Musicwoman Magazine 2023

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Talent

Spotlight

ADRIANA HERRERA FUENTES

Adriana Herrera Fuentes is an artistic and events producer, musical talents coordinator, host of Casa La Realidad and creator and producer of the Occasus Project. A graduate from Accounting and Finance at the University of Havana, she began as an artistic representative of Raul Torres and his group in 2015. she organized and produced with this artist concerts, audiovisuals, festivals, recordings and album presentations, and national tours like Nítida Fe and Los Agradecidos with Mtro. Pérez Mesa and the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba (OSNC), the latter with a special presentation in the Dominican Republic. She produced events at the Barbaram Cultural Center with different musical genres and leading artists. She creates, directs, and produces the Candilejas space in this center with presentations by soloists and groups led by women. Since 2017, her independent artistic productions included various artists, including Leyanis Valdés, Kumar, Telmary Díaz, Janet Valdés, Raciell García, Sekou, Yrak, Brenda Navarrete, and Proyecto Somos for concerts, television programs, audiovisuals, and festivals like Havana World Music, Fiesta Aliñao, and Gibara International Film Festival. Fuentes has presented new artists and musical projects at the Eyeife Festival, since 2018. Within the framework of the international event, CubaDisco 2016, she produced the Symphonic Bossa Nova Jazz Quintet with Mtro. Jeremy Fox, Mtro, Perez Mesa, Rosa Max, and Raúl Torres were accompanied by the OSNC and, in 2019, she produced the group Caracoles from Spain. She has cooperated in the Jazz Plaza Festival, since 2019, highlighting, the special collaboration and production of the presentation of Caleño (FrancoColombian) at the Cuban Art Factory in 2023. Fuentes creates and produces different artistic events at the Hostal Casa La Realidad and in women’s enterprises like Malecón663 that enhances the position of women within culture by working with different artistic expressions and national and international figures through the Occasus Project.

IG @adriana_producer @occasus_paginaoficial FB Adriana Herrera E-MAIL adrianahf.producciones@gmail.com

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