"It is the first time that this group of stars meets. It is a project of Cuban music and specifically of son", said Betancourt at a news conference...The idea of presenting Cuban traditional music from the 1940s and 1950s came from Dominique Roland, director of the Center for Arts, and was materialized thanks to Musicalia of Cuba and producer Carmen Mayans.

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