The writer and essayist Rogelio Martinez Fure was awarded today with the National Prize for Literature 2015, for his contributions and merit to that genre of art, announced today the Cuban Institute of Book.

New video games will be presented in Cuba to the children, with messages with ecological, cultural and social values, said Cuban newspaper Granma Tuesday.

The group that rocked the jazz in New Orleans, The Preservation Hall, played in Cuba for the first time to open the biggest festival on the island dedicated to the genre, an event that attracts today especially the public from the United States.

Cuban paino player Ernan Lopez Nussa with his trio, and US ensemble The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will open the first of four days for the 2015 International Jazz Plaza Festival.

The chamber music group Camerata Romeu will give a concert on Saturday in this capital, plying musical works by Polish composer Frederic Chopin.