Havana, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The Canto de Todos event will continue today at Casa de las Américas in Havana, a prestigious Cuban cultural center linked to promoting the best of Latin American song for six decades.
This Monday morning, the celebration includes a theoretical event with speakers from Cuba and Latin America, while in the afternoon, guests from nearly 10 countries will meet with writer Abel Prieto, president of Casa de las Américas.
Then, at 4:00 p.m. local time, the albums “Canto de todos (Concert Cycle at the Casa del Alba),” “Horizontes blancos (White Horizons)” by Jesusin, and “Yo quiero un país” (I Want a Country) by Amaury del Rio will be presented.
Another special moment in the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Canto de Todos will be the presentation of the CD produced by the Ojalá label “Heréticas,” by Vicente Feliú (1947-2021), one of the main promoters of these gatherings.
According to the program, this Tuesday, an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Nueva Trova Movement will be inaugurated at the José Martí National Library. The event will be accompanied by a concert by singer-songwriters Augusto Blanca and Mario Sergio Mora.
Over the years, Canto de Todos has promoted cultural exchange through song in Latin America, and this time it returns to honor its founder: the prominent Cuban troubadour Vicente Feliú, whose 78th birthday is on November 11.
According to the event’s organizers, several institutions will be present at this event, which will include guests from Chile, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Spain, Mexico, and their hosts from Cuba.
Concerts, presentations, thought-provoking gatherings, and community visits are included in the program for the event, which will be held at the Casa del Alba Cultural, the José Martí National Library, the National Museum of Fine Arts Theater, and the Casa de las Américas itself.
The event opened at the National Museum of Fine Arts theater last Saturday, with an opening concert featuring Brazilian singer-songwriters Pedro Luis and João Cavalcanti, sponsored by the Network of Intellectuals, Artists, and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity.
Under Feliú’s leadership, the Ibero-American Song Encounter took place in Cuba in 2000, which went down in history as Canto de Todos.
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