CubaPLUS Magazine

The 4th Matanzas Jazz Festival, to be held virtually from April 29 to May 2, is an excellent possibility to quot;raise positive energy, because life is a privilege and so is doing jazz,quot; said its president, musician from Matanzas, Miguel &Aángel Rodríguez Zulueta &Miguelón".

In a statement to the press, the Organizing Committee explained that this meeting will be dedicated this time to the birthdate centennial of maestro Frank Emilio Flynn, one of the pillars of the piano download in Cuban music and Latin jazz, as well as honoring the notable musicians Arsenio Rodríguez, composer and performer, and Sergio Pichardo.

Something outstanding in this edition will be the premiere of the DVD quot;Jazz with guaguancóquot; by Alejandro Falcón and Cuba Adentro, the most recent record production by the pianist from Matanzas, founder and vice president of the event, which will pay tribute to the 67th anniversary of the emblematic group of Afro-Cuban music Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, in the cradle of the rumba, declared Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2016.

Festival participants also include the Casino Bellamar orchestra, founded by maestro Sergio Pichardo, Grupo Mestizaje, Janio Abreu and Aires de Concierto, Gastón JoJazz, Yasek Manzano, pianist and composer Arturo O`Farrill, son of the icon of world and latin jazz Chico O#39;Farrill, clarinetist Víctor Goines, together with the Lincoln Center orchestra in New York, as well as other Matanzas and Cuban musicians who recreate his work from different latitudes.

In addition to the concerts, the festival will broadcast virtual conferences and exhibitions through the platforms of the Cuban Ministry of Culture (Mincult) and the Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and YouTube channels.

This meeting, whose program appears at the end of this information, is sponsored by the Mincult, the Cuban Institute of Music, the José White Concert Hall, the Center for Research and Development of Cuban Music, the Provincial Directorate of Culture in Matanzas , the Rafael Somavilla Provincial Music Center, the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), the Paradiso Cultural Tourism Agency and the Cubaron Marketing Company.