Official Announcement

Cubadisco International Fair, founded in 1997 and organized by the Cuban Music Institute, is the most important event of the Cuban Music Industry and it constitutes a preferential space to expose the main achievements of Cuban Music, to appreciate a luxurious musical programming with special performances by Cuban and foreign artists, to promote the carrying out of tributes and to present national and international awards to important personalities from Cuban and Universal culture.

In this XIII edition of Cubadisco, expected to be held from May 15 to 23, 2010, the main topic will be the Country Music as one of the most genuine and deeply-rooted expressions of Cuban culture, that conveys through oral tradition, from generation to generation, feelings, customs and habits; and improvisers from all over the world will be the Guests of Honor .

Cubadisco 2010 Committee of Honor will be made up of outstanding personalities of Cuban culture, among them: Maria Teresa Linares, Celina González, Alexis Días Pimienta, Adolfo Alfonso, Inocente Iznaga -El Jilguero de Cienfuegos- and Pepe Ramírez.

During the Fair it will also take place tributes to important musicians who cultivate country traditions, such as Tomasita Quiala, Pancho Amat, Miguel Ojeda, Efraín Amador and Barbarito Torres.