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Concert by the National Symphony Orchestra
Sala Roldán del teatro Amadeo Roldán, Calzada y D, El Vedado,
T. : 832 4521 al 22
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Sunday 3, a las 5:00 p. m.
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Concert by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Werner Pfaff (Germany), will perform one of the most outstanding works of the romantic repertoire, Johannes Brahms's requiem for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra, Ein Deutsches, with soloits Bárbara Llanes and Rafael Hernández, accompanied by choirs Exaudi, Schola Cantorum Coralina, Vocal Leo, Ensemble Vocal Luna, Coro del ICRT, Ensemble Vocal Nexos, among others.
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Concert Rosa Throughout Time
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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Thursday 7, a las 7:00 p. m.
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The culmination of a national tour by legendary Cuban singer and actress Rosita Fornés, who once more will display the elegance, charisma and versatility that have asserted her during six decades as a favourite of the most dissimilar audiences.
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Recital by Javier Zalba and María del Henar Navarro
Basílica Menor del Convento de San Francisco de Asís,
Oficios y Churruca, La Habana Vieja,
T. : 862 9683.
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Saturday 9, a las 6:00 p. m
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Recital by saxophonist Javier Zalba and pianist María del Henar Navarro, who will play works of Cuban composers Andrés Alen, José María Vitier and Jorge López Marín, an intelligent combination of the resources of classical and popular music. .
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Concert by pianist Roberto Julio Carcassés
Sala Roldán del teatro Amadeo Roldán, Calzada y
D, El Vedado,
T. : 832 4521 al 22.
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Concert by pianist Roberto Julio Carcassés, one of the most outstanding young Cuban jazzmen today and leader of Interactivo, a project that is open to contemporary popular music of different latitudes, but with an essentially Cuban sound.
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National Concert Band
Sala Roldán del teatro Amadeo Roldán, Calzada y D, El Vedado, T. : 832 4521 al 22.
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Saturday 16, a las 6:00 p. m
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Performance by the National Concert Band, conducted by Moisés Hernández Duménigo in honor of the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Cuban Orchestra of Modern Music, an emblematic band, which had among its members then, many of today's Cuban jazz stars, including Chucho Valdés and Javier Zalba, who will make guest appearances performing together with other stars.
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Boleros de Oro Internacional Festival
Teatro América (Galiano entre Concordia y Neptuno, Centro Habana,
T. : 862 5416)
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From the 19th to the 24th, 8:30 pm;
Sundays, 5:00 pm
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A real treat for lovers and fans of the most romantic of Cuban genres: the 'Boleros de Oro' Internacional Festival, a week-long event with performances by famous bolero singers from Cuba and abroad. From the 22nd to the 24th, the Sala Avellaneda of the Teatro Nacional joins in the fun (Paseo y 39, El Vedado, Tel. 870 4655 / 879 6011, same time.
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Cuban Spanish Dance Company
Sala García Lorca, Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana,
T. : 861 3077 al 79.
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Friday 1 and Saturday 3, 8:30 pm;
Sunday, 5:00 pm
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A short season of this Cuban Spanish dance company with productions choreographed by principal dancer and director Eduardo Veitía: Sonata y fandango, second prize at the 1992 International Choreography Competition held in Madrid; and Frida, which is inserted in the multiple activities to commemorate in Cuba the centenary of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.
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Cuban National Ballet
Sala García Lorca, del Gran Teatro de La Habana
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Friday 8 and Saturday 9, 8:30 p. m. ;
Sunday 10, 5:00 p. m.
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Performances by the Cuban National Ballet led by Alicia Alonso with the world premiere of Eduardo Blanco's La eternidad de los cuentos comprised of fragments of works previously performed at the Vocational Workshop of the Dance Department of the Cuban National Ballet: Sueño de abuelos, Aladino, El camarón encantado, Hansel y Gretel y El soldadito de plomo.
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Algunos ritos inútiles
Sala Covarrubias del Teatro Nacional, Paseo y 39, El Vedado,
T. :70 4655 y 70 4145.
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Friday 8 and Saturday 9, 8:30 pm;
Sunday 10, 5:00 pm
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Performances of Algunos ritos inútiles by this dance company, which based on innovative technical and theoretical approaches that include combinatorial analysis, contributions from José Lezama Lima's poetic method, or delving into Cuban folklore, has conformed an aesthetic that sets it apart.
