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Musica Cubana - The secret of Cuban music
Cuba is full of the most diverse music, which is omnipresent at every turn - Havana in particular is a bubbling cauldron of musical and rhythmic creativity. The enormous musical diversity that one encounters there is fed by tradition and topicality and lies beyond Western categories. -
Kurt Hartel, born in Nuremberg in 1946 and living in the Munich area, worked for many years as a physicist in teaching and research. In 2012, the semi-professional jazz musician began to realize his heart project, initially under the title " Musica Cubana a story that must be told " and founded LAUTRAZfilm in 2017. La Clave The Secret of Cuban Music " was completed in 2022.
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Cuba: music is the breath, the rhythm that no one can escape, the heartbeat of the country. In his debut film "La Clave - The Secret of Cuban Music", musician and director Kurt Hartel pays homage to the greatest wealth of the Caribbean island with expressive images, great musicians and infectious sounds.
Against a colourful Cuban backdrop, scholars such as Dr Olavo Alén provide background information on the country's musical history, which goes back to long before the Buena Vista Social Club and has Afro-Cuban roots. Renowned musicians such as Bobby Carcassés, Alain Pérez, the drummer Yissy García and the saxophonist and pianist César López not only have their say, but also give a rousing insight into their skills, merging tradition and topicality in their performances. Even the streets of Cuba are full of sound: the hypnotic rhythms of the clave and conga drums, songs addressed to the orishas, the humanised deities, and rumba and salsa, in which the Caribbean joie de vivre finds its expression. The island lives music. "La Clave - The Secret of Cuban Music" is a passionate documentary about the multi-layered and fascinating musical soul of a country in upheaval. "La Clave - The Secret of Cuban Music" Germany/Cuba 2022 Director: Dr Kurt Hartel 89 minutes -
Titel:
El Misterio de la Clave – Corazon de la Musica Cubana. La Clave – Das Geheimnis der kubanischen Musik.
La Clave A Mystery of Musica Cubana.Language:
Original version (spanisch)
Original version, german VoiceOver
Original version with English subtitlesCategory:
Documentary film
Length: 89 minutes
Completion:
March 2022
License holder:
DHC Dr. Hartel GmbH, Pallhausen 6, D85354 Freising, GERMANY
Producer:
LAUTRAZfilm founded in 2017 Pallhausen 6, D85354 Freising, GERMANY
Director:
Kurt Hartel
Idea/Script: Kurt Hartel
Editor:
Hias Springer, Max Garhammer AESTIVATION Entertainment GbR
DOP:
Toussaint Alvarez, Cuba
DOS : Michel Cabal ero, Cuba
Country of manufacture:
GERMANY
Shooting:
Havana, Cuba January – May 2018
Post-production:
Munich, Germany
Trailer:
available
Filmography: first independent film by Kurt Hartel -
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LAUTRAZfilm
brings a heart project to the screen in 2022. A film about Cuban music straight from the heart of Havana. From the first beat, the camera accompanies the greatest known and unknown musicians in Cuba.
"La Clave - A Mistery of Musica Cubana"
"El Misterio De La Clave - Corazon De La Musica Cubana" orig. spanisch / "La Clave - das Geheimnis der kubanischen Musik, german
About LAUTRAZfilm
Managing Director is Kurt Hartel. Musician and longtime member of the Munich jazz scene, physicist, freerider and mountaineer. Director and producer - and Cuba connoisseur
Children in Kuba
LAUTRAZfilm promotes "Niños en la frontera", a special project for Cuban children and young people on the fringes of society in cooperation with KENIAL e.V. The 80 children live in a remote part of Havana.
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