Fernando Trueba‘s beautiful film rendition of the legendary concert that brought two very distinctive performers together on the same stage. On June 22, 2003, in Valldemossa’s Costa Nord cultural center in Mallorca, Bebo Valdés and Diego el Cigala joined forces to create a fusion of flamenco and Cuban music through an exquisite selection of well-known classics from the popular Iberoamerican repertoire. The intimate setting and extraordinary spiritual bonding between the artists informed the performance so profoundly that Spanish poet Ángel González commented: “Bebo y Cigala have created such an extraordinary amalgam that the Cuban song sounds like cante, and vice-versa.” The concert led to the recording of the Grammy-award winning CD, Lágrimas Negras.
Please note that this will be a one-night-only screening.
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE HELD
BEFORE A LIVE AUDIENCE.
INSTEAD, IT WILL BE STREAMED THROUGH OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK ON TUESDAY, APRIL 7, AT 6:30 PM
AND ENJOY THE CONCERT!
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BARUCH COLLEGE
25th Street, bet. Lexington and Third Aves., NYC
5th FLOOR: SCREENING ROOM 160
SPACE IS LIMITED
Free Admission
MUST RSVP at: info@cubanculturalcenter.org
For a sneak peek, click here:
This event is co-sponsored by the Dept. of Black and Latino Studies of Baruch College, CUNY
And is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
With the promotional collaboration of
And is a complementary presentation of the Cuban Cultural Center of New York’s 19th annual flagship event, this year titled España en Cuba: Un ir y venir, to be held at Barnard College on Sunday, November 15, 2020.
