The winners of the National Music Competition will star in the concert \u201cThe New Generation\u201d on February 1 at 8:00 p.m., in the Tito Junco Hall of the Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center, as part of the 41st edition of the Jazz Plaza International Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The show, organized by the Fondo de Arte Joven (FAJ), will be under the artistic direction of Janio Abreu. The renowned multi-instrumentalist, composer and pedagogue has conceived a repertoire that dialogues between Latin jazz and Cuban popular music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourteen young winners of the two editions of the National Music Competition - promoted by FAJ and UNICEF Cuba since 2024 - will share the stage with outstanding musicians of the Cuban scene, including Rold\u00e1n Carballoso (lute), Adel Gonz\u00e1lez (percussion) and Pedro Pablo Guti\u00e9rrez (double bass). New performers representing the most recent generations will also join this event, bringing freshness and diversity to the evening's program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a homecoming, the FAJ celebrates its third anniversary in the context of the Jazz Plaza International Festival, the same space where it was born in January 2023. This coincidence reaffirms the natural character of an alliance that has grown alongside the country's young talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since its creation, the platform has promoted creative projects and has contributed to the development of emerging art in Cuba, accompanying new voices on their professional path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interpreters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alvaro P\u00e9rez Ruiz (piano), Paola Abreu Falc\u00f3n (piano), Esteban Hern\u00e1ndez Toppe (piano), F\u00e9lix de Jes\u00fas Matos Mart\u00ednez (piano \/ vocals), Ronny Yunior L\u00f3pez Vega (piano), Natalia Hern\u00e1ndez Delgado (guitar), Alessa Blanco Bencomo (flute), Dar\u00edo Cuba Hern\u00e1ndez (flute), Vismar Su\u00e1rez G\u00f3mez (saxophone), Diego Alejandro Abreu Gonz\u00e1lez (piano), Mar\u00eda Karla Rifat Rodr\u00edguez (violoncello), Laura Diaz La O (violin), El\u00edas Alexander Ferrer Duverger (vibraphone), Alejandro S\u00e1nchez V\u00e9liz (saxophone)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Special guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rold\u00e1n Carballoso (lute), Adel Gonz\u00e1lez (percussion), Pedro Pablo Guti\u00e9rrez (double bass), Ihara Mar\u00eda Rosales Imbert (tres), Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Rodriguez M\u00e9ndez (tres), Elizabeth Blanco Mart\u00ednez (violin), Kamila Cepero Silva (viola), Jos\u00e9 Eduardo Rodriguez M\u00e9ndez (tres), Elizabeth Blanco Mart\u00ednez (violin), Kamila Cepero Silva (viola)<\/p>\n\n\n\n MUSICAL DIRECTION: Janio Abreu<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since its creation, the platform has promoted creative projects and has contributed to the development of emerging art in Cuba, accompanying new voices on their professional path.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-desde-el-faj","9":"post-with-thumbnail","10":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/banner-la-nueva-generacion_FAJ_Jazz-Plaza.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7485,"url":"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/en\/fondo-de-arte-joven-se-une-a-la-harvard-jazz-orchestra-en-un-primer-intercambio-de-talento-musical\/","url_meta":{"origin":10264,"position":0},"title":"Youth Art Found joins the Harvard Jazz Orchestra in a first musical talent exchange","author":"Ren\u00e9 Manuel Puig","date":"5 de June de 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A delegation of young musicians from the Harvard Jazz Orchestra exchanged last week with the Fondo de Arte Joven (FAJ).","rel":"","context":"In "Desde el FAJ"","block_context":{"text":"Desde el FAJ","link":"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/en\/category\/noticias\/desde-el-faj\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Harvard Jazz Orchestra","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Harvard-01.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Harvard-01.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Harvard-01.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Harvard-01.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Harvard-01.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8105,"url":"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/en\/fondo-de-arte-joven-y-unicef-cuba-convocan-a-la-primera-edicion-del-concurso-nacional-de-musica\/","url_meta":{"origin":10264,"position":1},"title":"Fondo de Arte Joven and UNICEF Cuba call for the first edition of the National Music Contest","author":"Ren\u00e9 Manuel Puig","date":"19 de September de 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Fondo de Arte Joven (FAJ) and the United Nations Children's Fund in Cuba (UNICEF Cuba), announce the First Edition of the National Music Contest, a unique opportunity for adolescents and teenagers to participate in the","rel":"","context":"In "Desde el FAJ"","block_context":{"text":"Desde el FAJ","link":"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/en\/category\/noticias\/desde-el-faj\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Concurso Nacional de M\u00fasica. 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