Cubadisco is the annual international trade fair of the Cuban music industry and this year the 23rd Cubadisco took place from May 18 to 26. It is also a competition with prizes for the best new albums. This year there were 29 categories plus some special awards, but the most significant factor was youth. A great many of the artists and performers in all categories across the board were young. For example, the winner of the electronic music prize was a project straight out of the National Electroacoustic Music Laboratory, along with two other nominations.
Among the categories are: Compilation and archive, Traditional Son and Campesino, Afro-Cuban tradition, Concert music, choral, instrumental, vocal, dance music, for children, urban, concert soloist, jazz, song, contemporary song, new trova, fusion, tropical, pop , hip hop, opera prima (first work) and electronic.
The Cuban musician Jorge Gómez (who was director of Grupo Moncada), president of the Cubadisco Award Committee, highlighted the quality of the productions this year and said Cubadisco has “always wanted the prize to look more and more like our music industry and for that industry to look more and more like our music.” “I invite you to continue feeling proud of all the works presented. There is a lot of talent at stake; the awards are just the tip of the iceberg, “he said.
This year’s event was dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benny Moré.
The Benny Moré Centennial Prize was awarded to two albums: ‘The Most Bárbaro del Ritmo 1945-1952’ (compilation) and ‘Siempre tu voz. Tribute to Benny Moré’, by Omara Portuondo and the Faílde Orchestra, both on the EGREM Cuban record label.
The event is also a good opportunity to check out the back catalogues of the record companies, with more than 2500 titles of the best Cuban music; to see live shows of the highest level; to participate in meetings with experts in the music industry – record companies, music publishers, musical instrument manufacturers, designers and directors of specialized magazines.
Organisers also try to react to feedback from previous years and are aiming to make the event more accessible to the public, to clean up organizational aspects and to increase the number of presentation spaces to the nominated groups.
But, mainly, they wanted to investigate the importance of seeing the record industry, or rather the music industry – in times where the digital and non-physical commercialization of CDs is booming – as another way to expand borders and boost income for this industry, considering the high quality and interest in Cuban music internationally.
The winners of Cubadisco 2019 were officially announced at the Karl Marx theatre on the night of May 18, in a gala where several of the nominees performed and the show was broadcast live on the Cuban digital TV channel ‘Canal Clave’.
This year Bis Music, the record label of Cuban company ARTex SA, stood out achieving a total of 47 nominations.
CUBADISCO AWARDS 2019:
SPECIAL AWARDS
- 55 D ‘Luxury / Several Authors / Producer Élsida González / Sello EGREM
- We are walking / NG La Banda / Producer Ana Lourdes Martínez / Producciones Colibrí
- Cuba sung Vol. 3 and 4 / Several Authors / Producers Efraín Ríos and Rolando Montes de Oca / Producciones Colibrí
- Live / Orquesta Aragón and Michel Herrera / Producer Eduardo Rodríguez / Egrem
- 4 decades / Synthesis / Producer Joseph Ros / Producciones Abdala
SOUL OF MUSIC PRIZE
- Respectfully. Haila sings to Armando Manzanero / Haila María Mompié / Producer Aned Mota / Egrem
AWARD FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE
- Órficas Juan Piñera / Dúo Promúsica / Producer Juan Piñera / Producciones Colibrí
BENNY MORÉ CENTENNIAL AWARD
- The most Barbarian of the Rhythm 1945 – 1952 / Benny Moré / Producer Jorge Rodríguez / Egrem
- Always your voice. Tribute to Benny Moré / Omara Portuondo and Failde Orchestra / Producer Ethiel Failde and Orlando Vistel / Egrem
PRIZE FOR MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH
- Count the rap. Anthology of rap and Cuban hip hop / Various Authors / Producers Malcoms Junco and Grizel Hernández / CIDMUC. Cuban Agency of Rap
AWARD TO THE MUSICAL PRODUCER
- Élsida González Portal
CATEGORIES
Archival music
- The reason was not worth / Moraima Secada / Dir. Felipe Morfa and Mayra García / Bismusic
