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FRIDAY MAY 16
Beginning of “The Longest Rumba of the World” in different locations of the capital, preceded by this event in other municipalities of Havana and a tribute on the 16th, carried out in Güines, to Tata Güines, one of the most prestigious Cuban percussionists, to whom the Fair pays posthumous homage next to Chano Pozo who will also be remembered among the greatest musicians of all times. This Longest Rumba that began on May 3 in Holguín and will end in Havana City on May 17 is dedicated to all great Cuban rumberos and will have the attendance of hundreds of artists who will present a wide range of Cuban music with African antecedent and especially from the generic complex: the Rumba.
Places in Havana: Los Pocitos in Marianao, Salón Rosado de la Tropical, Jesús María Park in Old Havana, Las Ruinas Alley in Cerro and Trillo Park in Centro Habana.
Organized by the Young Communist League (UJC), Provincial Culture Department and the Ignacio Piñeiro Provincial Music Center.
Jardín de la Música
(15 esq. F No. 452, Vedado)
7:00 pm - “Music and Poetry” (Music and Poetry) Host: “Mezcla Band”
Guests: Troubadours nominated to Cubadisco 2008
Los Pocitos
(57 St. and 134, Marianao)
8:30 to 12:00 pm Folkloric groups, Los Papines, Afro América, Baobab
Salón Rosado de la Tropical
(41st and 46, Playa)
12.00pm to 10:00am AFolkloric groups, Aguiry yo, JJ Company, Olorum, Irosso Obba, Grupo de Pozo, Proyecto Azul , Okantomi, 7 Potencias, Rumba Morena, Rumbata , Oyu Obba , Addache Company , Irawo Grupo, Rumbatá, Omo Olorum, Los Nani.
SATURDAY MAY 17
Longest Rumba of the World
Jesús María Park in Old Havana
10:00 am to 2:00 pm Folkloric groups, Yoruba Andabo, Folkloric Choir, Echu alabbon and amateur group from C. Habana.
Las Ruinas Alley
(Tulipán and Santo Tomás, Cerro)
2:00 to 6:00 pm Folkloric groups, Raíces Profundas, Shangane, Los Ibellis, Grupo Aficionado. Habana Rumba.
Trillo Park in Centro Habana
6:00 to 10:00 pm Folkloric groups, Clave y Guaguancó, Rumberos de Cuba, Ensila Mundo and some others prestigious Rumba groups.
Conjunto Folklórico Nacional Headquarters
(4 st. bet. 5th and Calzada)
Rumba Evening
3:00 pm - Conjunto Folklórico Nacional and Dance – Drame from Nigeria
La Pérgola (Gardens of the Ministry of Culture)
(11 and 4, Vedado)
6:00 pm - Yolo Martínez and his group.
Karl Marx Theater
(1st and 10, Miramar)
8:30 pm - Cubadisco 2008 Awards Gala
Evening to grant CUBADISCO Awards to the most outstanding record productions of the 2007 and the 2008 Special Awards and Awards of Honor.
Guests: Solistas de la Habana Orchestra, Warapo Band, Isis Flores, David Blanco and his group, Ogguere, Leoni and his group, Charanga Habanera, Síntesis, Elito Revé y su Charangón, Conjunto Folklórico Nacional, Cuban Television Ballet.
Jardines de la Tropical
(Calle 51, Puentes Grandes, Plaza de la Revolución)
10:00 pm Concert of William Vivanco y su grupo.
SUNDAY MAY 18
Colon Cemetery
(Zapata and 12, Vedado)
11:00 am - Pilgrimage to Chano Pozo Tomb.
Main Venue
(Calzada and 12, Vedado)
venue in which special program for children and young people will take place from May 18 to 25, CDs and books launching, audiovisual shows, poetry reading, plastic art exhibitions, workshops, concerts by awarded and nominated artists, among other popular activities.
10:00 am - Performance of Cienfueguera composer Rosa Campos and children, Bis Music.
4:00 pm - Young Concert (pop, hip-hop, rock, fusion, dance, jazz)
Organized by the Antonio María Romeu Provincial Music Center and Cuban Record Labels.
SUNDAY MAY 18
Amadeo Roldán Auditorium Theater, Roldán Hall:
(Calzada and D, Vedado)
5:00 pm - Opening Gala
I Part: National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba conducted by Maestro Roberto Varela. Guest: Aragón Orchestra.
