Cuba to be Present in Bolero Festival and World Congress in Mexico

HAVANA, Cuba.- The Bolero Festival and World Congress will take place in Mexico City on August 25-28, with the participation of Cuban singers Maria Elena Pena, Daniel Herrera and Camilo Mederos, the Granma newspaper reported on Monday.

Likewise, interpreters from Panama, Paraguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Spain and Argentina will take part in the Festival, dedicated to singers Armando Manzanero, Lucho Gatica and Marco Antonio Muniz.

Also, there will be musicians from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the United States, Chile, Ukraine and Brazil and the host country, who will be accompanied by the Mexican Orchestra of Bolero, all under the artistic direction of Mexican singer Rodrigo de la Cadena, a regular figure in the Golden Bolero festivals organized by Cuba.

The Festival, organized by the Institute for the Preservation and Development of Bolero in Mexico AC, will include gala concerts on August 26, 27 and 28 at the Esperanza Iris Grand Theater of the City, while the Congress or theoretical meeting will take place at the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico on the same days.

During the meeting there will be round tables with communities of heritage carriers, in order to find elements to be included in the file for the nomination of Bolero as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Mexico, Cuba and other nations in the region stand out for having had important composers and performers of bolero, considered to be the most romantic of musical genres, throughout over a century.

Source: ACN