More than a hundred artists and seven groups will take part in the 2006 Music Festival to be held between December 18-20 in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba. The event is being organised by the National Council of the National Association of the Blind of Cuba (A.N.C.I.).

Professor Carlos Ramirez, technical adviser of the event, stated that group of amateur artists includes soloists, troubadours, instrumentalists and exponents of the most diverse musical rhythms.

Outstanding blind exponents like Arsenio Rodriguez, Miguel Companioni, Frank Emilio Flynn, Jose Tejedor have contributed exceedingly to music in Cuba