Playing Lecuona is, on its surface, an idiosyncratic and tightly, even myopically focused documentary on the Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona. But by going narrow, this movie also goes deep.

Individuals hearing of a tribute concert to be held commemorating the work of legendary musician Ernesto Lecuona might be forgiven for furrowing their brows. For Lecuona—despite his status as an ...

Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws. —Andrew Fletcher, 1703. In the politically violent land of Cuba there is often some doubt as to who, exactly, is writing the laws.

When the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba gives a concert Wednesday in St. Petersburg, it will feature a work by composer Ernesto Lecuona, the "Gershwin of Cuba" whose music illustrates the deep ...