Sonera and campesino tradition
- Between cuerdas / María Victoria Rodríguez / Producer Israel Álvarez
Castillo / Bismusic
Afro-Cuban tradition
- Maferefun la Rumba Tribute to my Ancestors / The Muñequitos de Matanzas / Producer Cary Diez and Luis Cancino / Bismusic
Concert music
- Symphonies . Vol. I-II / Guido López Gavilán / Prod. Guido López Gavilán
Hummingbird Productions
Choral music
- Cuba sings at Christmas / Schola Cantorum Coralina / Prod. Alina Orraca,
Elba Mailán Ávila and Anabel Gutiérrez Orraca / Producciones Colibrí
Vocal music
- Reason to be / Vocal Rebirth / Prod. David Blanco / Bismusic
Concert Soloist
- Cecilia Arizti Works for piano / Liza María Blanco / Prod. Ulises Hernández
Producciones Colibrí
Instrumental music
- Live Session saxophones / Cuban Sax Quintet / Prod. Germán Velazco
and Cesar López / EGREM
Instrumental / vocal music
- All roads / Emilio Morales / Prod. Emilio Vega / Bismusic
Jazz
- Italuba Big Band / Horacio “El Negro” Hernández / Prod. Horacio “El Negro”
Hernández and Enrique Carballea / Bismusic
Cancionística
- What my singing says / Trio Words / Prod. Jim Laurel / Muxia Music
Contemporary song
- Return / Athanai / Prod. Athanai / Bismusic
New trova
- Atrapasueños / Tony Ávila / Prod. Irving Frontela and Lino Lords / EGREM
Music for children
- Sing, enjoy and grow / Tiny Choir / Prod. Carmen Rosa / Bismusic
Fusion
- Voy / Eme Alfonso / Prod. Ale Siqueira / EGREM
Tropical Varied
- I am what I am / Virginia Guantanamera / Prod. Juan Manuel Ceruto / Abdala Productions
Pop
- Standing in front of the road / Patricio Amaro / Prod. Carlos A. Cartaya, Jorge
Luis Pacheco, José Víctor Gavilondo and Patricio Amaro / Producciones Colibrí
Dance music
- Back to the neighborhood / El Niño and La Verdad / Prod. Juan Manuel Ceruto
Pachy Naranjo Jr. and Dayron Ortega / EGREM
Urban variety
- Binary / Negrons / Prod. Reynaldo Amaya and Rolando García / Asere Producciones
Hip hop
- No! / Malcoms Justice and Keren Kmanwey / Prod. Malcoms Justice
and Keren Kmanwey / Asere Productions
Electronic music
- Going down hill / Jamnael Casanova / Prod. Jamnael Casanova / LNME
Musical Documentary
- Beyond a prayer Jojazz / Several / Dir. René Arencibia and Gloria Ochoa /
Hummingbird Productions
Audiovisual Concert
- Two legends / Elito Revé & Los Van Van / Dir. José Manuel García / Bismusic
Making of
- Saxophone Live Sessions / Cuban Sax Quintet / Dir. Alexis Oliva / EGREM
Debut
- Times of peace / Mayquel González / Prod. Harold López-Nussa / Hummingbird Productions
Sound design
- Saxophone Live Session / Cuban Sax Quintet / Grab. Yosdán Coimbra
and Giraldo García / EGREM
Graphic design
- The flag of my land / Los Muñequitos de Matanzas / Dis. Ricardo Monnar
and Alejandro Azcuy / Bismusic
Musicological Notes
- New music. UNEAC Composition Awards . Vol. I and II / Various / Note: Ailer Pérez / EGREM
Record Labels
- Between cuerdas / María Victoria Rodríguez / Note: Sonia Pérez Casola / Bismusic
Here are just some of the winning albums:
SPECIAL BENY MORE AWARD: Omara Portuondo and Orquesta Faílde: Siempre tu voz – Homenaje a Benny Moré. Ethiel Faílde was recently reported saying: “Making this with EGREM and with Omara Portuondo, this is a hug of generations paying homage to one of the greatest of Cuban music, like Benny, in its centenary. It also features special guests like Johnny Ventura, rap artist Telmary Díaz and William Vivanco. ”
JAZZ PRIZE: Horacio “El Negro” Hernández: Italuba Big Band (Bis Music)
El Negro has spoken to Cuban press about how this project came about:
“It all started in the studio in Rome, Italy, more than ten years ago, when we were in the middle of the project but there was a crisis, the audience was left without an orchestra and we were given the master recordings and they said do whatever you want. I took it to New York and there we worked some of the numbers with the orchestra of Arturo O Farril, which was Chico O Farril’s before that, but now the dream has really reached its highest point, which is to be able to do this project with very young musicians. Returning to Cuba is like the beginning of the dream, the end will be to see the DVD made and see all these kids play, with the good musical education they have received, how well prepared they are.”
