Artistic Performances, Shows with the Very Best of Cuban Music

13 October 2015 9:15pm

ARTEX is a Cuban company that promotes and markets the best elements of Cuban art by exporting such cultural goods and services as cultural and academic travel services, artistic performances and shows, professional and technical services, royalties, licenses, music matrix licensing and online music downloads, Ecommerce, duty free, publishing copyrights and book download.

ARTEX manages the exportation of artistic performances and shows by means of two artistic representation agencies: CLAVE CUBANA and MUSICALIA.

CLAVE CUBANA promotes and markets individual performances and shows by the most emblematic bands of Cuban popular music. Its catalog is made up of small and large format bands that comprise all genres of Cuban traditional and popular music, as well as the most contemporary trends of Cuban timba, salsa, Latin jazz and other expressions of international music. The list includes:

Formell y los Van Van, 2000 Grammy Award and 2013 Womex; Anacaona, a women’s band with over 86 years of experience; Pachito Alonso y sus Kini Kini, the first Cuban artist hired by an European record label (CBS Spain) and the only one that has performed for the Spanish Royal House; José Luis Cortés y NG la Banda, winner of the 41st Cali International Show, Colombia, who performed with singer Osdalgia at the Royal Palace of the King of Morocco, Mohamed 6th; Lazarito Valdés y Bamboleo, Revelation Band Award obtained at Mi Salsa show; Pupy y los que Son Son, 1999 Grammy Award; Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, Ascap Award for El Aguila; Paulo FG y su Elite, whose songs have been adapted by important stars of New York salsa and Puerto Rico, just like Johnny Riveraand Isidro Infante ;and David Calzado y su Charanga Habanera, nominated to the 2003 Grammy´s.

The quality and popularity achieved the artists of CLAVE CUBANA’s catalog are a result of the work carried out by its artistic management team, with proven professionalism and national and international experience in the organization and production of multidisciplinary shows, designed for any kind of stage.

The agency has positioned new talents of Cuban music: Mónica Mesa y su Máquina Perfecta, Laritza Bacallao y su Grupo, nominated to the Youth Awards in 2015; Tania Pantoja, described as the salsa phenomenon by the critic; JG y Su Grupo and popular former Van Van singer Mayito Rivera in solo career.

Finally, it’s important to highlight PMM, the first artistic project to use audiovisual screens and display video clips in shows; and live artistic performances by Santiago Alfonso’s company, director, dancer-founder of Cuba’s Contemporary Dance company in 1959, 2006 National Dance Award and artistic director of Tropicana Cabaret show for many years.

MUSICALIA is also one of the artistic representation agencies of ARTEX, so customers can enjoy the wealth of musical genres and styles that characterize the Cuban identity by hiring the finest Cuban bands and shows for performances worldwide.

The agency’s catalog, which is ready to please the most demanding preferences, embraces Cuban musicians related to such genres as son, salsa, jazz, trova, rock, guaracha,… and it includes bands: Elito Revé y su Charangón, Yumurí y sus Hermanos, Maykel Blanco y Salsa Mayor; female voices like Haila, Ivette Cepedaor Yaíma Sáez; singer-songwriters like Descemer Bueno, Kelvis Ochoa or David Blanco.

Adalberto Álvarez, keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and director of Adalberto Álvarez y su Son. Undoubtedly, many artists have produced versions of the work carried out by Cuban sonero over the past 30 years. Known as El Caballero del Son (The Gentleman of Son), he has reinserted this genre in the dance sphere and sonority of salsa in Cuba and overseas.

Descemer Bueno, songwriter, double-bass player, percussionist and musical producer, is one of the most outstanding and popular musicians at the time. He won three Latin Grammy´s in 2015 (Best urban performance, Best urban song and Song of the year); he was given the same number of awards in Premios Lo Nuestro (Video of the year, Song of the year and Collaboration of the year), due to the global success of "Bailando", along with Enrique Iglesias and Gente D´ Zona.

David Blanco, one of the most prestigious Cuban singers and songwriters, has recorded four albums, which have been nominated and have won awards in several categories of CUBADISCO Festival: Tengo para dar (2003), El Despechao (2005), La evolución (2008), best rock album, and Amigos, a duet album (2012) nominated to CUBADISCO 2013.

César López y Habana Ensemble has been described as the Cuban Charlie Parkes because of his incursions in Latin Jazz, with great virtuosity. This band’s repertoire merges jazz classics and genres of Cuban popular music like boleros, salsa,... thus creating a contemporary sound, where improvisation plays a leading role and turn each performance into an authentic and unique work of art.

Osdalgia, praised as the successor of Elena Burke and Omara Portuondo, singer of torch music that reached the fame with boleros and romantic ballads in the 1950s, says: “Singing feeling, singing boleros, has nothing to do with following the lead of anybody. It’s a lifestyle, a way to express love.

MUSICALIAis live music. Its soloists, bands in different formats, offer musical, circus and dance shows, as well as promotion services, hiring and management of artists in an assortment of genres.

Contacts:

MUSICALIA Agency:

18th Street No. 509, between 5th Ave and 7th, Miramar, Havana, Cuba

Tel. +537 204-9282 / 2041212 / 2041718

Email: musicalia@musicalia.artex.cu

Website: www.musicaliaonline.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/agenciamusicalia

You Tube: www.youtube.com/agenciamusicalia

CLAVE CUBANAAgency:

86th Street No 527 between 5th B and 7th, Querejeta Neighborhood, Playa, Havana, Cuba

Tel. +537 2049151/3684

Email: promocion@clavecubana.artex.cu