Productions Culled by Artex’s Bis Music Record Label Nominated to Cubadisco 2015
Forty albums produced by Bis Music, Artex’s record company, have been nominated to Cubadisco 2015, the most important international show of Cuba’s recording industry.
According to Saharait Tardio, Marketing and PR specialist with Bis Music, they’ve seen this year the highest number of Artex-related albums nominated to Cubadisco.
The list of nominees includes Palabras by young singer and songwriter Haydee Milanes. The album is made up of 14 songs that were authored by songwriter Marta Valdes, with musical arrangements by Milanes herself. It has been nominated in Song Catalogue and Record Notes categories. On the other hand, the audiovisual material that stands for Cancion Facil, produced by outstanding Cuban moviemaker Fernando Perez, was nominated in Video Clip category.
Si te Hago Cancion is the second album produced by Cuban singer-songwriter Adrian Berazain and it was nominated in Design and Trova-Pop-Rock categories. In this album, which is more reflexive and daring than his previous work, Bera, as he is also known, counted on the collaboration of Cuban singers David Blanco, Dianela de la Portilla and Leoni Torres. The clip that promotes Oshun, produced by Omar Leyva and Berazaín, was also included in the list of Video Clip nominees.
Entre Dos Aguas, the album of Maria Victoria Rodriguez, a Cuban singer and songwriter of country music, was nominated in the Traditional Son category. The album is made up of 16 songs, most of which are sung by Cuban iconic duo of country music Celina & Reutilio, and they tackle religious topics. Some of Celina & Reutilio pieces are Santa Barbara, A la Reina del Mar and Maria de la Luz, among other songs.
As for the Popular Dance Music, Artex’s Bis Music had two of its production taken in: En la Calle una vez mas by Jose Luis Cortes “El Tosco” and NG La Banda, and La Aplanadora de Cuba by Elito Reve y su Charangon. According to the record company, La Aplanadora de Cuba was one of the top 5 albums sold by means of digital music sale platforms in 2014.
In the same category, but this time around in the Latest Records section, Hablando con Juanastood out, an album authored by outstanding Cuban bass player, singer, songwriter, arranger and musical producer Alain Perez. Hablando con Juana Alain Perez’s first solo album, which, Maestro Chucho Valdes told suenacubano.com, is “an album with plenty of energy and colors, where Alain Perez shows his qualities as a songwriter, arranger and singer.”
Ortodecimante, included in the categories of Children’s Music and Didactic DVD, features forty orthographical rules sung by children like ten stanza poems. It’s a very interesting proposal put on the map by Bis Music, so children will have fun while they learn the conjugation of infinitives to find, to have and to do, write m before b and p or accent words that have the stress on the last syllable, just to mention some of the rules includes in the album.
The Didactic DVD category also has audiovisual Mis Caminos del Tres by Pancho Amat, an acclaimed Cuban musician. Produced by Jose Manuel Garcia and Amat, the musician includes in this DVD aspects related to his method to play this musical instrument.
Mi Primer Concertwas featured in the Show DVD category. Produced by Enrique Carpella and Luis Najmias, the DVD puts together moments of the concert given by Descemer Bueno at Mella Theater, in Havana, in December 2012, which counted on the participation of prestigious Cuban singers Xiomara Laugart, Kelvis Ochoa, Luna Manzanares, Harold Lopez-Nussa, Israel Rojas, Haila, Santiago Feliu, Omar Hernandez, Baby Lores, Alain Daniel, among others.
Another DVD was nominated, but it goes to the Live Recording category: El Nuevo Mundo by producer Luis Duran. It’s a video on the concert given by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Blanco in 2013, at Havana’s Karl Marx Theater. The DVD is made up of 21 songs, with performances by Italian tenor Dario Balsanelli, Eliades Ochoa, Pedrito Calvo, Lazaro Morua and Buena Fe duet, among other representatives of Cuban music.
Two productions were taken into the Compilation category: Trinidad: Historias de un Mundo Aparte, within the framework of the 500th anniversary of Santisima Trinidad Village and Un Juglar Antillano, on Luis Carbonell, who was described as the watercolorist of Antillean poetry. Un Juglar Antillano is also nominated in the Musical Documentary category.