“… we have tried to carry it out with orchestras from other parts of the world and it has been quite difficult, that is, the point is the Cuban musicians, these Cuban winds that have a notion and a knowledge of rhythm and syncopation that is unique and the other is the public, which is the one that will best understand this music, because the Cuban listener is also accustomed to listening to very good music. ”
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas: Maferefún la Rumba
In the category of Afro-Cuban tradition, Maferefún La Rumba: Tribute to my Ancestors, from Los Muñequitos de Matanzas won. When the album was released Diosdado Ramos, leader of the group, told Cuban press:
“We have taken a time machine back in time and what we have there are songs from Los Muñequitos from many years ago, from the fifties, like La Gitana, all those themes that were made forty years ago and more, we are recovering them now with these new young members that we have, that are doing well and every day we are getting stronger, because youth supports us. ”
CONTEMPORARY SONG PRIZE: Regresar: Athanai (Bis Music)
Regresar received the award for Contemporary Song. White rapper Athanai has told Cuban press: “The sound of Regresar is more acoustic, it’s a less electric record, it’s a more intimate Athanai, more naked, more with the guitar, more singer-songwriter, not so rockanrolero, rapper or anything like that, it’s simpler music , less thunderous, more subtle … ” The album also received a prize for artwork which includes work by two masters of Cuban visual arts: Eduardo Abela and Ernesto Rancaño.
FUSION: Voy by Eme Alfonso (EGREM)
This won the Fusion award. When Eme was asked by the Cuban press ‘Where are you going?’ (as the album translates as ‘I’m going’). She replied: “I’m going to the past and I’m going to the future, it’s the reunion with the old, the ancestral and with the new also.”
“… it’s a record of the world, I do not pigeonhole it, I think it would be nice to listen to it and listen to the coherence of the album from beginning to end … I’m very happy. As musicians we are never satisfied, we are already thinking about the next album, but I am happy with this result because I think it sums up a part of my life and in the future, at some point, people will understand my life through my music …”
DANCE MUSIC PRIZE: El Niño y la verdad: De Vuelta al barrio
Emilio Frías, El Niño recently talked to Cuban press about ‘Back to the neighborhood’, when it was a project in its final phase. It won in the dance music category and was nominated in the categories of Dance Music and Sound Design.
This album, produced by EGREM “presents eleven songs, all are my responsibility. I have Germán Velazco, a very important arranger of Cuban music, invited to do a song called To be a singer. For the first time we have an intro and it is perfect for dancing “, explained El niño. ” And this is not about chachacha. (…) We have a pilon that is also called ‘El cousin’ and it is very popular live. (…) I’ve tried all the songs live and they worked perfectly. My other albums gave you the choice between dancing and listening; I think that if you want to listen to it, you will have to dance too, because it is a completely danceable album, even the chachachá is for dancing. This album is for the dancer, completely, clearly “.
