Pre concert receptions with Dr Aleida Guevara and other guests from Cuba
Barbican Centre
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June
from 5.30pm
Cuba50 VIP Receptions at the Barbican Centre
Free events at Cuba50 festival at the Barbican, London
Cuba50, the largest ever festival of Cuban culture outside of Havana, announces a spectacular showcase weekend at the Barbican Centre, London, on 27 and 28 June.
The Cuban Record Company EGREM, which received the most awards at the International Fair Cubadisco 2009, was also granted the event's Prize of Honor, in recognition of its great contribution to Cuban culture.
Sting sent a thank-you letter from London to organizers of Cubadisco 2009 Festival for his award in the category of international record during the Cuban record industries annual awards ceremony on Saturday.
Friendship and integration, rivalry and healthy sportsmanship characterized the closing ceremony of the Third ALBA Games and its 12 days of arduous competition.
The Organizing Committee of the 29th Caribbean Festival, to be held in Santiago de Cuba from July 3rd through the 9th and aimed at reaffirming the cultural identity and traditions of the peoples, has been constituted in this city.
The US Department of State, headed by Hillary Clinton, banned renowned Cuban songwriter and singer Silvio Rodriguez from travelling to the United States, where he had been invited to an homage gala for the 90th birthday of legendary US musician Pete Seeger.
The June issue of Songlines magazine (#60) is now on sale.
Aleida Guevara, daughter of Che, is just one of a host of special guests joining the Cuba50 celebrations at the Barbican in June.
Other guests from Cuba and beyond are expected to be confirmed over the next few weeks helping to make Cuba50 at the Barbican the biggest European celebration in this 50th anniversary year.
This year's Biennial of contemporary art in Havana, Cuba, which runs 27 March – 30 April has asked artists to explore the contradictions in the theme Integration and Resistance in the Global Age.
Cuba50 is proud to announce the launch of its showcase event: the Cuba50 weekend at the Barbican 27-28 June, a feast of the very best live Cuban music and dance direct from Cuba.
Yumari Gonzalez of Cuba won a silver in a women's points race that included two crashes at the track cycling world championships held in Poland.
Cuban poet and essayist Roberto Fernández Retamar, President of Havana's Casa de las Américas cultural institution, has been granted the 2008 Arts and Letters Prize given by ALBA, the Bolivarian Alternative for The Americas.
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