He Troubadours Festival Longina sings to Corona began its 30th edition this Wednesday in Santa Clara with a dedication to the singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez and the participation of artists from five countries.
Among the activities of the event, based in the city of Santa Clara, the organizers have announced a Silvio Rodríguez’s conversation with several singer-songwriters next Saturday.
In the talk with the troubadour, topics such as “music, songs, poetry, chords and inspirations and, also, emotions, certainties, loyalties, convictions and fortitude” will be addressed, the newspaper noted. Rebel Youth.
On the first day of the Festival, the Carto exhibition, with photographs from one of the singer-songwriter’s tours made by the artist Kaloian Santos.
Foreign representation includes the trio of Colombian troubadours Ella Trova, the Mexican singers Xóchitl Ramos and Darío Parga, the Argentine Anita Tripodi Paz and Tobias Thiele, from Germany.
Silvio Rodríguez is one of the founders of the Nueva Trova Cubana, an artistic movement that emerged in 1968 of which other musicians such as Pablo Milanés, Noel Nicola, Martín Rojas, Eduardo Ramos, Vicente Feliú and Pedro Luis Ferrer were also part.
La Nueva Trova mixed the study of the popular roots of Cuban music with politicized lyrics in the heat of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
The genre, considered the continuation of previous expressions of traditional trova and the so-called filin, became one of the most influential musical movements in Latin America in the second half of the 20th century.
This Festival, which this year celebrates its 30th edition, pays permanent tribute to the musician Manuel Corona, considered one of the greats of Cuban troubadour song, and is named after one of his most popular pieces, Longina.
EFE/OnCuba.
