Aurelio de la Vega: Centenario de un legado universal

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Literatura. Música. Homenaje.
Por Manuel Gayol Mecías.

La obra de Aurelio de la Vega constituye uno de los pilares más significativos de la música clásica en el ámbito internacional. Su genio creativo supo proyectar la voz de Cuba hacia los escenarios más prestigiosos del mundo, elevando la música de concierto a un nivel de excelencia y reconocimiento universal.

Al mismo tiempo, Aurelio logró que sus composiciones se integraran de manera orgánica en la vida cultural de los Estados Unidos, convirtiéndose en un puente sonoro entre dos mundos. Sus obras no solo enriquecieron el repertorio académico y artístico norteamericano, sino que también ofrecieron un extraordinario reservorio musical que refleja la diversidad y la fuerza de la experiencia humana.

Celebrar su centenario es rendir homenaje a un creador que, con rigor y pasión, supo conjugar raíces y horizontes. Aurelio de la Vega permanece como símbolo de la unión entre culturas y como testimonio de que la música, en su más alta expresión, es capaz de trascender fronteras y tiempos.

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Aurelio de la Vega: Centennial of a Universal Legacy

The work of Aurelio de la Vega stands as one of the most significant pillars of classical music on the international stage. His creative genius projected Cuba’s voice onto the most prestigious venues worldwide, raising his concert music to a level of excellence and universal recognition.

At the same time, Aurelio ensured that his compositions became organically integrated into the cultural life of the United States, serving as a resonant bridge between two worlds. His works not only enriched the academic and artistic repertoire of North America but also offered an extraordinary musical reservoir that reflects the diversity and strength of the human experience.

To celebrate his centennial is to honor a creator who, with rigor and passion, united roots and horizons. Aurelio de la Vega remains a symbol of cultural union and a testimony that music, in its highest expression, has the power to transcend borders and time.

© Manuel Gayol Mecías. All Rights Reserved.

About the Author

Manuel Gayol Mecías is the Director and Editor of Palabra Abierta (“Open Word”; mu.gayol3@gmail.com), and a Cuban writer and newspaper man. He was a Senior Researcher in the Literature Investigation Center of the Casa de las Américas (Havana, 1979-1989), and was a member of the editorial board of Vivarium magazine, a review published under the tutelage of the Archidiosis of Havana. He has published innumerable critic essays, short stories, novels and poetry in many Cuban and foreign literary reviews and newspapers, and has been the recipient of various prizes in literature, among them the Short Story National Prize of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), 1992, and the Enrique Labrador Ruiz International Short Story Prize of the Círculo de Cultura Panamericano (Pan-American Circle of Culture) of New York, 2004. He worked as editor of Contact Review, from 1994 to 1996. He worked at La Opinión Spanish Newspaper as Editor and Copyeditor (1998 to 2014). At present, he is one of the founders of the Club del Pensamiento Crítico at the Huntington Park Public Library. He is a member of Cuban History Academy in Exile, and a member of Cuban Pen Club in Exile, too, and vice president of Vista Larga Foundation. Published works include "Retable of the Fable" (Poems, Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1989); "Multiple Appraisal of Andre’s Bello" (Compilation, Editorial Casa de las Américas, 1989); "The Jaguar is an Amber Dream" (Short stories, Provincial Center of the Havana Book Editorial, 1990); "Return of the Doubt" (Poems, Vivarium Editions, Archiepiscopal Center of Studies, Havana, 1995); "The Night of the Great Goth" (Short stories, Neo Club Editions, Miami, 2011); "Eyes of Red Goth" (Novel, Neo Club Editions, Miami, 2012); "Marja and the Eye of the Maker" (Novel, Neo Club Editions, Miami, 2013); "Inverse Trip towards the Reign of the Imagery" (Essays, Neo Club Editions, Miami, 2014) and "The Fire’s Artifice" (Short stories, Neo Club Editions, Miami, 2014); "Coincidencias de un editor (o el exorcismo de Joel Merlín)" (Novel, Palabra Abierta/Neo Club Ediciones, Eastvale/Miami, 2015); "La penumbra de Dios (De la Creación, la Libertad y las Revelaciones)" (Essays, Palabra Abierta/Neo Club Ediciones, Eastvale/Miami, 2015); "Las vibraciones de la luz (Ficciones divinas y profanas). Intuiciones II" (Essays, Palabra Abierta Ediciones/ Alexandria Library Publishing House, Eastvale/Miami, 2016).

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