{"id":3449,"date":"2024-10-04T08:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2024-10-03T21:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T01:23:21","slug":"38th-havana-contemporary-music-festival-kicks-off-october-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/38th-havana-contemporary-music-festival-kicks-off-october-5th-04102024\/","title":{"rendered":"38th Havana Contemporary Music Festival Kicks Off October 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 38th Havana Contemporary Music Festival will take place across various venues in Cuba\u2019s capital from October 5th to 13th.<\/p>\n<p>The opening gala, scheduled at the Basilica Menor of the Convent of St. Francis of Assisi, will feature the renowned Spanish chamber ensemble, Plural Ensemble, performing Chamber Symphony by the celebrated Austrian composer Arnold Sch\u00f6nberg, alongside the world premiere of <strong>Plural Toccata<\/strong>, a new work by Cuban maestro Guido L\u00f3pez-Gavil\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Specializing in 20th and 21st-century music, Plural Ensemble frequently participates in prestigious international events, with performances in cities such as Madrid, Brussels, Salamanca, Strasbourg, Shanghai, Nice, Caracas, New York, and St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/guido-basilica.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/guido-basilica.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/guido-basilica-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/guido-basilica-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/guido-basilica-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cuban National Music Award recipient Guido L\u00f3pez-Gavil\u00e1n, accompanied by the M\u00fasica Eterna Chamber Orchestra, will premiere <strong>Al mal tiempo buena cara<\/strong>. He will also present other selections from his outstanding repertoire, in celebration of his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The National Symphony Orchestra will take the stage at the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theater of Cuba, where the world premiere of <strong>Cracovia, variaciones transform\u00e1ticas<\/strong> by Jos\u00e9 Loyola will be a highlight.<\/p>\n<p>An Electroacoustic Music Concert, marking the 105th anniversary of Juan Blanco\u2019s birth, as well as the 90th of Carlos Fari\u00f1as and the 85th of Roberto Valera \u2014 all pioneers of Cuban electroacoustic music \u2014 promises to be one of the festival\u2019s most memorable moments.<\/p>\n<p>The Manuel Galich Hall at Casa de las Am\u00e9ricas will also host leading contemporary sound artists. The festival\u2019s grand finale is slated for the Ignacio Cervantes Hall, where works by Roberto Valera, Guido L\u00f3pez-Gavil\u00e1n, Juan Pi\u00f1era, Andr\u00e9 Jolivet (France), Iv\u00e1n Acosta Ochoa, and David Bertok (Germany) will be performed, showcasing the diversity and innovation of contemporary music.<\/p>\n<p>Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 38th Havana Contemporary Music Festival will take place across various venues in Cuba\u2019s capital from October 5th to 13th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[796],"ppma_author":[12],"class_list":["post-3449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-cuba","tag-havana-contemporary-music-festival"],"authors":[{"term_id":12,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"daynelis-rodriguez-pena","display_name":"Daynelis Rodr\u00edguez Pe\u00f1a","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\/3449","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=3449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3453,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions\/3453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioenciclopedia.cu\/cultural-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}