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Cultural exchange between the Netherlands and Cuba grows

The Hague, January 29, 2024. The recently concluded International Festival Jazz Plaza 2024 became a favorable setting for the promotion of cultural exchange between Cuba and the Netherlands in the musical field.

The renowned Dutch Swing College Band, for the first time in its almost 80 years of existence, performed 3 times in Cuba as part of the Festival. This prestigious group is an international reference for classical Jazz and has over 500 albums recorded.

First exhibition of Cuban artist in Amsterdam Public Library

The Hague, January 26, 2024. Representatives of the embassy had the pleasure of accompanying the Cuban artist Alberto “Molote” Muñoz, at the inauguration of his first painting exhibition “Dreams from Cuba”. The exhibition contains works that show the warmth and color of our Caribbean Island.

It constitutes the first exhibition of paintings by a Cuban artist at the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) and was held with the support of OBA and the Cervantes Institute. It will remain open to the public until March 31 this year.

Cultural exchange between the Netherlands and Cuba grows

The Hague, January 24, 2024. From the city of Nuenen, place where Vincent Van Gogh painted approximately a quarter of all his work, the cultural promoters Kees and Ingrid Rovers arrived at the Cuban embassy, to exchange with representatives of this diplomatic mission about new cultural exchange initiatives.

The exchange included the debate on current Cuban art, the legacy of Vincent Van Gogh to the world and the possibilities of cooperation in cultural matters between the Netherlands and Cuba.

Cuba was present at the Tourism fair in the south of the Netherlands

Nederweert-Eind, January 20, 2024. The Cuba Adelante Foundation participated in the Tourism Fair organized from January 20 to 21, 2024, in the south of the Netherlands, providing information about Cuba and the different tourist destinations on the Caribbean island.

The Embassy of Cuba accompanied them on Saturday and exchanged with several of the visitors interested in cultural spaces, nature tourism and interaction with the Cuban population.

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