The festival is an initiative of the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM) and the National Center for Concert Music, who this year will honor the legacy of the genre’s masters Maria Felicia Perez, Corina Campos, and Guerra herself, as well as the centennial of the birth of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

  At a press conference, Guerra, who is also the director of the National Choir of Cuba and the Entrevoces and D’Profundis Chamber Choirs, shared details of the event along with Grisel Lince, coordinator of the Academic Committee, the president of the ICM, Indira Fajardo, and the vice president of the Organizing Committee, Haskell Armenteros.

  The festival president and National Music Prize winner emphasized that culture as a right is inalienable and a testament to institutional resilience.

  This year, the program will be concentrated in the Old Havana municipality, allowing for more efficient logistics and greater accessibility for the everyday residents of the historic center.

  The event in Old Havana will bring together more than a dozen groups, will be non-competitive, and will be open to the public for a nominal fee.

  Among the invited groups are the Vocal Leo and Exaudi Chamber Choirs, the Luna and Concordia Vocal Ensembles, the Corona Ensemble, Vox Cordis, Vocal-Etecsa, and Vocal Sampling Choirs, the Polyphonic Choir of the State School of Music of San Luis Potosi (Mexico), and those under the direction of Digna Guerra.

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