When American and Cuban officials gathered on Aug. 14 to formally reinaugurate the U.S. Embassy in Havana after half a century of severed diplomatic relations, pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill was among those in attendance. It was important for him to be there. Long before diplomats began secretly hammering out a deal to normalize relations between the Cold War enemies, O’Farrill -- who was born in Mexico and raised in New York City -- had started cultivating relationships with a grou...
When American and Cuban officials gathered on Aug. 14 to formally reinaugurate the U.S. Embassy in Havana after half a century of severed diplomatic relations, pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill was among those in attendance. It was important for him to be there. Long before diplomats began secretly hammering out a deal to normalize relations between the Cold War enemies, O’Farrill -- who was born in Mexico and raised in New York City -- had started cultivating relationships with a grou...
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