Havana, Cuba - Master Digna Guerra, professor and director of the National Choir of Cuba, received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of the Arts (ISA by its Spanish acronym), in a ceremony that took its seat in that house of higher learning in this city.

In the presence of Abel Acosta, Deputy Minister of Culture, and Miguel Barnet, president of the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists, the honoured tutor of generations of musicians, received this recognition for her hard academic work in the training of singers.

Villa Clara, Cuba - The 19th edition of the National Chamber Music Festival "A Tempo with Caturla" begins today in Cuba with the participation of two solid international figures, Leo Brouwer and Frank Fernandez.

The event, to be run until March 8 in this central province, will be dedicated to these two Cuban music figures.

The president of the event's organizing committee, Maykel Iglesias, stated that the presence of Brouwer and Fernandez here is a privilege and a honor.

Havana - The Cuban musician Luis Barbería returned to his roots to present here his album A Full, a project dreamed for a long time and which is already a reality thanks to the record label Egrem.

Barbería made himself known 20 years ago with the group Habana Oculta, which became Habana Abierta, and also for his works in Spain with the Cubans Gema Corredera and Pavel Urquiza.

Havana - Cuban ballerina Irene Rodríguez, winner of the Iberoamerican Prize of Choreography 2012, will put several new creations on stage in the Marti Theater of this capital on March 6, 7 and 8, confirmed the artista and company director today.

Rodriguez will use all her company in Aldabal, a term announcing a place with a lot of knockers and thus, with numerous doors.

Paris - The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the destruction of the archaeological site of Nimrud in Iraq, while urged to implement measures to stop what it called deliberate actions against the cultural heritage.

Nimrud city, founded over 3000 years ago, was in days gone by a capital of the pro-syrian empire, whose frescos, palacies, and monuments are famous in the entire world, in the literature, and in sacred books.

The Culture House Raymundo Valenzuela in San Antonio de los Baños attends the artistic and creative interests of fans in different manifestations. The art of writing and reading pleasure are combined in literary workshop members. Incidentally talked with Ángel Machin Rodríguez, literary advisor in the ariguanabense institution.