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Flutist Anabel Perdomo will honor Tosco in a concert at Bellas Artes

Cubadebate — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:09:40 +0000

Next Saturday, September 24, a concert will take place in the Theater Hall of the National Museum of Fine Arts, starring the flutist Anabel Perdomo, in homage to José Luis Cortés (El Tosco), who died on April 18.

The artist will interpret works belonging to the repertoire of the outstanding musician, who was her teacher at the Camerata de Flutes. The ears of the audience will be filled with songs such as “Alejandría”, “Ave María” and “Un Bolero”, the latter with the special accompaniment of flutist Lázaro Cortés, son of the honoree.

The concert, musically directed by pianist José Portilllo, will be the setting for the release of “Amor y Vicio”, the latest single by Anabel Perdomo, composed in collaboration with Cuban musician Alfredo Balbán.

“I want to show my music to the public, but what excites me the most is dedicating this show to my former teacher, José Luis Cortés,” says the flutist.

Anabel Perdomo graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the Higher Institute of Art, in 2015. Since then she has joined different groups, such as Kontrast ‘, Charanga de Oro or Mulata Son. Currently, she is part of the artistic catalog of the National Music Center as a solo vocalist and instrumentalist, in addition to being the creator, host and main musician of the CulturAndo program.

Havana”s Historic District, Ideal Platform for Biennial

Cubadebate — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:04:03 +0000

The Office of the Historian of Havana (OHCH), located in the capital”s historic district, is reaffirmed today as a perfect area for the activities of the current 12th Biennial of Havana.

That space, located in the heart of Old Havana, has offered almost completely its facilities and galleries and even private homes that since May 22 are used as a special stage for the great event of visual arts.

More than one dozen of collateral exhibitions are placed in the historic district, which, according to expert Liset Valderrama, demonstrate the adaptation and versatility of the institution’s spaces for those purposes.

“The OHCH has long occupied a special place in the Biennial of Havana, among other things for the fact that the “Wilfredo Lam” Contemporary Art Center is located in the historic district,” Valderrama told Prensa Latina.

Its geographic location also makes it perfect to practice the slogan of the event “Between idea and experience,” so, many of our galleries are displaying the most varied collateral exhibitions.

Although more than 15 days has passed since this edition of the Biennial of Havana began, there are still about two weeks of full delight at the huge range of sensations the avant-garde visual arts cause, and the OHCH and the historic district will keep on being faithful allies of such purpose.

(Prensa Latina)