Before the 1990s
A native of Cuba, Ana studied
music in Havana at the Alejandro Garcia Caturla Conservatory of Music (guitar
and piano), the Ignacio Cervantes Conservatory of Music (flute) and the
National Pedagogical Center of Artistic Knowledge (solfeggio and flute).
Later, when she was already performing and teaching, she studied privately
with the renowned Cuban flutist, Professor Luis Bayard.
As a flutist, Ana performed
classical music in the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, the National
Center of Concert Music (a series of solo concerts), and various small
groups. She performed international, popular and Cuban traditional music
as a soloist (with piano or guitar accompaniment), in the Orchestra of
the Musical Theater of Havana, and in various groups, including two that
she helped found: the Juglar Trio (Rennaissance minstrel music; see pictures
below and at right) and the Doña Irene Orchestra (playing danzones,
Cuban national dance music).
Ana catching her breath
during a performance of the Juglar Trio at the National Library, Old Havana,
1985. |
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Rehearsal of the Electronic
Music Group at the University of Havana, 1978. Ana, still a classical guitar
student at the Conservatory of Music, played electric guitar with this
group for two years. |
Ana with the Doña
Irene Orchestra in a live TV program called “Meridiano” (at noon), 1979-80.
Her main instrument was the tumbas; occasionally she also played second
flute. |
Emblem of the Juglar Trio,
on a sticker still attached to Ana's piccolo case. |
Graduation Celebration at
the National Fine Arts Museum (Ana at the center of the group), Havana,
1986. |
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