Venezuela wins CubaDisco International Award 2026
MPPRE Press
Published at: 25/05/2026 01:26 PM
From the Covarrubias room of the National Theater of Cuba,
Venezuela won the CubaDisco International Prize 2026, through the theme
Symphony for the Drum, performed by the Herencia Group and the “Juan José Landaeta”
Symphony Orchestra, being one of the most important musical awards in Latin America and the world.
The award, which took place within the framework of the inauguration
of the CubaDisco International Music Fair 2026, in Havana, is the
result of a musical work that has achieved, in the words of the director of the Herencia
Group, Manuel Moreno: “to produce a symphonic work (...) to
honor the drum in all its existing lines, values, tasks and forms,
becoming the instrument that calls for unity and peace of peoples”.
Symphony for the Drum is a musical piece in which
the “Juan José Landaeta” Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Pablo Castellanos, with orchestra by
Maestro Matías Azpúrua;
Maestro Anderson Cordero, on electric bass; and Grupo Herencia and
Universidad del Tambor, in the percussive creation and performance of choirs and vocals.
Since 2014, Grupo Herencia has participated in the CubaDisco International Music
Fair, marking its fourth time at this music
festival. In addition, he has participated in other stages such as the
Drum Festival in Havana and the Fire Festival in Santiago de Cuba. Currently,
they are developing a videographic project from Venezuela, in which they have included
Cuba and the People's Republic of Congo, countries that have also been involved
in the World Drum Day proposal.
In addition, the Herencia Group belongs to a movement
aimed at researching Venezuelan ancestry, based on singing,
dancing and, fundamentally, Afro-Venezuelan percussion, so the
nomination and subsequent award of Symphony for the Drum enhances and
strengthens the fraternity between Cuba and Venezuela, as well as with the peoples of the world who defend and make
the drum their national identity and its roots in culture
Afro-descendant.
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