Among the proposals for the Special Award we have: Cancion de Otoño, Eterno Formell and Indefinidas Confesiones.
Cancion de Otoño is the result of a musical project between Pablo Milanes and Cuban pianist, songwriter and musician Jose Maria Vitier. The album is made up of 14 songs, some of which were authored by Vitier, and there are musicalized poems of Gabriela Mistral, Federico Garcia Lorca, Jose Marti, Fina Garcia Marruz and Ruben Dario.
Eterno Formell is a compilation of songs written by Juan Formell for Van Van. It’s a tribute to the successful career of this musician, so several Cuban artists performed songs that were immortalized by Van Van.
Eterno Formellwas given an extraordinary prize before the grand fiesta of the record realm in Cuba. With this award, Cubadisco recognized the musical legacy of the founder of Van Van and paid homage to the maestro in the first anniversary of his passing, on May 1, 2014.
Indefinidas Confesiones gathers 19 love poems written by Antonio Guerrero, a Hero of the Republic of Cuba. Some of these poems are recited by Ibrahin Friol, who also introduces the album, and they have been musicalized by Cuban troubadour Augusto Blanca, with arrangements by Emilio Vega and Pepe Ordas. The cover shows one of Guerrero’s drawings and reads “Life stopped when I kissed you”.
Cubadisco 2015 International Show is going to take place in Havana on May 15 - 24 and Paradiso, Artex’s cultural tourism agency, is the official inbound agency for the event. Russia will be the Guest of Honor and this edition of the event will be dedicated to both symphonic and choral music. The presidents of honor are Digna Guerra, director of Cuba’s National Choir and songwriter Guido Lopez- Gavilan.
This is a perfect opportunity to be in touch with the finest Cuban musical talent. Cubadisco’s schedule includes launchings of albums and audiovisual materials, specialized visits, exhibits, concerts given by remarkable national and international figures and the delivery of important awards. It also features reflection and debate spaces for theoreticians, creators and executives from the music realm, where they analyze matters related to musical creation and teaching, music industry and cultural heritage, so as to foster exchange, collaboration and knowledge.
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2015 Cubadisco International Show Program
National Theater
• May 15, 8:30 p.m. Avellaneda Hall. Concert by the Symphonic Orchestra of Minnesota.
• May 16, 8:30 p.m. Avellaneda Hall. Concert by the Symphonic Orchestra of Minnesota.
• May 17, 11:00 a.m. Avellaneda Hall. Symphonic Awarding Gala of Cubadisco International Show dedicated to Russia. Special guest Ernan Lopez-Nussa.
• May 20, 8:30 p.m. Avellaneda Hall. Homage Gala dedicated to Russia, the guest of honor, with the participation of both Russian and Cuban artists. International awards giving ceremony.
• May 21, 8:30 p.m. Covarrubias Hall. Concert by the Orchestra of Havana’s Grand Theater.
• May 22, 8:30. Covarrubias Hall. Performance by the Symphonic Orchestras of Villa Clara.
• May 23, 8:30 p.m. Covarrubias Hall. Performance by the Symphonic Orchestra of Camagüey.
• May 24, 11:00 a.m. Avellaneda Hall. Closing Gala. National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba.
Lazaro Peña Theater
• May 16, 8:30 p.m. Homage to Adolfo Guzman and Tania Castellanos. Orchestra of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television with first-line Cuban artists and Russian singer Arminé Sarkisian. Dir. Maestro Miguel Patterson.
Mella Theater
• May 17, 8:30 p.m. Gala for the Centenarian of “Chano” Pozo with Arturo O´Farril and his band.
• May 18 - 24. Homage Gala to Lazaro Ross, with Sintesis and folkloric bands
• Concert by Buena Vista Social Club, with the launch of album “Menos mal”, by Idania Valdes, Producciones Colibrí, 2014 Cubadisco Song Catalogue Award.
• Concert by “Compay Segundo” band, Aragon Orchestra, Ignacio Piñeiro National Septet and other acclaimed bands of Cuban traditional music.
