Starting the new year with classical music is always a great idea, especially during these times. Hearing the melodic chords is an invitation to delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the upcoming events to look out for is the concert by the remarkable saxophonist Javier Zalba, which will take place on Saturday, January 13th in the Basilica of San Francisco de As\u00eds, located in the historic centre of Havana. He will be accompanied by pianist Mar\u00eda del Henar Navarro and his son, flautist Jos\u00e9 Zalba-Smith. Their repertoire includes works by Claude Debussy, Darius Milhaud, Astor Piazzolla, Jorge L\u00f3pez Mar\u00edn, and Zalba himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, the Cornell University Wind Symphonic Band, conducted by James Spinazzola, will be presenting on the 17th at the Casa de las Am\u00e9ricas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the international scene, Luis Ernesto Do\u00f1as, a Cuban director, will be premiering Werther<\/strong> for the Ljubljana Opera House in Slovenia on the 18th after 45 years without a production. The work will be conducted by Aytron Desimpelaere, with sets by Chiara La Ferlita, costumes by Elisa Cobello, and lighting by Camilla Piccioni. A multidisciplinary team that has already accompanied Do\u00f1as in the operas Acqua Profonda<\/strong> by Giovanni Sollima and Otello<\/strong> by Gioacchino Rossini for the Belcanto Opera Festival in Japan will also be part of the production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Starting the new year with classical music is always a great idea, especially during these times. Hearing the melodic chords is an invitation to delight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[559,18,35],"ppma_author":[178],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-cuba","tag-classical-music","tag-cuba","tag-luis-e-amador-dominguez"],"authors":[{"term_id":178,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"alicia-soto-smith","display_name":"Alicia Soto Smith","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1991,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions\/1991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}