(Prensa Latina)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Puerto Rican singer Danny Rivera, on his way to Havana,
visited the Cubania Cultural Center, a place in Santo Domingo where
new dreams for Latin American integration are being fostered.(Prensa Latina)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Puerto Rican singer Danny Rivera, on his way to Havana,
visited the Cubania Cultural Center, a place in Santo Domingo where
new dreams for Latin American integration are being fostered.
A space for craftworks and exhibitions of new artists of fine arts, the center also concentrates emblematic products such as coffee and tobacco which, beyond commercial items, are symbols of the Cuban traditions. A figure cherished by Dominicans, Rivera participated in a recital where singers from the two nations performed some guaracha, son and bolero. The Puerto Rican singer, a champion of Latin American integration, considered very positive to have consolidated a stage where artists form these nations permanently perform.
Rivera has played in important spots around the world and is currently working in the consolidation of the International Department of Fine Arts and Music project, in Havana. Along with Pablo Marcano Garcia, the popular singer sponsors this department, attached to the National Art Schools Center, where Latin American students will have access to higher studies of art, he commented for Prensa Latina. "The department currently counts on 19 students, 11 will study music and eight fine arts in Havana´s San Alejandro Fine Arts Academy, where they have a syllabus especially designed for them," Rivera stated. For those who, as Danny Rivera, are Havanabound -and emotionally bound to Havana- a visit to Cubania is like turning music into a sensorial kingdom to taste the pleasure of new challenges.World Music Central
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20041120193429931