(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – The Cuban Percussionists Society announced the 14th International Percussion Festival of “PERCUBA 2003,” April 15-19, at the Amadeo Roldan Theater and the Casa de las Americas. A contest will take place April 16-18, also at the National Folkloric Group venue. The Festival will include a series of important theoretical and practical events in its program and is designed for education, promotion and exchange among national and international representatives from different fields of percussion. Professional or traditional performers, professors, students, researchers, composers and/or instrument or accessories manufacturers, as well as all friends of Cuban percussion are expected to participate.
Three living percussion masters will be paid homage: Regino Jimenez Saez, Eladio Terry Gonzalez “Don Pancho”, Lino Arturo Neira Betancourt and also the late Jorge Alfonso Campos “El Niño” and Ramon “Mongo” Santamaria. In 2002, the First PERCUBA Award went to Mexican Reynaliz Herrera Martinez.
The list of guest artistic projects include: ARGENTINA: didactic recital by Alberto Murillo (Patagonia); CUBA: Concert by Don Pancho Terry and his All Stars, Concert by Diakara, Concert by Sin Palabras, Didactic Conference by Cesar Rivero Sanz, among others.
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