II Part: National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba. Conducted by Maestro Enrique Pérez Mesa. Soloist: Maestro Frank Fernández (pianist)
Astral Teather
(Infanta bet. San José and San Rafael)
8:30 pm - “El Flow de mis raíces” (The Flow of my Roots). Concert by rap, hip-hop groups. Obsesión, Anónimo Consejo, Un solo Kam, Habanoy, Tradición Yoruba, Miky Bad Boy (Ecuatorial Guinea), Josiah Kinlock (Bahamas), Dance Group JJ
Organized by the Benny Moré Provincial Music Center and Agency of Rap
Jardines del 1830
(Malecón and Calzada)
7:00pm Moncada and everybody´s casino
MONDAY MAY 19
Cubadisco 2008 International Symposium
From May 19 to 24, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 pm
Organized by the Center for Developing and Research of Cuban Music (CIDMUC) and presided over by its Director, Lic. Laura Vilar. General coordinating: Lic. Alicia Valdés
Jardín de la Música
(15 and F No. 452, Vedado)
7:00 pm - ”Africa and its Diaspora”
Guests: Baobab Vocal Group, Daysi Brau and his group, Belenú Group with African roots from Martinique and oral narrators Lucas Nápoles and Mirta Juana Portillo Barnet.
House of Africa
(Obrapía bet. Mercaderes and San Ignacio, Old Havana)
9:00 am to 4:00 pm Exhibition of African Musical Instruments.
Open to public the whole month
Lectures, poetry reading and meeting with outstanding and prestigious invited poets.
Organized by the Adolfo Guzmán Provincial Music Center
El Castillito, Main Venue
(1st bet./10 and 12, Vedado)
Venue in which special program for children and young people will take place from May 18 to 25 CDs and books launching, audiovisual shows, poetry reading, plastic art exhibitions, workshops, concerts by awarded and nominated artists, among other popular activities.
2:00 pm Dance and Afro-Cuban workshops given by outstanding folklore creators. Muñequitos de Matanzas, Drame –Dance de Nigeria
7:00 pm Great concert of Maykel Blanco y Salsamayor
TUESDAY MAY 20
Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís
(Oficio bet. Amargura and Churruca, Old Havana)
6:00 pm - “Noche de los Spirituals” (Spirituals’ Evening), with the performance of outstanding choral groups from the National Center of Concert Music.
El Castillito, Main Venue
(1st bet./ 10 and 12, Vedado)
Venue in which special program for children and young people will take place from May 18 to 25 CDs and books launching, audiovisual shows, poetry reading, plastic art exhibitions, workshops, concerts by awarded and nominated artists, among other popular activities.
2:00 pm Dance and Afro-Cuban workshops given by outstanding folklore creators
Guests: Yoruba Andabo/ Cuba y Los Massukos/Mozambique
Concert Hall of the National Museum of Fine Arts
(Trocadero and Paseo de Martí, Old Havana)
4:00pm Tribute to Ms. Amalia Aguilar, outstanding Cuban rumbera in the Latin-American film of the ´50s
José Antonio Echevarría Youth Club
(Calzada and 12, Vedado)
Venue in which special program for children and young people will take place from May 18 to 25, CDs and books launching, audiovisual shows, poetry reading, plastic art exhibitions, workshops, concerts by awarded and nominated artists, among other popular activities.
2:00 pm - Afro-Cuban dance and percussion given by prestigious creators from that folkloric expression.
4:00 pm - Tribute to Rumberos, Tribute to Chano Pozo and Tata Güines.
WEDNESDAY MAY 21
House of Poetry
(Obrapía and Mercaderes, Old Havana)
4:00 pm - “Alzar la voz Project” (Women in hip-hop culture: rappers, poets, graffitists and dancers)
Special presentation and sales of books edited by Proyecto Azul (Blue Project). African poetry reading. Guests: Outstanding poets and orators from this continent.
Concert Hall of the National Fine Arts Museum
(Trocadero and Paseo de Martí, Old Havana)
6:00 pm - Presentation of the Catalogue from Producciones Colibrí Recording Label and Editing House: Aldo del Río, Duet Bacoa, Alejandro Vargas (pianist), Rochi Ameneiro (singer-songwriter), Eduardo Sosa (singer-songwriter), Tete García Caturla and Aragón Orchestra.
Mella Theater
(Línea and B, Vedado)
8:30 pm - Brazilian Evening. Performance of important dancing groups from the Brazilian folklore (capoeira, samba, jongo and camdomblé)
Organized by the National Center of Popular Music.
