During the conference, Orozco will talk about the increase in popularity of the two icons of Cuban music, Compay Segundo and Eliades Ochoa since the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1989.

On that occasion several Cuban artists got on stage in Washington D.C among them a representation of rumba and other Afro Cuban rhythms from the province of Matanzas.

There were also defenders of the changüí and other traditional genders from different parts of the country.

After more than two decades of that first Festival, Orozco reflects on the importance of the international projection of Segundo and Ochoa after their participation at the event.

The International 2012 Cubadisco Symposium, On the Island of One Thousand Strings, proposes a day of discussions on the Panamanian Traditional Popular Music, Harp and Violin from Paraguay and The Importance of the
Three in the Chito Latamble Musical History.

The most important commercial music event in the country is dedicated to the guitar and three greats of the instrument like Compay Segundo, Ñico Rojas and Vicente Gonzalez Rubiera (Guyún).

The event will run until Sunday and its closure is scheduled in Holguin, venue of Cubadisco 2013.

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