Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska Conducts 'Future Classics' Concert Series of New Emerging Composers January 29
LIVESTREAM: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Broadcast Beethoven, Bernstein, Alejandro García Caturla from Cuba [LISTEN]
Classicalite reported back in February that Grammy-winning maestro Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra would be performing this month in Cuba at the International Cubadisco Festival. Well, it's finally here! OK, so almost... Since POTUS Barack Obama made the first steps to "normalize" America's relationship with its neighbor Cuba, the Minnesota Orchestra will indeed be the first professional U.S. band to perform in Cuba this century--make that millennium (as the last to do was the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 1999). Osmo Vanska and the Minnesota Orchestra to Perform in Cuba at the International Cubadisco Festival in May
In light of the nation's newfound friendship with Cuba, the Minnesota Orchestra announced Thursday that it would travel to Havana to play two concerts in May. This would be the first major American orchestra to play there since President Obama normalized relations with the estranged nation.
