Schedule 2012 Charanga Habanera in the News Music Links

La Charanga Habanera One of Cuba's hotest and most popular young dance groups, la Charanga Habanera got together in 1988, when a group of 10 young graduates of the Escuela Nacional de Arte and other conservatories got together to do Cuban music from the 40s and 50s and got a gig in Monaco. In 1992, David Calzado, the group's director, began a new format: piano, keyboard, pailas, congas, 2 violins, 2 trumpets, altosax, flute y two singers, to do a more modern sound. In 1992 la Charanga worked in el Boulevard de los Sueños de Viña del Mar, Chile. En 1993 they traveled to Europa for carnavil in Helsinki and in Tenerife and Las Palmas. In l996 they did an extensive European tour to present their new CD: Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, the UK, Holland, Germany and Sweden. In 1997, they were punished with a 6 months suspension of their right to travel when a singer made as if to bare his butt on stage and another member was thought to have asked the audience if they liked marijuana.

Oct 19	Gothenburg, Sweden	Musikens Hus
Oct 20	Oslo, Norway	Cosmopolite Hot Salsa Weekend featuring La Charanga Habanera with Vania and Osdalgia
Oct 21	Copenhagen, Denmark	Amager Bio with Vania and Osdalgia
Oct 22	Berlin, Germany
Oct 23	Vienna, Austria	La Floridita Free Concert featuring La Charanga Habanera with Vania and Osdalgia
Oct 24	Budapest, Hungary
Oct 26	Modena, Italy
Oct 27	Zurich, Switzerland
Oct 28	Barcelona, Spain
Oct 29	Paris, France
Oct 30	Nice, France
Oct 31	Palermo, Italy
Nov 1	Milan, Italy
Nov 2	Naples, Italy
Nov 3	Treviso, Italy
Nov 4	Latina, Italy
Nov 5	Rome, Italy
Nov 6	Tunis, Tunisia
Nov 7	Rome, Italy

 

2004

2003

US: 10/15/03 - 11/30/03

See www.timba.com and www.sobs.com/latin_salsa/0412.html

Previous tours:

2000 Tour

Oct 19	Cristal	Miami	FL
Oct 21	Karma	Boston	MA
Oct 20 and 22	Studio 45	Union City	NJ
Oct 23	SOB's	NYC	NY
Oct 27 and 28	(venue TBA)	New Orleans	LA
Nov 3	Sportsman's Lodge	Los Angeles	CA
Nov 4	Mayan	Los Angeles	CA
Nov 8	Fuel 44	San Jose	CA
Nov 10	Roccapulco	San Francisco	CA
Nov 17	Coconut Grove	Santa Cruz	CA
Nov 18	La Pena	Oakland	CA
Nov 24	Anfiteatro	San Juan	PR
Nov 25	Ipodromo	San Juan	PR

See www.timba.com for updates

8/1/99

Molenveld - Oude Steenweg - Boechout in Belgium

Sfinks Festival, 6:30 PM

 

Charanga Habanera in the News

"Sin ningún temor", la popular Charanga Habanera regresará a escenarios de EU  12/19/2009 La Jornada, Mexico: "La canción, cuyo estribillo dice "tú llorando en Miami, yo gozando en La Habana", ha despertado gran polémica, inclusive en la isla ya especulan que la orquesta hará una nueva versión de la letra para los conciertos en Estados Unidos. "Allá en Miami vamos a cantar la canción sin ningún temor y estoy seguro que hay mucha gente que la quiere, mucha gente la está coreando", dijo Calzado en su casa en La Habana."

Obama's friendlier overtures towards Cuba brings musical détente  12/17/2009 Xinhua: "David Calzado, director of the Cuban Salsa band Charanga Habanera, speaks to Reuters during an interview in Havana December 16, 2009. Calzado and his Charanga Habanera, a big name in Cuba's salsa scene, are getting ready for three year-end concerts in Miami in their first U.S. tour in almost a decade. Cuban musicians are returning to perform in the United States after a long freeze on such visits, seizing the opportunity of friendlier overtures toward Havana from U.S. President Barack Obama."

Song on leaving, longing changes Cuban tune on migration - Feature  12/16/2009 Earth Times: "A song, both humorous and poignant, about Cuban migrants has become one of the most popular hits on the communist island, illustrating a change in the attitude of locals towards those who decide to leave. The song Gozando en La Habana, which can be translated as "enjoying myself in Havana," by David Calzado and his Charanga Habanera is about a young girl who goes off to Miami. But once there, she calls her boyfriend in Cuba to talk about how much she misses her country. "She says she has money, the car she always dreamed of, but she cannot find in Miami what she left in Havana," the song goes."

Orquesta cubana actuará en EEUU en diciembre luego de una década  12/16/2009 Reuters: "La popular orquesta cubana Charanga Habanera volverá en diciembre a los escenarios estadounidenses después de casi una década, para poner música al cauteloso acercamiento de las naciones tras medio siglo de enemistad política. Los intercambios culturales entre los dos países han sido limitados debido al enfrentamiento ideológico, pero en los últimos meses músicos cubanos han actuado en Estados Unidos"

Charanga Habanera to play in the USA  12/10/2009 CAN, Cubarte: "There will be nine concerts in Florida, which will serve as preliminary for a 45-day tour of the nation by the Charanga, to take place in May, 2010."

 

Links

www.charangahabaneramiami.com for tickets to Miami 2009 concerts

La Charanga se clono, by Sonero.com, dec '98 Charanga Split, by Hot Salsa	Some bandmembers were with Team Cuba in may '98 Biography, discography, press stories at Sonero.com (en Esp)
Concert review & interview with David Calzado in Miami Newtimes	Interview with David Calzado at Oasis Salsero
La Charanga on the Timba Website (Eng)	Hot Salsa: la Charanga (Esp)
Review in Rootsworld

Charanga takes Osaka, Japan by Storm, '99
http://www.picadillo.com/vgdesign/articles/9905133.html

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