El Castillito, Main Venue
(1st bet./ 10 and 12, Vedado)
Venue in which special program for children and young people will take place from May 18 to 25 CDs and books launching, audiovisual shows, poetry reading, plastic art exhibitions, workshops, concerts by awarded and nominated artists, among other popular activities.
2:00 pm Dance and Afro-Cuban workshops given by outstanding folklore creators
Guests: Junkanoo Company/ Bahamas and Los Papines/Cuba. Documentary Nunca es tarde si la rumba es buena
7:00 pm Hip Hop concert, Obsesión, Anónimo Consejo, Triángulo Oscuro.
UNEAC
(17 and H)
5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Peña del Ambia will be on Wednesday May 21/2008 at 5:00. Proyecto Azul, Rumbatá and Los Ibellis de Merceditas Valdés. Poet Eloy Machado, El Ambia. Host and original idea.
Jardín de la Música
(452, 15 and F, Vedado)
7:00 pm:”África y su diáspora” (Africa and its diaspora)
Los Massukos from Mozambique y Drame –Dance Nigeria, Francisco de Sousa, Joaquín Barros, José Augusto Bras from Angola
THURSDAY MAY 22
ISA
11:00 am. Cátedra de Danza Folclórica, Meeting and workshop with the Brazilian delegation representative of the African diaspora.
Acapulco Movie Theater
(26 and 37, Nuevo Vedado)
4:30 pm - Documentaries nominated to Cubadisco 2008
7:30 pm - PATAKIN (QUIERE DECIR ¡FABULA!)/ Cuba/ 1982/ 108’/ Dir. Manuel Octavio Gómez/ Perf. Miguel Benavides, Asseneh Rodríguez, José Manuel (Litico) Rodríguez/ 16 years.
Characters representing mythical figures from Yoruba religion show their history: Changó Valdés lives without working, economically dependent on his wife, and Oggun Fernández is the manager of an arable farm. Both compete against each other for Oggun´s girlfriend love.
Cultural center Fresa y Chocolate “La Tanda”
(23 and 10, Vedado)
Presentation of the documentary Hombre sobre cubierta (about Silvio Rodríguez) by producers Alejandro Ramírez and Ernesto Pérez.
Guests: Troubadours Adrian Berazaín and Diana Fuentes
Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís
(Oficio bet. Amargura and Churruca, Old Havana)
Concert by flutist Alberto Corrales with the participation of invited artists such as: Dania Sogo (pianist), Lemay Martínez (bass player) and Boris Castellanos (drums).
Organized by the National Center of Concert Music.
Theater Hall of the National Fine Arts Museum
(Trocadero and Paseo de Martí, Old Havana)
6:00 am - Tribute concert to Cuban poet Nancy Morejón.
El Castillito, Main Venue
(1st bet./ 10 and 12, Vedado)
Venue in which special program for children and young people will take place from May 18 to 25 CDs and books launching, audiovisual shows, poetry reading, plastic art exhibitions, workshops, concerts by awarded and nominated artists, among other popular activities.
2:00 pm Dance and Afro-Cuban workshops given by outstanding folklore creators.
Guests: Candomble Cultural Company Omo Aro and Mestre Manuel de Capoeira/Brazil and Clave y Guaguancó/Cuba
7:00 pm. Concert of Leoni Torres and his group
Astral Theater
(Infanta bet. San José and San Rafael, Centro Habana)
8:30 pm - “Idas y Encuentros” (Goings and Meetings). Concert organized by the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) and Nube Negra Label from Spain, with the participation of Justin Tchatchoua (Cameroon), Alboury Dabo and his group (Senegal) and Síntesis and Septeto Santiaguero from Cuba.
Jardín de la Música
(15 bet. F No. 452, Vedado)
7:00 pm - “Trova y Poesía” (Trova and Poetry)
FRIDAY MAY 23
Acapulco Movie Theater
(26 and 37, Nuevo Vedado)
4:30 pm - LA ULTIMA CENA (THE LAST SUPPER) / Cuba/ 1976/ 120’/ Dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea/ Perf. Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto García, José Antonio Rodríguez, Mario Balmaseda/ 16 years.
A rich Count, owner of a sugar mill, invites twelve of his slaves to have a dinner at his house on Holy Thursday.
7:30 pm - HISTORIA DE UN BALLET (SUITE YORUBA)/ Cuba/ 1962/ 30’/ Dir. José Massip/ doc. The choreographer and dancers of the National Theater stage a wemilere in honor of a pagan Saint trying to capture the essence of the anonymous artists of the town.