full nominations list
Nominees Cubadisco Awards 2019
Category: COMPILATION AND ARCHIVE
- «The reason was not valid» / Moraima Secada / Compilation Felipe Morfa / Bismusic Seal
- “New generation”. Vol. 1 and 2 / José Luis Cortés / Compilation Jorge Rodríguez / Sello EGREM
- «The patriarchs of the son» / Trio Matamoros / Compilation Jorge Rodríguez /
Sello EGREM
Category: SONERA Y CAMPESINA TRADITION
- «A solo» / Avich Renesito / Producer Rene Avich / Mycubanmusic Label
- «Forever Embale» / Ignacio Piñeiro National Septet / Producers Frank Oropesa Fernández and Dagoberto Sacerio Oliva / EGREM Label
- «A little bit of everything» / Son Clasicos del Son / Producer Ernesto Reyes / Producciones Colibrí
- «Between ropes» / María Victoria Rodríguez / Producer Israel Álvarez
Castillo / Bismusic - «Vida parrandera» / Valera Miranda Family / Producer Eddy Cardoza /
SEGREM
Category: AFROCUBAN TRADITION
- «The rumba is not like yesterday» / Ochareo / Producer Eduardo Santacruz /
Independent Production - «Mabagwe. A Tribute to Los mayores »/ The Rumberos de la Bahía / Producer Jesús Diaz / Eguin Eje Records
- «Maferefún la rumba» / The Muñequitos de Matanzas / Producers Cary Diez
and Luis Cancino / Bismusic
Category: CONCERT MUSIC
- «Live in Zurich» / Aruán Ortiz / Producer Aruán Ortiz / Sello Intakt Records
- “New music. UNEAC Composition Awards ».Vol. I and II / Various Authors /
Producers Juan Piñeira and Wilma Alba / Seal EGREM - «Symphonic works». Vol. I-II / Guido López Gavilán / Prod. Guido López Gavilán
Hummingbird Productions - «Órficas – Piñera» / Dúo Promúsica / Prod. Juan Piñera / Producciones Colibrí
- «Transfigurations» / Wilma Alba / Prod. Juan Piñeira and Wilma Alba / Hummingbird Productions
Category: CORAL MUSIC
- «Cuba sings at Christmas» / Schola Cantorum Coralina / Prod. Alina Orraca,
Elba Mailán Ávila and Anabel Gutiérrez Orraca / Producciones Colibrí
Category: VOCAL MUSIC
- «Reason to be» / Vocal Renacer / Prod. David Blanco / Bismusic
Category: CONCERTING SOLO
- «Cecilia Arizti. Works for piano »/ Liza María Blanco / Prod. Ulises Hernández
Producciones Colibrí - «Pure Life» / David Saravia / Prod. Ulises Hernández / Colibrí Productions
- «Sinco_pa changuisa» / Ernesto Oliva and Lianne Vega / Prod. Ulises Hernández
Producciones Colibrí
Category: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
- «La Guazaón de Lazaga» / Enrique Lazaga and his Orchestra / Prod. Enrique Lazaga / Bismusic
- «Live Session Saxophones» / Cuban Sax Quintet / Prod. Germán Velazco
and Cesar López / EGREM - «Releasing energy» / Emilio Vega / Prod. Emilio Vega / Bismusic
- «Stringwise» / César Orozco and Jorge Glem / Prod. César Orozco
and Jorge Glem / Independent - «Lives crossed» / Alejandro Falcón / Prod. Alejandro Falcón / Producciones Colibrí
Category: VOCAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
- «Bendita Guanabacoa» / Hermanos Arango / Prod. Feliciano Arango / Egrem
- «Live Percussion» / PercuCuba Ensemble / Prod. María del Rosario Hernández /
Colibrí Productions - «All roads» / Emilio Morales / Prod. Emilio Vega / Bismusic
- «Zapateo Suiter» / Joel Hierrezuelo / Prod. Joel Hierrezuelo / Continuous jazz label
Category: JAZZ
