Aldo López-Gavilán’s Music Receives Seven Cubadisco 2026 Nominations

Toronto, April 25 2026
For Graffiti Music Group Ltd.

Two phonograms by the Havana Chamber Orchestra featuring his compositions and production work earn nods across major categories ahead of the May 16 awards gala.

Two phonograms featuring Aldo López-Gavilán have received a combined seven nominations for the 2026 Cubadisco Awards (Cuba’s foremost recording industry award). The announcement was made on April 25 by the Orquesta de Cámara de La Habana (OCH), led by Maestra Daiana García.

De todos los colores y también sinfónico (DVD, Bis Music), an audiovisual recording of López-Gavilán’s symphonic music performed by the López-Gavilán García-Ameneiro family ensemble and an expanded OCH, received four nominations: Vocal and Symphonic Music, Audiovisual Concert, Sound Design (Uncontrolled Environment), and Liner Notes (written by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer).

Habana a toda cuerda (CD, Colibrí), co-produced by López-Gavilán and Rodrigo García Ameneiro, received three nominations: Chamber Music, Sound Design (Controlled Environment), and Liner Notes.

The nominations follow the 2020-2021 Cubadisco First Prize in Instrumental Music won by Brothers, López-Gavilán’s duo album with his brother, violinist Ilmar Gavilán.

The Cubadisco 2026 awards gala takes place on May 16. Habana a toda cuerda will be officially presented at Havana’s Oratorio San Felipe Neri on May 14, in a concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of the OCH.

Source: Agencia Cubana de Noticias (CubaSí), 25 April 2026.