{"id":17293,"date":"2026-08-28T16:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=17293"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:12:18","slug":"for-the-second-time-in-guantanamo-the-a-son-for-lili-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/for-the-second-time-in-guantanamo-the-a-son-for-lili-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Second Time in Guant\u00e1namo, the &#8220;A Son for Lil\u00ed&#8221; Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17295 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lili-festival.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lili-festival.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lili-festival-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lili-festival-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/>Guantanamo.- The second edition of the &#8220;A Son for Lil\u00ed&#8221; Festival commenced at the Artex Cultural Center, Casa de la Trova Benito Odio in Guant\u00e1namo, featuring the launch of the book &#8220;The Man and His Music: Luis Mart\u00ednez Gri\u00f1\u00e1n.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This presentation was led by music researcher Ram\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Blanco, one of the authors, alongside cultural promoter Adelaida G\u00f3mez Blanco.<\/p>\n<p>Running from August 28 to 30 and organized by the Lil\u00ed Mart\u00ednez Gri\u00f1\u00e1n Provincial Music Center, the festival honors the artistic contributions of the renowned pianist and composer from Guant\u00e1namo, celebrated globally as the Pearl of the East or the Classic of Son.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17294 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lili-festival2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lili-festival2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lili-festival2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lili-festival2-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cultural program includes theoretical discussions, concerts, and son jam sessions at the Casa de la Trova Benito Odio.<\/p>\n<p>The opening festivities featured performances by the traditional septet &#8220;Universales del Son&#8221; and the group Caverchelo.comb, along with soloists Yaneisi Oquendo and Alexis Aguilera from the Lil\u00ed Mart\u00ednez Gri\u00f1\u00e1n Provincial Music Center. During the event, percussionist Adalberto Su\u00e1rez Subirot, who also directs the Guant\u00e1namo Provincial Music Center, paid tribute to Lil\u00ed Mart\u00ednez Gri\u00f1\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>Notable attendees included maestros Lisania Gonz\u00e1lez Rojas, Jes\u00fas Fern\u00e1ndez Alfonso, and Conrado Monier, as well as directors from local ensembles like Chang\u00fc\u00ed Guant\u00e1namo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo.- The second edition of the &#8220;A Son for Lil\u00ed&#8221; Festival commenced at the Artex Cultural Center, Casa de la Trova Benito Odio in Guant\u00e1namo, featuring the launch of the book &#8220;The Man and His Music: Luis Mart\u00ednez Gri\u00f1\u00e1n.&#8221; This presentation was led by music researcher Ram\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Blanco, one of the authors, alongside cultural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-guantanamo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17296,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17293\/revisions\/17296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}