Charanga del Norte perform at Grimsby Town Hall on Friday 30 July as part of North East Lincolnshire Arts Forum Festival
Dance class from our dancer Guillermo at 6.30pm
Band on at 8pm
Venue: Grimsby Town Hall, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 1HX
Tickets from Tourist Information 01472 323111
Estrellas Cubanas performed the Danzon Amalia Batista by Rodrigo Prats at the Danzon Festival in Havana in 2007 – do contact me if you’re interested in promoting an exchange project between Estrellas Cubanas and Charanga del Norte.
Performances in Havana: March and April 2009:
I guested with various veteran bands such as Charanga de Oro, Orquesta Sublime and Estrellas Cubanas as part of the International Danzón Festival. I also gave an invited lecture in Spanish on the history of Charanga de Norte and on my research into Cuban Charanga at the [...]
Recent CD Reviews of Cuban and Salsa music by Sue Miller are available on www.gondwanasound.co.uk :
Review of The Rough Guide to Cuban Music
Review of Amadito Valdes Bajando Gervasio
The following interview took place in Havana in 2001.
SM: Interview:
MF: My name is Melquiades Fundora Dina. I was born in Nueva Paz, a village just outside Havana, on 20 March 1926. My first teachers were my parents. My mother played the double bass and my father the trumpet. I learnt to read and write [...]
The following article was written for the British Flute Society Magazine – PAN: March 2003.
Some people confuse the Cuban style of music with Jazz. In fact, the Charanga is quite different. Sue Miller examines the Charanga flute styles of Richard Egües, Eduardo Rubio (both from Orquesta Aragón) and Melquiades Fundora (from Orquesta Sublime). You will [...]
The Cuban Charanga
by Sue Miller
Written for the British Flute Society Journal PAN December 2000 edition
The sweetest and most elegant of all Cuban dance music is made by groups called Charangas. The Charanga orchestra is made up of a flute (traditionally one made of wood with five keys, but the Boehm system flute is also used), [...]