Rome - Cuban pianist Marcos Madrigal will offer next April 23 a recital at the prestigious Oratorio del Gonfalone (Oratory of the Banner) in Rome, today announced the institution regarded as one of the best for chamber music in Italy.

The 64th season of concerts organized by the Gonfalone includes the return of Madrigal to this temple of Roman music after his great success in the previous season.

Johannesburg - The Joburg Ballet of South Africa opens today a season of the world classic "The Swan Lake" with dancers Viengsay Valdes from Cuba and Brooklyn Mack from the United States as leading figures.

The leading ballet dancers from the National Ballet of Cuba and the Washington Ballet, respectively, will perform again on April 17 dancing as leading figures in various performances of the season that begins today.

San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba - The Humor Museum awarded the art contest "Always laugh" in its sixth edition, with the presence of students of first and second cycle of primary education.

The event featured works of students from schools Frederick Engels, Amado Fonseca, Socialist Cuba, the Vocational School of Art Eduardo Abela, Domingo Lence and José Martí. The jury made by specialists of the Museum and the Provincial Visual Arts Center Eduardo Abela gave 3 Awards and 2 mentions in each cycle.

Artemisa, Cuba - More than 700 titles for children, young persons and adults will be available to readers in the province of Artemisa, where were inaugurated this Tuesday the Twenty-Fourth Book Fair and Literature.

Until next April 12 the shelves and kiosks of the fairgrounds in this municipality will market about 79 000 copies, said Margarita Callamo Vaillant, Provincial Director of the sector of Culture.

Havana - Renown local and foreign representatives of the choral music will meet in the Twelfth Chamber Music Festival meeting, to be held in Cuba from April 18th to 25th, today confirmed the director of the event Frank Fernández.

To show wonders achieved in groups and by little-known young talents will be one of the objectives of the festival the publishing house Colibri will record for a future album.

Bogota - Hundreds of artists and thinkers participate in the Summit of Arts and Culture for Peace opened today for the first time to support efforts seeking the end of the armed conflict in Colombia.

According to organizers, creators and intellectuals from around the world will participate in the event, which fosters spaces to discuss the role they can play to promote a scenario of peace in Colombia, after more than 50 years of conflict.