A trip to Cuban culture is the proposal made each year by Paradiso, cultural tourism agency of the Cuban holding company Artex S.A., and official reception of the most important cultural events that take place in the largest of the Antilles.
Attending cultural events is a way to make this trip ... a trip -Real Maravilloso- to the beliefs, traditions and cultural manifestations of Cuba. A journey to the extraordinary, to the unusual, to the novel. A trip, without a doubt, to the best and most autochthonous of Cuban culture.
The main events that Paradiso proposes in 2019 are:
MUSIC
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ PLAZA FESTIVAL
From January 16 to 20, in Havana and Santiago de Cuba
With the presence of prestigious national and international figures, an important tradition and international repercussion of Latin Jazz or Cuban Jazz has been achieved, where relevant personalities, exponents of the genre, show off their virtuosity, talent and improvisation. You can see concerts with Cuban musicians and guests, presentations of bands, ensembles and soloists. Similarly, a colloquium and debates, Jamseasom on gender, as well as other cultural activities related to the jazz environment on the island and the world are developed.
SOUND FROM CAMAGÜEYANO
February 9 and 10 in Camagüey
Event organized by the musician from Camagüey, Manolito Simonet. His objective is to link the youngest with rhythms such as son, timba and others, within popular music. In addition to the presentations of the orchestras of the Cuban capital, there are groups from Camaguey such as the Maraguán Artistic Ensemble, Rumbatá, Maravilla de Florida, Ritmo Moderno, Sabor Cubano and Acheré.
INTERNATIONAL SALSA FESTIVAL
From February 14 to 19 in the Metropolitan Park of Havana
With the presence of the orchestras of popular music, of great popularity in Cuba, and after the undeniable successes in its first two editions, the 4th edition of the Salsa Festival will take place in Havana, promoting Cuban popular music and its values, from Cuba and to the world.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL "FIESTA DEL TAMBOR" GUILLERMO BARRETO IN MEMORIAM
From March 4 to 10 in Havana
In this event important national and international musicians and percussionists will participate, the main popular dance music bands of Cuba, the most outstanding dance companies in the country, jazz bands, and folk bands, adding that Master Classes of Percussion and Dance will be taught. As part of the activities of the event there will be two International Competitions, one of Percussion open to all ages and the public, and the second one of Casino dance also with national and international character for people over 15 years.
COMPOSITION PRIZE CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS
From April 8 to 12, at Casa de las Américas, Havana
The purpose of this prize is to stimulate and disseminate the most recent symphonic, chamber and choral music creation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
LITERATURE
LITERARY PRIZE CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS
From January 21 to 31 at Casa de las Américas, Havana
The House of the Americas announces a new edition of one of the most prestigious literary prizes of the continent. This year it is competing in all genres of Latin American and Caribbean literature.
INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR
From February 7 to 17 at the Morro-Cabaña Military Historical Complex, Havana
Dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana and the 60th anniversary of the Revolution. The Fair offers a space of participation and exchange to all the entities linked to the world of publications, as well as to authors, publishers, distributors, booksellers, printers, literary agents, multimedia producers, journalists and other professionals, so it will be the best place to meet Cuban readers.
INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ERNEST HEMINGWAY
From June 20 to 23 at the House Museum Hemingway , Havana
It takes place at the house museum Ernest Hemingway, in the "Finca Vigía" in the Havana district of San Francisco de Paula where the author wrote one of his most famous novels, "The old man and the sea", with which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. With an academic character, he delves into the life and work of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature and his long friendship with Cuba since he first visited it in 1928. The specific themes of this edition are: Hemingway, a citizen of the world; Ernest Hemingway as a subject of study in universities around the world; Life and work; Collections, foundations, associations, projects and museums, Hemingway in the world.
DANCE
INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF ACADEMIES FOR THE TEACHING OF BALLET AND IN ERNATIONAL CHILDREN COMPETITION
From April 14 to 24 at the National Ballet School of Havana
This event allows the exchange of experiences between specialists, teachers, students and dancers from all continents to promote and develop the study of ballet. It proposes a fraternal exchange that contributes to the formative work of the technical and conceptual development of dance art. Its main themes are Ballet teaching methodologies, techniques, repertoires, as well as other aspects related to the academic teaching of ballet.
