Cuba invited of honor to Cervantino de México with Vitier and Van Van. Cuba is the guest of honor at the Cervantino Circuit in Mexico with the José María Vitier quartet and the Van Van orchestra, at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex, organizers reported here. Their compatriots Reyna Hernández and Yadira Pintado (La Reyna y la Real) will share the stage, while Tania Libertad will pay tribute to the Mexican bolero master, Armando Manzanero, who died a victim of Covid-19. Mexican boleros, hip-hop and traditional Cuban music will be part of the artistic offer that the International Cervantino Festival (FIC), in its 49th edition, will take to the Los Pinos Cultural Complex, as part of the Cervantino Circuit program. The guests will offer live shows in the venue located in the first section of the Chapultepec Forest, although the FIC will have its usual headquarters in the state of Guanajuato where it will be broadcast from October 13th to the 31st of this month. Latin jazz, trova, habanera, danzón and contradanza are mixed in this live event, complemented by the voice of the soprano Bárbara Llanes, the percussions of Yaroldi Abreu and the multi instrumentation of Abel Acosta. Formell and the Van Van will spread the songo, a characteristic rhythm of the 70s in which traditional Cuban son is combined with touches of rock and jazz. This show, under the direction of Samuel Formell, will be on the 17th.
