Int'l Salsa Music Festival returns to Cuba after three-year hiatus
Xinhua, February 24, 2023
The sixth Cuba's International Salsa Music Festival kicked off in the capital city of Havana on Wednesday after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to organizers, the festival has invited 27 Cuban music bands such as Los Van Van, Bamboleo and Havana D'Primera as well as foreign musicians.
Cuban musician Maykel Blanco, president of the salsa festival, said that the event will unite dancers from across the world.
"Cuba opens its music doors to those who want to dance with us. We share our joy and hearts with first-time and returning visitors," he said.
More:
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-02/24/content_85125459.htm
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CUBA’S INTERNATIONAL SALSA FESTIVAL IN HAVANA – FEBRUARY 2023
The Cuban Salsa festival in Havana, Cuba is one of those events where you won’t stop dancing for a second. The event brings together the most relevant famous music orchestras from all over the Island. It is an explosion of music and energy never experienced before.
The highlight of this Festival is the salsa music genre, better known in Cuba as “son” or “timba” -one of the most modern and popular variants of Cuban son. Hence, the possibility of enjoying the rhythmic-melodic combinations of contemporary Cuban popular music.
Since the first versions of the Havana Salsa Festival, the presence of Afro-Cuban rhythms, rumba, Salsa, and casino dance in different modalities has been shocking, such as concerts, showcases, conferences, visits to places with relevant musical history, etc.
The Cuban pianist and composer Maykel Blanco plays the primary host of the event, together with his Salsa Mayor orchestra and Cuban cultural institutions such as the Centro Provincial de Espectáculos y de Carnaval de La Habana (Provincial Center of Shows and Carnival of Havana), and other music businesses like Artex, Paradiso, Musicalia, Clave Cubana, Instituto Cubano of the music.
More:
https://havanamusictours.com/salsa-fest-havana-cuba/
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