CONCERT AT THE ROOTS OF CUBAN MUSIC

This concert will open with Havana contradanzas by the great 19th-century composer Ignacio Cervantes. The contradanza leads on to the Havana tango (later known as the habanera), the son, the rumba and, closer to home, the mambo and the cha cha cha. It ends with great Cuban zarzuelas sung by the great singer Cyrielle Ndjikisera, a real vocal fireworks display crowned by the presence of the popular Argentine singer Diana Baroni.