LA HUELLA DE ESPAÑA FESTIVAL. 28th EDITION
From April 21 to 28 at the Grand Theater of Havana and the National Theater of Cuba
A call for dance, music, visual arts, literature and theater, conferences, cinema, and during which the Spanish roots present in Cuban culture are shown, as well as the cultural life and customs of the provinces and communities from Spain.
DANCING IN CUBA
From November 17 to 22. The workshops are held at the National Art School and the night concerts at the Salon Rosado de la Tropical "Benny Moré, Havana.
Dancing in Cuba is the ideal space for learning and enjoying dances and good Cuban music. This meeting has among its objectives to make known the main Cuban dance rhythms that pay tribute to the "Casino", through lectures and practical theoretical workshops, given by prestigious professors of the Higher Institute of Art. The participants can also exercise what they have learned in the night concerts programmed for the event, with the Cuban orchestras of popular dance music of greater popularity in the country and other invited countries.
AUDIOVISUALS
CAMAGÜEY INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
From April 22 to 29 in the Historical Center of Camagüey
Video art event that brings together all the generic variants: audiovisual discourse of digital cinema, performance video and new trends in contemporary theater, video dance, local memory and image, electroacoustic music and sound image, art science and technology in visual communication of architecture.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE NEW LATIN AMERICAN FILM
From December 5 to 12 in Havana
One of the most prestigious film festivals, which offers a wide panorama of the audiovisual production of the continent, shows the main world films of fiction and documentaries. It includes the contest of the New Latin American Cinema, contest of scripts and posters; exhibition of cinematographic posters, samples of the main world cinematography of fiction and documentary; seminars on cinema and new technologies, there will be presentations of books and concerts of music for films.
PLASTIC ARTS
HAVANA biennial . 13th EDITION.
From April 12 to May 12
Exhibition of Contemporary Art that summons all those creators who in their work express a discourse in defense of their national identity. The works are presented in the exhibition spaces of the culture system, National Museum of Fine Arts, spaces of Colonial Havana, University Centers, Morro Cabaña complex, among others, which allow the socialization of exhibition projects, urban intervention and other manifestations Of art. The specific theme for this edition is: dream, create, transform, collaborate, collaborative networks.
TRADITIONS
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL ROMERÍAS DE MAYO
From May 2 to 8 in Holguín
Festival of Artistic Youths, regional cultures, avant-garde of young art and tradition and modernity. For seven days, young artists from different latitudes fraternize, carry out exchanges, colloquiums and public presentations, where the traditions of the different peoples participating are exposed and all the artistic manifestations are activated for the enjoyment of the public.
CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL. FIESTA DEL FUEGO
From July 3 to 9 in Santiago de Cuba
Event that brings together all the manifestations of art and scientific, literary work of the peoples of the area. Meeting of groups carrying the traditional popular culture of Cuba and the Caribbean. It has a theoretical event: "The Caribbean that unites us".
SCENIC ARTS
THEATER FESTIVAL OF HAVANA
From October 18 to 27
International theater event with shows in theaters, squares, parks, schools, hospitals and other facilities. In addition to the artistic presentations, workshops, conferences, panels, dismantling of works, master classes and exhibitions are developed.
CRAFTS
INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL "FIART 2019"
From December 7 to 23 at PABEXPO, Havana
As usual, the fair offers multiple spaces for the promotion and commercialization of the works of our Cuban and other artisans and artists, in this edition under the slogan Art, Utility and Office, dedicated to the province of Villa Clara, to the furniture and Mexico as guest country.
For more information, you can contact:
Paradiso, Commercial Office / Marketing Office
Calle 23 y P, Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana. Cuba
Email: gerente_eventos@paradis.artex.cu / eventos4@paradis.artex.cu / eventos3@paradis.artex.cu
Tel: +53 78317444/78365381/78383908