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Operettas
Anfiteatro de La Habana Vieja, Avenida del Puerto entre Cuba y Peña Pobre.
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Starts on the 10th, every
Sunday, 9:00 pm
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Performances in concert of Franz Lehar's greatest success, The Merry Widow, with young figures under the general direction of Alfonso Menéndez.
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Giselle
Sala García Lorca, Gran Teatro de La Habana, Prado entre San José y San Rafael, Centro Habana,
T. : 861 3077 al 79.
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From 22-24 and 28-29,
Friday, Saturday, 8:30 pm;
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A season of Giselle, one of the great classics of the Romantic period in ballet in Alicia Alonso's much acclaimed version, performed by the Cuban National Ballet and its principal dancers who display an impressive technical and stylistic perfection in their performance of Coralli's y Perrot's immortal ballet.
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El Patio de la Rumba
El Palenque, calle 6 entre Calzada y 5ta. , El Vedado.
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Every Saturday, 3:00 pm |
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"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.
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El Ciervo Encantado
Centro Hispano-Americano de Cultura, Malecón 17, entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana,
T. : 860 6282.
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Every Friday at 7:30 pm,
until the 22nd
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The Enchanted Deer, directed by also actress and professor Nelda Castillo, presents Pájaros de la playa, adapted from the novel by Cuban writer Severo Sarduy; with the company's usual symbiosis between the arts, it constitutes an intensive inquiry into the uncertainties and griefs of people in a mental hospital, which could be an allegory of an island or the Universe.
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Conversación en la casa Stein
Sala Adolfo Llauradó, calle 11 entre D y E, El Vedado,
T. : 832-5373.
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Thursday through Saturday, 8:30 pm;
Sunday, 5:00 pm
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The Teatro Tres theatre company premieres their latest production, Conversación en la casa Stein sobre el ausente señor Von Goethe, by German playwright Peter Hacks, a collaborator of Bertolt Brecht, directed by Argentinean Miguel Pittier. The eventful relations of Goethe with a married woman, Carlota Stein, are the core of this play performed by popular Cuban film and TV actress Susana Pérez.
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Cabaiguán-Habana-Madrid
Sala Hubert de Blanck, Calzada 65, entre A y B, El Vedado,
T. : 830 1011.
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From 1-17 June; Friday and Saturday, 8:30 pm; Sunday, 5:30 pm
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Rerun of Cabaiguán-Habana-Madrid (Tirso de Molina 2000 Literary Award), written by Julio Cid and directed by María Elena Soteras. Local customs and farce are resources used to reveal sorrows, subterfuges and hopes of Cuban people today in this hit play.
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El otro Javier
Teatro Nacional de Guiñol, calle M entre 19 y 21, El Vedado,
T. : 832 6267 / 832 8292.
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June 12-14, 8:30 pm
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Rerun of El otro Javier with which Cuban playwright Gerardo Fulleda León received an award at the 3rd Cuban Monologue Festival. Performed by actor José Ignacio León and directed by Sarah María Cruz, it is a play?in the words of critic Frank Padrón?in which 'monologue, staging, acting all lead to a collected yet incisive in-depth reflection on the ups and downs of human relationships, love, exile, nation and life: many topics which are summarized in barely 45 quality, and, I assure you, enjoyable minutes. "
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Exposición Mitos
Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Muralla 63, entre Oficios e Inquisidor, La Habana Vieja,
T. : 861 5162.
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Mitos: a group of lithographies and collographs by the late Spanish engraver José Luis (El Gallego) Posada are laid before the public for the first time. Posada, who had made Cuba his home, made these engravings at the Havana Experimental Engraving Workshop, and, without abandoning his expressionist filiations and his surreal leanings, seems to have undertaken new formal and conceptual adventures.
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Se fueron los 80
Galería Servando, calle 23 esquina a 10, El Vedado,
T. : 833 9599.
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As a personal and ironic farewell to a time of splendour in Cuban arts, perhaps overstressed because of nostalgia, Cuban artist Moisés de los Santos Finalé, who now lives in France, one of the representative figures of the 1980s, exhibits Se fueron los 80, when he himself feels he has embarked upon a time of search and renovation.
