Dear Gabriele -

As the new Dranoff2 season is nearing, I want to continue to tell you about the  great variety of musical experiences awaiting  us. 

For the past two years, we have  been very intentional in our investments into diversity of artists, performances and places, and this Music Mondays' focus is the Music of Cuban Independence, a mini series of  2 concerts in a single weekend. Supported by the Funding Arts Network, these performances  celebrate the Cuban Composers from the Independence from Spain as well as  Cuban American composers of today  who follow that spirit.  One facet of this series will be poems of Jose Marti,  the Great Freedom writer, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher; the one whose voice inspired and drove his fellow citizens towards their fight for independence. 

To give you a taste of what to expect at the concerts, find below two fabulous pianists,  Chuco Valdes and Gonzalo Rubalcabe, with a Mambo unlike any other. 

Have a glorious week. 

Warmly, 

Gabriele Fiorentino 

President, 

The Dranoff 2 Piano Foundation

Piano Slam

MAMBO INFLUENCIADO 

Chucho Valdés & Gonzalo Rubalcaba

This concert was part of the Jarasum International Jazz Festival, 2017

Out of the world

Jose Marti 

Out of the world that battles and shines

Without remembering his unhappy captive,

To a living subject menial labor

That leads me to early death.

But there is a window next to my table

Where does the light enter? and I wouldn't give

This corner of my window

For the greatest human splendor!

Fuera del mundo

Fuera del mundo que batalla y luce 

Sin recordar a su infeliz cautivo, 

A un trabajo servil sujeto vivo 

Que a la muerte temprano me conduce. 

Mas hay junto a mi mesa una ventana 

Por donde entra la luz; y no daría 

Este rincón de la ventana mía 

¡Por la mayor esplendidez humana!

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