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Mozart and Mambo
NICK MATTHEWS recommends a vivacious blend of classical and traditional Cuban music that brings swing to Mozart
RON JACOBS recommends a book that charts the disparate circumstances that defined the lives of two prominent black Afro-Americans — one a communist, the other an anti-communist
CHRIS MOSS joins the hunt in Argentina for the works of Poland’s most enigmatic exile
SYLVIA HIKINS welcomes a survey of successful contemporary worker co-operatives and economy-based co-operative systems
DAVID NICHOLSON recommends the staging of this Wagnerian classic minus one or two insignificant quibbles
JOHN GREEN relishes the record of a life well lived in the service of the fight for justice and socialism
To mark Mozart’s 250th birthday in 2007 a marble bust was unveiled in San Francisco de Asis Square in Old Havana. It was the work of Austrian sculptor Anton Thuswaldner, and a gift from the state government of Salzburg, Austria.
This prompted the formation of the Havana Lyceum Orchestra, founded by Pepe Mendez and fellow students from the Instituto Superior de Arte and the Escuelas Nacionales de Arte. The Mozarteum Salzburg together with Eusebio Leal, a Cuban historian, at the same time founded the Lyceum Mozartiano de La Habana, a cultural centre for classical music.
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