OGGUN/ Cuba/ 1991/ 52’/ Dir. Gloria Rolando/ doc. Documentary about the meaning of Oggun -God of war and piece, iron and civilization- in the life of Lázaro Ros, Cuban prominent Yoruba singer, founder of Conjunto Folklórico Nacional.
Amadeo Roldán Auditorium Theater, Roldán Hall:
(Calzada and D, Vedado)
8:30 pm -Presentation of the CD “Oru. Ritual y fiesta de lo cubano” edited by Producciones Colibrí Recording Label and Editing House (Nominated to Cubadisco 2008)
Guests: César López (saxophonist), Jorge Reyes (double bassist), Javier Zalba (flutist), Alberto Villareal and other artists from the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional.
Mella Theater
(Línea and B, Vedado)
8:30 pm - Noche Caribeña (Caribbean Evening)
Belenou, group with African roots, from Martinique, Los Conmancheros Steel Band from Grenada, Vocal Group Desandam, “Barabbas and the Tribe” Junkanoo (Bahamas) and the participation of Cuban artists: Sonny Boy Group, Las Canelas, Mezcal Band Arnaldo y su Talismán.
Jardín de la Música
(15 and F No. 452, Vedado)
7:00 pm - “Rumba en el Jardín” (Rumba in the Garden)
Cubadisco on 23rd
5:00 pm - Cubadisco nominees and awards and participating foreign delegations, music bands, choirs, rumberos, circus artists, stilt walkers, traditional groups, African students in Cuba and all the population who want to join this event will pass, as in a Carnival, through 23rd Avenue in Vedado, Havana City, one of the most important avenues of the capital, which will finish with a great concert at the Tribuna Antimperialista José Martí with outstanding group Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, Cubadisco 2007 Best Dance Album, and Andy Montañez, prestigious artist from Puerto Rico, Cubadisco 2007 Honor Award.
América Theater
(253, Ave. de Italia, Centro Habana)
8:30 pm Musical variety show, with the participation of Yoruba Andabo, Ela Calvo, Mundito González, Maureen García, Omar Amed, Tsunami Fabré, Vocal trio Cuarzo, Josaic Kinlock from Bahamas, America Theater´s Corps de Ballet, Dance Company Okantomí, Rosalía de Castro Company.
America Theater:
(Ave. de Italia No. 253, Centro Habana)
8:30 pm - Musical variety show with the performance of Okantomí Company, Yolí (singer), cuarzo Group (fusion), Voces Negras Choir, Miky Bad Boy (Ecuatorial Guinea), Fusion Latin Show Group.
Organized by Adolfo Guzmán Provincial Music Center
Yoruba Association of Cuba
(Monte and Prado, Old Havana)
8:30 pm - Women folkloric group Obbini Batá and guests.
SATURDAY MAY 24
Conjunto Folklórico Nacional Headquarters
(4 st. bet. 5tth and Calzada)
“Tarde de la Rumba” (Rumba Afternoon)
3:00 pm - Conjunto Folklórico Nacional and guests.
Pablo de la Torriente Brau Center
(Muralla and Oficios, Old Havana)
5.00 pm - Tribute to Cuban poets Victor Casaus and Guillermo Rodríguez Rivera.
Library in concert (National Library Headquarters)
(Boyeros and 20 de mayo, Plaza de la Revolución)
4:00 pm Manguaré Group
Yoruba Association of Cuba
(Monte and Prado, Old Havana)
3:00 pm Women folkloric group Obbiní Batá and Candomble Cultural Company Omo Aro and Mestre Manuel de Capoeira.
El Castillito, Main Venue
(1st bet./ 10 and 12, Vedado)
Venue in which special program for children and young people will take place from May 18 to 25 CDs and books launching, audiovisual shows, poetry reading, plastic art exhibitions, workshops, concerts by awarded and nominated artists, among other popular activities.
10:00 pm Children project Hombrecito Verde
2:00 pm Dance and Afro-Cuban workshops given by outstanding folklore creators
Guests: Women groups Obbiní Batá/ Cuba and Elegguá Group / Venezuela
7:00pm MUSICALIA´S night, David Blanco, Isis Flores
Acapulco Movie Theater
(26 and 37, Nuevo Vedado)
4:30 pm - Documentaries nominated to Cubadisco 2008
7:30 pm - SOY GARÍFUNA/ Cuba/ 2007/ 22’/ Dir. Consuelo Ramírez/ doc.
