Mailen Torres

Tania León (1947). She is a Cuban composer based in the USA. Her beginnings in music began at an early age at the Carlos Alfredo Peyrellade Conservatory. At the age of 18 she received her first degree as a music teacher and two years later she obtained a degree in Piano.She received a scholarship from New York to specialize in music education, composition and orchestral conducting. His compositions are set in the context of contemporary music. It also has a wide range of compositions of which we can find: -Chamber pieces -Orchestral pieces -Vocal pieces -Works for piano solo  -Operas -Music for films. In 2010 he won a Latin Grammy Award in the category "Best Contemporary Classical Composition". With his composition "To and Fro" from the CD "Sonidos cubanos". 10 Years later he received the Pulitzer Prize for music for his composition "Stride". "Stride", is an orchestral piece that lasts 15 minutes. It features a full orchestra plus a lon

My favorite food is humitas. To cook them it is necessary: -Corn. -Basil -Onions -Garlic  -Pepper -Salt -Chili color Preparation: -Peel the corn and reserve the large leaves. -Grind the corn kernels together with the basil. -Cut the onion and garlic into cubes, in a frying pan, add oil and sauté the onion, cook until the onion is transparent, add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat. -Mix the ground corn with the onion. -Add a few scoop of the mixture to the corn husks and fold into a packet.  -Tie with a thread. -Cook in boiling water for 30 minutes. -Strain and eat.  I like corn in all its forms, but in humita is the best. I consider it a healthy, vegetarian, nutritious and ancestral food. This photo is from summer, sorry i don't like tomatoes.