- «Ancestral Memories Album» / Yosvany Terry and Baptiste Strotignon / Prod. Yosvany Terry and Baptiste Strotignon / Independent
- «Back To The Sunset» / Dafnis Prieto / Big Band / Prod. Dafnis Prieto / Dafnison Music Productions
- «Italuba Big Band» / Horacio “El Negro” Hernández / Prod. Horacio “El Negro”
Hernández and Enrique Carballea / Bismusic - «Dreams of the people» / Josué Borges and Maresma / Prod. Gloria Ochoa
and Josué Borges / Hummingbird Productions - «Times of peace» / Mayquel González / Prod. Harold López-Nussa / Hummingbird Productions
- «More trombone than ever» / Eduardo Sandoval / Prod. Alain Pérez / EGREM
- «Any day» / Harold López-Nussa / Prod. Harold López-Nussa
and Swami Jr./ Hummingbird Productions
Category: CANCIONÍSTICA
- «Kiki sings to Garay» / Kiki Corona / Prod. Kiki Corona / EGREM
- «What my singing says» / Trio Words / Prod. Jim Laurel / Sello Muxia Music
- «My Other Self» / Jorge Luis Pacheco / Prod. Jorge Luis Pacheco / EGREM
- «Standars» / Pablo Milanés / Prod. Pablo Milanés / Bismusic
- «A song that saves your life» / Anais Abreu / Prod. José Manuel García Suárez / Bismusic
Category: CONTEMPORARY SONG
- «Waters» / Omar Sosa and Yilian Cañizares / Prod. Omar Sosa / MDC Stamp
- «Back» / Athanai / Prod. Athanai / Bismusic
- «Against the wall» / Norberto Leyva / Prod. Joaquín Betancourt / Bismusic
- «The good life» / Mauricio Figueiral / Prod. Marcos Alonso / Bismusic
- «Better sing» / Club Conexo / Prod. Ricardo Javier Díaz / Bismusic
Category: NEW TROVA
- «Atlas» / D ‘Corasón / Prod. Vicente Alejandro Trigo / Bismusic
- «Atrapasueños» / Tony Ávila / Prod. Irving Frontela and Lino Lords / EGREM
- «Café Bombón» / Raúl Torres / Prod. Raúl Torres / EGREM
- «Covering Absences» / Nelson Valdés / Prod. José Manuel García Suárez / Bismusic
- «Avril» / José Luis Estrada / Prod. José Luis Estrada / Independent
Category: MUSIC FOR CHILDREN
- «Abrakadabra. Peter Pan. Never again »/
Abrakadabra Musical Children’s Theater Company / Prod. Adolfo Costales / Colibrí Productions - «Cancioncita para ti» / Rochy Ameneiro / Prod. Rodrigo García / Producciones Abdala
- «Singing to the sun» / La Colmenita / Prod. René Baños Pascual / EGREM
- «Sing, enjoy and grow» / Tiny Choir / Prod. Carmen Rosa / Bismusic
- «Musical carousel» / Various / Prod. Rosa Campo / Bismusic
Category: FUSION
- «Force & light» / Luis Barbería / Prod. Luis Barbería / Producciones Abdala
- «Music that awakens» / The Crusade / Prod. Gustavo (G-Rhymes) González / Bismusic
- «Solar Ogguere» / Prod. Edrey Riverí Carbonell / EGREM
- «Two Beat one Soul» / Ray Chew & Manolito Simonet / Prod. Manolito Simonet / Bismusic
- «I’m going» / Eme Alfonso / Prod. Ale Siqueira / EGREM
Category: TROPICAL VARIADO
- «To the Canelas. 30th anniversary »/ Las Canelas / Prod. Emilio Vega / EGREM
- «Move» / Yuly & Havana C / Prod. Jorge Campuzano and Yuleisis Greenidge / EGREM
- «Black Roots» / Julio Montoro and Alma Latina / Prod. Julio Montoro / Tumi Music Label
- «Descemer Bueno and Jorge Villamizar in Havana» / Descemer Bueno
and Jorge Villamizar / Prod. Claudio Pairot / Bismusic - «I am what I am» / Virginia Guantanamera / Prod. Juan Manuel Ceruto / Abdala Productions
Category: POP
