Please join Dean Catherine Quinlan and the Friends of the USC Libraries for a celebration of the most important living classical composer from Cuba, Aurelio de la Vega. A discussion with de la Vega, documentary filmmaker Camilo Vila, and film editor Kert Vander Meulen will precede a screening of Aurelio: Rebel with a Cause. At the reception following the discussion and screening, the USC Libraries are proud to rededicate a bust, donated by Yolanda Lorente, of famous 19th-century Cuban patriot and poet Jose Martí.

2:30 p.m. Exhibition of Aurelio’s archive, Special Collections (room 206)
3:00 p.m. Panel discussion and screening, Friends Lecture Hall (room 240)
4:30 p.m. Reception and dedication of Jose Martí bust, Intellectual Commons (room 233)

(213) 740-4039

https://libraries.usc.edu/events/bridges-cuba-celebration-poet-jose-mart%C3%AD-and-legendary-composer-aurelio-de-la-vega