Rodrigo García awarded second prize at Amsterdam music competition

Amsterdam, July 18 (RHC)—Young Cuban pianist Rodrigo García and violinist Tania Haase have been awarded the second prize at the 2019 International Grand Prize Virtuoso Music competition in Amsterdam.... More


Cuban ethnologist Fernando Ortíz

Havana, July 17 (RHC)-- The work of Cuban ethnologist Fernando Ortíz has been declared a Cultural Heritage Asset of the Cuban Nation at a ceremony held on Tuesday in Old Havana... More


Benicio del Toro and Jorge Perugorría at Gibara Festival. (Photo: ACN)

Gibara, July 15 (RHC)—The International Film Festival of Gibara wound up with the presentation of the ‘Lucía’ Awards and concerts by Polito Ibáñez, Habana Abierta and Cimafunk... More


Synthesis jazz band and 'Maracas' (Photo: PL)

Havana, July 13 (RHC)—The US jazz band Synthesis will hold a concert in the Cuban capital Saturday with special guest star, Cuban flutist Orlando Valle... More


Caribbean Festival in Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba, July 9 (RHC) ‘The Burning of the Devil’ at La Alameda Avenue will put a close to the 39th International Caribbean Festival in the eastern Cuban city... More


Granados, Pérez and del Toro. Photo: PL

Holguín, July 8 (RHC)—The International Honorable Prize ‘Lucia’ has been awarded to filmmaker Fernando Pérez and actress Daysi Granados... More


Baghdad, July 5 (RHC)-- Iraq on Friday celebrated the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision to name the historic city of Babylon a World Heritage Site in a vote held in Azerbaijan's capital, years after Baghdad began campaigning for the site to be added to the list.... More


Street dancers on stilts with children in Old Havana

Havana, July 4 (RHC)-- The Cuban capital is on a list of 15 cultural destinations for 2019, according to the US magazine National Geographic... More


Caribbean Festival in Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba, July 3 (RHC)—The 40th International Caribbean Festival will open its doors on Wednesday with Uruguay as the guest nation.... More


José Martí's statue by José Villa Soberón at Cuban embassy in Washington

Washington, July 2 (RHC)-- A bronze statue of Cuban National Hero José Martí was unveiled Monday at the Cuban diplomatic mission in the US capital... More


Havana, June 30 (RHC)— Luis Morlote Rivas, director of radio and television, is the new president of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, (UNEAC), replacing poet and author Miguel Barnet, who held that post for 11 years.... More


Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers

Havana, June 30 (RHC)-- The closing session of the 9th Cuban Writers and Artists Association Congress is currently underway with the participation of the Cuban President... More


9th UNEAC Congress poster

Havana, June 29 (RHC)—The 9th Congress of the Cuban Artists and Writers Association –UNEAC- began Friday evening with a gala dedicated to legendary ballerina Alicia Alonso and Cuba’s National poet Nicolás Guillén... More


Havana, June 27 (RHC)-- The Official Gazette of the Cuban Republic has published a decree-law and a Council of Minister’s accord to introduce changes on the island’s audiovisual and film creation policy... More


Flora Fong's painting

Beijing, June 25 (RHC)—Renowned Cuban painter Flora Fong opened an exhibition in the Chinese capital on Monday inspired by her Chinese roots... More


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