• Afro-Caribbean afternoons at Mella Theater’s garden: jazz bands, rumberos and community projects, Trinidad & Tobago’s Choir and other foreign artists.
Karl Marx Theater
• May 15 - 24. Concerts by national and international artists, who have won prizes in Cubadisco. Shows for young artist. Concert by Paulo FG and guests.
Theater Hall at the National Museum of Fine Arts
• May 16 7:00 p.m. Concert and launch of album “Mis canciones” by Tony Pinelli.
• May 21 7:00 p.m. Concert by artists awarded in jazz category.
• May 23 7:00 p.m. Concert by Lopez-Nussa family.
• Different bands are slated to perform at the backyard of the museum. On Saturdays May 16 - 23, 2:00 p.m. the performance will be dedicated to children and adolescents, with different offers.
Casa del Alba
• May 15, 7:00 p.m. Gerardo Alfonso with foreign artists.
• May 16, 11:00 a.m. Songs for children at the backyard.
• May 16, 7:00 p.m. Concert by Sintesis and foreign artists at the backyard.
• May 17, 5:00 p.m. Performance by Vocal Luna, Habana Clasico, Coro Folclorico and Coro de Trinidad y Tobago.
• May 21, 5:00 p.m. “El canto de todos” founded and directed by Vicente Feliu, with Cuban and foreign artists.
• May 23, 11:00 a.m. Performance by Coro Diminuto and Cantorías infantiles. The Prize of Honor will be handed to director Carmen Rosa.
“Tardes Cubadisco” at Casa del Alba:
• May 23, 11:00 a.m. Activity for children.
• May 23, 7:00 p.m. Performance by artists invited to Cubadisco.
• May 24, 11:00 a.m. Activity for children at the backyard.
• May 24, 5:00 p.m. Concert Afternoons, a space directed by Alicia Perea. Guests: Strings Orchestra from Matanzas’ school of music, Dir. Alberto Garcia.
National Museum of Fine Arts
• May 23, 3:00 p.m. Performance by D´Profundis Choir.
Gonzalo Roig Hall at Havana’s Lyric Theater
• May 17, 5:00 p.m. Performance by Camerata Vocal Sine Nomine.
Lesser Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Convent
• May 16, 6:00 p.m. Performance by Schola Cantorum Coralina. San Felipe Neri Oratory.
• May 23, 4:00 p.m. Performance by Exaudi Choir and Matanzas’.
Seat of Cuba’s National Choir
• May 20, 5:00 p.m. Cuba’s National Choir.
Jose Marti National Library
• May 21, 5:00 p.m. Performance by Trio Aries and Vocal Leo.
Higher Art Institute
• May 20, 2:00 p.m. Performance by Trio Aries, duo Promusic and students.
National Museum of Music
• May 14, 4:00 p.m. “El Compositor y su Obra” Space.
• May 20, 4:00 p.m. Concert Afternoons.
• May 21, 4:00 p.m. Pancho Amat y su Cabildo del Son.
Casa de la Amistad
• May 19, 3:00 p.m. Performance by delegations attending Cubadisco 2015.
• Salón Rosado Benny Moré, La Tropical
• May 15 - 22; 16 - 23, and Sundays 17 - 24. Performances by: Formell y Los Van Van, Alexander Abreu y Habana D´Primera, Elito Revé y su Charangón, Pachito Alonso y sus KiniKini, David Calzado y la Charanga Habanera, Caribe Girls, Pupy y los que Son Son, Adalberto Álvarez y su Son, and Qba Libre, among other bands.
Trillo Park
• Orchestras, bands and choirs. Community projects.
Rumba Palace and Egrem’s Backyard
• Prizewinning bands in Cubadisco.
Maxim Rock
• May 15 - 22. Electroacoustic Music
• May 16 - 23. Dead Point band and guests. Performance by Cubadisco 2014 - 2015 prizewinning bands.
• May 17 - 24. Foreign artists and Cuban bands, including: HightGrass band.
International Symposium at the Center for Cuban Music Research and Development, May 18–22