- «Absolution» / Christopher Simpson / Prod. Christopher Simpson / Bismusic
- «Standing in front of the road» / Patricio Amaro / Prod. Carlos A. Cartaya, Jorge
Luis Pacheco, José Víctor Gavilondo and Patricio Amaro / Producciones Colibrí - «Tell me yes» / Rubén Lester / Prod. Kiko Pro and Rubén Lester / EGREM
- «This mania» / Alwin Damián / Prod. Germán Nogueiras / Bismusic
- «A part of me» / Abel Geronés / Prod. Abel Geronés / Bismusic
Category: DANCE MUSIC
- «Brindando» / Paulo FG and his Elite / Prod. Paulo FG / Bismusic
- «Classics of the Trabuco». Vol. 1 / Manolito Simonet and his Trabuco / Prod. Manolito Simonet / Bismusic
- «With all due respect Haila sings to Armando Manzanero» / Haila María Mompié / Prod. Aned Mota / EGREM
- «Cuba calls me» / El Chispa y los Cómplices / Prod. Ignacio Cervantes / Producciones Abdala
- «Back to the neighborhood» / El Niño and the Truth / Prod. Juan Manuel Ceruto
Pachy Naranjo Jr. and Dayron Ortega / EGREM - «My music arrived» / Pachito Alonso and his Kini Kini / Prod. Pachito Alonso / Bismusic
- «Rain and fire» / Issac Delgado / Prod. Yusef Díaz and Isaac Delgado Ramírez /
EGREM - «Pa ‘to dance to» / Maikel Dinza & Soneros de la Juventud / Prod. Maikel Dinza / Independent Label
Category: URBAN MUSIC
- «Binary» / Negrons / Prod. Reynaldo Amaya and Rolando García / Asere Productions
- «Blacklist» / Mentes Callejeras / Prod. Marcelo de los Angeles Santos / Bismusic
- «Solid» / Yomil and the Dany / Prod. Yomil and the Dany / Independent label
Category: HIP HOP
- «¡Ño!» / Malcoms Justice and Keren Kmanwey / Prod. Malcoms Justice
and Keren Kmanwey / Asere Productions - «From Justice to Ondalivre» / Ondalivre / Prod. Malcoms Junco / 18A16 Productions
- «The Remix Mixtape» / The Fine / Prod. Malcoms Junco and Yamay Mejias /
Hip Hop Archive -18A16 Productions - «Sound wounds» / D ‘Mind / Prod. Adrián Vega / Independent label
- «The 2 sides of the coin» / Strike Seko / Prod. Strike Seko / Independent stamp
Category: ELECTRONIC MUSIC
- «Going down hill» / Jamnael Casanova / Prod. Jamnael Casanova / LNME
- «Diverxo» / David Casas / Prod. David Casas / LNME
- «Many Secrets» / Ariel Carrasco / Prod. Ariel Carrasco / LNME
Category: DESIGN
- «Go back» / Athanai / Dis. Eduardo Abela / Bismusic
- «Everything a little» / Young Classics of the Son / Dis. Katia Hernández and Enrique Smith / Hummingbird Productions
- «Sing, enjoy and grow» / Choir Tiny / Dis. Ricardo Monnar and Alejandro Azcuy / Bismusic
- «The flag of my land» / Los Muñequitos de Matanzas / Dis. Ricardo Monnar
and Alejandro Azcuy / Bismusic - «Reason to be» / Vocal Renacer / Dis. Ricardo Monnar and Alejandro Azcuy / Bismusic
Category: DISCOGRAPHICAL NOTES
- «Maferefún la rumba» / The Muñequitos de Matanzas / Producers Cary Diez
and Luis Cancino / Bismusic Label - «La Guazaón de Lazaga» / Enrique Lazaga and his Orchestra / Prod. Enrique Lazaga / Bismusic
- «Italuba Big Band» / Horacio “El Negro” Hernández / Note: Emir García Meralla / Bismusic
- «Abrakadabra. Peter Pan. Never again »/ Abrakadabra Musical Children’s Theater Company / Note: Maité Ríos Agüero / Colibrí Productions
- «Between strings» / María Victoria Rodríguez / Note: Sonia Pérez Casola / Bismusic
