Due to the epidemiological context caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 36th edition of the International Jazz Plaza Festival will be held in Havana next January 19-24.

The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, congratulated today composer and music producer Edesio Alejandro and pianist Huberal Herrera, who earned the 2020 National Music Award the eve.

The TV channel Cubavisión will bid farewell to the year 2020 in a regular way, with good music, energy and the commitment of a culture at the service of the people, reports the Cuban Television website

The Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) is preparing a cycle of emblematic films and documentaries of the national filmography, as part of the activities of the Triumph of the Revolution Day.

Artists and intellectuals will pay tribute Monday to Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920-2019) on the Ibero-American Day of Dance, declared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important figures in the history of ballet worldwide.

The Distinction for National Culture was awarded on Saturday in Havana to filmmakers Estela and Ernesto Mario Bravo in recognition of their extensive and fruitful audiovisual work in support of the Cuban Revolution and the search for truth.

The director of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), Viengsay Valdes, has invited all dance companies in her country to join the same purpose: paying tribute to great ballerina Alicia Alonso.

Cuban National Craft Fair opened today in Havana, at the Cultural Station of Linea street, where it will be held until December 28.

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 14 (ACN) The Santa Metropolitana Cathedral of Havana will host a mass Monday in honor of the prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920-2019), event that initiates part of a program of acts in tribute to this dance legend, as a homage to the centennial of her birth.

The 2020-2021 school year starts Monday in Havana, in compliance with the corresponding hygienic-sanitary measures to guarantee the epidemiological safety of teachers and students.

With the screening of The Last Supper (1976), by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Titón), the 42nd Havana Film Festival will begin this Thursday through December 13th
The inaugural gala will take place at eight o'clock at the Acapulco cinema, with the work of Gutiérrez Alea, and the participation of the singer Zule Guerra, who will sing songs from her most recent album El viaje and will be accompanied by the Natural Trio.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba, congratulated on Sunday the outstanding Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez on his 74th birthday.
Our admiration, affection and love,' the president wrote in his Twitter account.

The Marta Abreu Central University of Las Villas (UCLV), and the European Union (EU), advocated on Thursday to expand the cooperation agenda for 2021-2027, focused on the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDO).

Singer-songwriter Jose Alberto Tamayo Diaz, known as Jose Alberto El Ruisenor, is the only Cuban to be nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in their 2021 edition, in the best tropical Latin album category, for the album Mi Tumbao.