In Honduras, a community emerged from the syncretism among Amerindians, Caribs, Arahuacos and Africans fight for preserving their language and culture.
MIGUEL BARNET: UN ANIMAL DE SUEÑOS/ Cuba/ 2008/ 50’/ Dir. Rolando Almirante/ (Premiere)/ doc. This documentary is based on the life of this writer and ethnologist. Miguel Barnet offers here an intimate reflection of his motives for art and life.
La Pérgola (Gardens of the Ministry of Culture)
(11 and 4, Vedado)
6:00 pm - “Afro dance jam session”
Guests: Pepe Scull (jazz singer), Rembert Duarte y su grupo, Gala Mayor, Vocal Baobab, 2 jazz dancer partners and a tap dancer.
Karl Marx Theater:
(1st and 10, Miramar)
8:30 pm - Honor Gala dedicated to Africa and its Diaspora, with the attendance of prestigious African and Cuban artists participating in the event.
America Theater:
(Ave. de Italia No. 253, Centro Habana)
8:30 pm - Musical variety show with the performance of Okantomí Company, Elizabeth de Gracia, Héctor Tellez, Rumbatá Group, Rosalía de Castro Company, Latin Show, Gitano, America Theater´s Corps de Ballet, Miky Bad Boy from Ecuatorial Guinea. Rumbatá folkloric group from Camagüey, soloists: Ela Calvo an Héctor Téllez and the America Theater´s Corps de Ballet
Jardines de la Tropical
(Calle 51, Puentes Grandes, Plaza de la Revolución)
10: 00 pm X Alfonso and his group
SUNDAY MAY 25
El Castillito, Sede Principal
(1st bet./ 10 and 12, Vedado)
Venue in which special program for children and young people will take place from May 18 to 25 CDs and books launching, audiovisual shows, poetry reading, plastic art exhibitions, workshops, concerts by awarded and nominated artists, among other popular activities.
10:00 pm Children project La Sombrilla Amarilla
Expocuba
(Carretera del Rocío Km ½)
2:00 pm - Cultural Week in Villa Clara. Performance of Oché folkloric group.
Salón Rosado de la Tropical
( 41 Ave. and 46, Playa)
4:00pm Concert of Adalberto álvarez and his Orchestra
Organized by Bis Music Record Label and the Provincial Direction of Culture Organizado por la Casa discográfica Bis Music y la Dirección Provincial de Cultura.
Acapulco Movie Theater
(26 and 37, Nuevo Vedado)
4:30 pm - PASAJES DEL CORAZON Y LA MEMORIA / Cuba/ 2007/ 37’/ Dir. Gloria Rolando/ doc. History about the foundation of Jacksonville, Isle of Youth, by immigrants from the Cayman Islands.
RAICES DE MI CORAZON / Cuba/ 2001/ 51’/ Dir. Gloria Rolando/ doc.
Amadeo Roldán Auditorium Theater, Roldán Hall:
(Calzada and D, Vedado)
5:00 pm - Cubadisco 2008 Closing Gala. National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba under the conduction of maestro Enrique Pérez Mesa and invited artists. Presentation of Cubadisco 2008 Honor Awards.
America Theater
(253, Ave. de Italia, Centro Habana)
5:00 pm Musical variety show with the performance of Pedrito Camacho y el Clan, Migadlia Hechevarria, Los Zafiros, Voces Negras, America Theater´s Corps de Ballet , Dance Company Okantomí, Rosalía de Castro Company, foreigner guests
Mella Theater
(Línea and B, Vedado)
8:30 pm - Folkloric Ballet of Alexandria (Egypt)
Astral Theater
(Infanta bet. San José and San Rafael, Centro Habana)
8:30 pm - Presentation of the Benny Moré Provincial Music Center’s catalogue. Guests: Musicalisimo Dance Company, soloists, Lieta Moliner, Ivet Cepeda, Lázaro Moré, Coco Freeman, Groups Los Amigos (Enrique Lazaga, Pancho Terry, Joel Drics), Papo Angarica and Son Yoruba and Baculeyé.
Tribuna Antimperialista
(Calzada and M, Vedado)
Great closing ceremony Cubadisco 2008 with the performance of popular Cuban dance music orchestras.
All the activities of the XII Cubadisco 2008 International Fair have been organized by the Cuban Music Institute, Cubadisco Organizing Committee and the Young Communist League.
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