Category: MUSICOLOGICAL NOTES
- “New music. UNEAC Composition Awards ». Vol. I and II / Various / Note: Ailer Pérez / EGREM
- «Transfigurations» / Wilma Alba / Note: Juan Piñera / Hummingbird Productions
- «Sinco_pa changuisa» / Ernesto Oliva and Lianne Vega / Note: Juan Piñera / Producciones Colibrí
- «Live Percussion» / PercuCuba Ensemble / Note: María del Rosario
Hernández / Colibrí Productions - «Music that awakens» / The Crusade / Note: Neris González Bello / Bismusic
Category: SOUND DESIGN
- «Any day» / Harold López-Nussa / Grab. Antonio Oliart / Hummingbird Productions
- «Italuba Big Band» / Horacio “El Negro” Hernández / Grab. Alfonso Peña / Bismusic
- «Symphonic works» Vol. I-II / Guido López Gavilán / Grab. Giraldo García / Colibrí Productions
- «Back to the neighborhood» / El Niño y la Verdad / Grab. Susana Fernández and Orestes Águila / EGREM
- «Live Session Saxophones» / Cuban Sax Quintet / Grab. Yosdán Coimbra
and Giraldo García / EGREM
Category: OPERA PRIMA
- «A part of me» / Abel Geronés / Prod. Abel Geronés / Bismusic
- «Better sing» / Club Conexo / Prod. Ricardo Javier Díaz / Bismusic
- «Dreams of the people» / Josué Borges Maresma / Prod. Gloria Ochoa
and Josué Borges / Hummingbird Productions - «Cecilia Arizti. Works for piano »/ Liza María Blanco / Prod. Ulises Hernández /
Producciones Colibrí - «Times of peace» / Mayquel González / Prod. Harold López-Nussa / Hummingbird Productions
- «Reason to be» / Vocal Renacer / Pro. David Blanco / Bismusic
Category: MUSICAL DOCUMENTARY
- «# Everyday music» / Various / Dir. Luis Bran / The warehouse Matanzas
- «They sing in the Arará language» / Various / Dir. Miguel Ángel García / Proyecto Etnovisual- Afrokuba
- «The reason was not worth» / Moraima Secada / Dir. Felipe Morfa and Mayra García / Bismusic
- «Beyond a Jojazz prayer» / Various / Dir. René Arencibia and Gloria Ochoa /
Hummingbird Productions - «Vida parrandera» / Valera-Miranda Family / Dir. Eddy Cardoza / EGREM
Category: MAKING OF
- «Beautiful love MAKING OF» / Leoni Torres / Dir. Yeandro Tamayo / EGREM
- «Descemer Bueno and Jorge Villamizar in Havana» / Descemer Bueno
and Jorge Villamizar / Dir. Mildrey Ruiz / Bismusic - «Legacy Tour in Santiago» / Formell and the Van Van / Dir. David Hernández
and Enrique Alonso / EGREM - «Having a good time Tour» / Pupy and those that Son Son / Dir. David Hernández
and Enrique Alonso / EGREM - «Saxophones Live Sessions» / Cuban Sax Quintet / Dir. Alexis Oliva / EGREM
Category: AUDIOVISUAL CONCERT
- «Beautiful love MAKING OF» / Leoni Torres / Dir. Yeandro Tamayo / EGREM
- «Atrapasueños» / Tony Ávila / Dir. Mildrey Ruiz and Enrique Carballea / EGREM
- «Two legends» / Elito Revé & Los Van Van / Dir. José Manuel García / Bismusic
- «Italuba Big Band» / Horacio “El Negro” Hernández / Dir. Mayra María García,
Enrique Carballea & Mildrey Ruiz / Bismusic - «Raúl Paz in concert» / Raúl Paz / Dir. Quimera, RSK, Mandy DJ / EGREM
- «Releasing energy» / Emilio Vega / Dir. José Manuel García / Bismusic
- «A time live» / Harold Merino Bonet / Dir. Mildrey Ruiz / EGREM
This report combines several reports from Cuban press
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