about the unforeseeable consequences of avarice. Teatro Buendía, Loma y 39, Nuevo Vedado.
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Hurricane-force Winds
Fri/Sat 8:30 pm, Sun 5:00 pm, March
Rerun of Vientos huracanados [Hurricane-force Winds], a dramatic comedy written by Julio Cid, performed by the Hubert de Blanck theatre company, under the general direction of Orietta Medina and the art direction of María Elena Soteras. During hurricane Charlie, a Cuban family is trapped between the ravages of the destructive storm and their own anguishes. Personal conflicts and errors in Cuban cultural policy of the 1960s and 70s come to light in this production which rescues the resource of local customs. Sala Hubert de Blanck, Calle Calzada 657 entre A y B, El Vedado, Tel. 830 1011.
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A Maskless Ball
Tues/Wed/Thu 8:30 pm, March
Carlos Celdrán’s Argos Teatro reruns Baile sin máscaras [A Maskless Ball], a comedy written by Yunior García and directed by Eduardo Eimil, which delves into the motivations and contradictions of the younger generation. Sala Argos Teatro, Ayestarán y 20 de Mayo, El Cerro.
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Emelina Cundeamor
Sat 3/10, 8:30 pm; Sun 4/11, 5:00 pm, March
The successful production of Eugenio Hernández Espinosa’s Emelina Cundeamor, which warns of the danger of sacrificing one’s identity in exchange for a supposed social ascent, is rerun by Teatro Caribeño de Cuba. Cine Teatro City Hall, Ayestarán esquina a San Pedro, El Cerro, Tel. 870-5331.
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The Festival de Narración Oral Primavera de Cuentos 2007 at the Sala Ernesto Lecuona del Gran Teatro de La Habana.
Sat 3/10, 8:30 pm; Sun 4/11, 5:00 pm, March
From 19-25 March, the Festival de Narración Oral Primavera de Cuentos 2007 at the Sala Ernesto Lecuona del Gran Teatro de La Habana. This storytelling event is organized by Proyecto NarrArte and sponsored by the Centro de Teatro de La Habana, the Gran Teatro de La Habana and its Foro de Narración Oral. Group shows by Cuban narrators, personal shows by narrators from abroad and several gala events. 22/23/24, 8:00 pm; Sun 25 7:00 pm, Sala Ernesto Lecuona del Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana, Tel. 861 3077-79.
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Año Matta
Casa de las Américas, Calle 3ra, esquina a G, El Vedado,
Tel. 55 2706-09.
“Año Matta" comes to an end this month. Organized by the Casa de las Américas and dedicated to famous Chilean artist Roberto Matta, the public is still in time to appreciate the works that the artist has donated during his visits to Cuba and which is one of the most valuable treasures of the institution’s Latin American art collection.
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“Cosmos"
Galería Habana, Línea 460, entre E y F, El Vedado.
“Cosmos", a theme exhibition by artists Luis E. Camejo, Douglas Pérez, Reinerio Tamayo, Alain Pino, Sandra Ramos and Lázaro Saavedra, representatives of the most audacious trend in Cuban art today. All month.
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A Date with Einstein in the Threshold of the Unknown
Casa Alejandro de Humboldt, Oficios esquina a Sol, La Habana Vieja.
“Cita con Eisntein en el Umbral de lo Desconocido" [A Date with Einstein in the Threshold of the Unknown], exhibit of works by outstanding Cuban artists, including Juan Moreira, Ever Fonseca, Ernesto García Peña, Nelson Domínguez, Eduardo Roca (Choco), among others. Opens Fri 9.
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Exhibition of painter Arturo Montoto
Calle H, entre 17 y 19, El Vedado.
Tel. 832 2391.
Exhibition of painter Arturo Montoto, one of the most outstanding Cuban artists today. Opens Fri 23, Galería Villa Manuela, Calle H, entre 17 y 19, El Vedado. Tel. 832 2391.
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Eduardo Torres-Cuevas in 16th International Havana Book Fair
16th International Havana Book Fair: the most important event on books and literature in Cuba dedicated to poet and essayist César López and historian Eduardo Torres-Cuevas, while Argentina is the guest of honour. After ten successful days at the Complejo Morro-Cabaña in Havana, the Fair has now extended to over forty different cities throughout the Island.
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I event dedicated to a renowned Latin American writer in Casa de las Américas
Thursday 29 March, 3:00 pm, Sala Che Guevara, Casa de las Américas, Calle 3ra. y G, El Vedado,
Tel. 55 2706-09.
As an echo of Casa de las Américas’s Author’s Week, a yearly event dedicated to a renowned Latin American writer, two interviews of Pedro Lemebel by Chilean Television will be shown. His novel Tengo miedo torero [I’m frightened bullfighter], edited by Fondo Editorial Casa on the occasion, will be sold.
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Colonial Cuba. Music, Composers and Musicians
by Zoila Lapique Becali
On sale shortly in book stores located in Havana’s historical centre: Cuba
colonial. Música, compositores e intérpretes [Colonial Cuba. Music, Composers and Musicians], an essay by Zoila Lapique Becali that takes the reader to the root of the art of music in Cuba; and Fiñes [Kids], by City Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler, a loving recollection of the Havana of his childhood and adolescence. Both are beautiful, excellently-made books published by Ediciones Boloña.
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French Cinema Festival with the latest production of French fiction and documentary filmmaking
French Cinema Festival with the latest production of French fiction and documentary filmmaking.
From 10 Mar-1 April,
Charles Chaplin Theatre
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Calle 23, entre 10 y 12, El Vedado, Tel. 831 1011
Yara Theatre,
Calle L, esquina a 23, El Vedado, Tel. 831 1723 / 832 9430
AndInfanta Theatre,
Calle Infanta, entre Neptuno y San Miguel, Centro Habana, Tel. 878 9323.
Also, at the Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano,
Calle 212 No. 21254, esquina a 31, La Coronela, municipio La Lisa, Tel. 271 8311 / 271 8141.
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Premiere of Madrigal, a film by Fernando Pérez
Thur 8 March, 8:30 pm, March, Sala Charles Chaplin, Calle 23 entre 10 y 12, El Vedado,
Tel. 831 1011.
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Premiere of Madrigal, a film by Fernando Pérez, the most significant Cuban filmmaker today, author of such memorable films as Clandestinos, Madagascar and Suite Habana. Once more the director uses unknowns, in this case, to tell a love story where reality and fiction are mixed putting together a plot, which from the presents projects into the future. Thur 8, 8:30 pm, Sala Charles Chaplin, Calle 23 entre 10 y 12, El Vedado, Tel. 831 1011.
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