Casa de la trova Pepe Sánchez de Santiago de Cuba
Calle Heredia núm. 208, Santiago de Cuba
Continuing a tradition that goes back to the second half of the 19th century when the trova movement appeared in Santiago de Cuba and its exponents would get together in private homes to sing for friends and neighbours, the Casa de la Trova?named after José Vivanco Sánchez, better known as Pepe Sánchez, considered creator of the bolero and father of traditional Cuban trova?was opened during the 1960s in the city's Historical Centre, just a few steps away from Parque Céspedes. The Casa de la Trova has kept alive this Cuban popular genre whose troubadours (hence, 'trova') have sung ballads to love, Nature, motherland and women, attracting both people in the know or just plain spectators?as is the case of Paul McCartney?by its intuitive gracefulness, it improvisational ability and the work of young and old trovadores accompanied by their ever faithful guitars.
Calle Heredia núm. 208, Santiago de Cuba
Continuing a tradition that goes back to the second half of the 19th century when the trova movement appeared in Santiago de Cuba and its exponents would get together in private homes to sing for friends and neighbours, the Casa de la Trova?named after José Vivanco Sánchez, better known as Pepe Sánchez, considered creator of the bolero and father of traditional Cuban trova?was opened during the 1960s in the city's Historical Centre, just a few steps away from Parque Céspedes. The Casa de la Trova has kept alive this Cuban popular genre whose troubadours (hence, 'trova') have sung ballads to love, Nature, motherland and women, attracting both people in the know or just plain spectators?as is the case of Paul McCartney?by its intuitive gracefulness, it improvisational ability and the work of young and old trovadores accompanied by their ever faithful guitars.