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IX Salón de Arte Digital
Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Muralla 63, entre Oficios e Inquisidor, La Habana Vieja,
T. : 861 5162.
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Desde el lunes 18 de junio.
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Organized by the Centro Pablo?to which digital art in Cuba owes so much?the 9th Digital Art Festival will open with exhibitions at several venues, including the exhibition hall of the 23 y 12 movie theatre, the Cultural Centre of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), the Rubén Martínez Villena Library, and the Centro Hispano-Americano de Cultura, among other institutions.
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Retrospectiva del Pop-Art
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Edificio de Arte Cubano, Trocadero entre Zulueta y Monserrate, La Habana Vieja,
T. : 861 3858 / 862 0140 / 863 9484.
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Pop Art retrospective by Cuban painter, designer and photographer Raúl Martínez (National Visual Arts Laureate in 1994), member of the group of abstract painters of the 1950s known as The Eleven, and a pioneer of Cuban pop art during the 60s, whose work features very individual iconography and colour.
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Ciclo De la ópera al Cine
Sala Charles Chaplin, calle 23 entre 10 y 12, El Vedado,
T. :831 1011.
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The Cinematheque announces throughout the month interesting series: From Opera to Cinema (The Clowns, Cavalleria Rusticana and Othello by Franco Zeffirelli; The Marriage of Figaro by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; Don Giovanni by Joseph Losey, and Tosca by Gianfranco de Bosio, among others). Tribute to director Francesco Rosi (Forget Palermo, The Merchants, Salvatore Giuliano, Hands Over the City and The Moment of Truth). German Cinema Week.
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Ciclo dedicado a Ernesto Che Guevara
Multisala Infanta, calle Infanta, entre Neptuno y San Miguel, Centro Habana.
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A highlight in its wide-ranging program: a series of films dedicated to Ernesto Che Guevara |
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(San Ernesto nace en La Higuera, Che Guevara, donde nunca jamás se lo imaginan, Hasta la victoria siempre, Una foto recorre el mundo, Che, Diarios de motocicleta, Un relato sobre el jefe de la columna 4, Historia en áfrica, Una más entre ellos y Che comandante, amigo. ) |
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Workshop on African Religions in Cuba
Casa de áfrica, Obrapía 157 entre Mercaderes y San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja
Tel. 861 5162
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Tuesday 5, 9:00 pm
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A workshop on African Religions in Cuba will be held in coordination with the Institute of Anthropology to discuss the significant ethical and symbolical legacy of African religions transplanted in the Western hemisphere and their role in the making of the Cuban character.
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Seminar
Sala Che Guevara, Casa de las Américas, 3ra. y G, El Vedado
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Thursday 7 and Friday 8, starts at 10:00 am
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Seminar dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Barbadian poet, playwright and essayist George Lamming, one of the primary voices of contemporary Caribbean thought, with the attendance of scholars from several countries.
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Páginas Salvadas meeting
Sala Manuel Galich, Casa de las Américas, 3ra. y G, El Vedado
Tel. 838 2706-09
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Tuesday 23, 4:00 pm
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During the Páginas Salvadas (Saved Pages) meeting, poet, narrator, ethnographer and essayist Miguel Barnet, author of the famous testimonial novel Memorias de un cimarrón, will read and comment on some of his less known texts, as well as writings by another Latin American author, to put forth his personal reflection on literature. .
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Confluencias
Centro Hispano-Americano de Cultura, Malecón 17 entre Prado y Genio, Centro Habana
Tel. 860 6282
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These regular readings by two poets from two different generations, who read their poems and establish a dialogue with the audience, will on this occasion bring together Reina María Rodríguez, the Cuban female writer who has received the most awards in the last few years, and young Aymara Aymerich, who has been scheduled for last month.
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La Oscura Sed
Sala Roldán del teatro Amadeo Roldán, Calzada y D, El Vedado, T. : 832 4521 al 22.
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Friday 29, 5:00 pm
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Poet and essayist Juan Nicolás Padrón will discuss the works of Raúl Hernández Novás, one of the most significant poets of late 20th-century Cuban literature, from an interesting perspective that explores the symbolic value of the presence of water in his poems.
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