REGISTER FOR OUR TOUR: CUBA FILM + ART + MUSIC + DANCE TOUR including the Havana Film Festival, Havana Art Biennale and our exquisitely curated itinerary: 

TESTIMONIAL: "I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HIS NAME NEVER APPEARED AMONG THE NAMES OF OTHER MUSIC GREATS", Grammy winner, Chucho Valdés (piano), who wrote and recorded Evocación a Lico and Suite for Afro Cuban Lico Jiménez 

THANK YOU for viewing our LICO JIMÉNEZ THE EBONY LISZT DOCUMENTARY SIZZLE REEL (film currently in production). 

PRODUCER'S STATEMENT:  "We rescue, republish and record all of Lico Jiménez's music compositions that barely survived horrors of history thanks to the vision of our documentary film director, Isidro L. Betancourt Benítez." Julie Carmen - actress and great granddaughter

REWARDS:

Contributions are tax deductible through our fiscal sponsor FROM THE HEART PRODUCTIONS 501(c)(3). We are happy to send you information about our fiscal sponsor.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY: For the generous donation of $108. you will receive a shout out on social media. Friends and family are the life blood of our grassroots fundraising campaign. We would not have made it this far without you.

SALON PACK: For the generous donation of $600. you will receive the entire series of musical scores composed by Afro Cuban José Manuel (Lico) Jiménez Berroa, re-published for the first time in 100 years by Isidro L. Betancourt Benitez. Your name will be included in the final documentary THANK YOUS. 

CLASSROOM PACKAGE:  For the generous donation of $6,000. you will receive twelve sets of musical scores "Canciones", "Hommage" and "Symphonische studie," composed by José Manuel (Lico) Jiménez Berroa, re-published for the first time in 100 years by Isidro L. Betancourt Benitez. Your name will be included as PATRON in the final documentary THANK YOUS. The musical scores will be shipped to you directly from Spain. 

MASTER CLASSES AND CUBAN LIEDER PERFORMANCE SALONS:  For the generous donation of $10,000. you will receive the CLASSROOM PACKAGE + BIOGRAPHY plus three interactive zoom Master Classes from soloists whose expertise is performing the music of Lico Jiménez.

Why now? Because new generations need to hear about heroes who thrived, against very discouraging odds.  Not only will you help us launch a long lost piece of post romantic music history, you'll help us place this unsung hero on the stage of music legends where Afro Cubans are too often erased.

WHAT'S NEXT: FUNDING — Currently we are raising funds to continue filming, create animated segments and edit. 

COMPLETED: We filmed the sold out performance of Estudio Sinfónico by José Manuel "Lico" Jiménez Berroa, that was performed for the first time in history outside of Cuba with The Florida Chamber Orchestra on October 8th, 2023 at the Miami Dade Auditorium, conducted by Marlene Urbay. We filmed the professional recording of Lico's CANCIONES and piano concerto at Estudio Mans in A Coruña, Spain. The record will debut in Madrid on April 19th at SGAE. All of Lico's living relatives in Havana, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Paris, Tours, Bretagne, Miami, Los Angeles, Oakland, New York, Ibiza, Bayreuth, Leipzig and Hamburg have been interviewed on film.  These living descendants are the holders of Lico's oral history but more importantly, we watch them discover the stunning consistency of musicianship, artistic discipline and perseverance running through the veins of eight generations who themselves have survived exile, racism, epidemics and wars.

HOW YOU CAN HELP: A small donation will go a long way to helping us meet our goal for LICO JIMÉNEZ, THE EBONY LISZT documentary film. We plan to complete filming in the SUMMER 2024 and begin our editing and our wide distribution phase in 2025. Please contact us if you have questions about our budget, strategic or equity partnerships or if you would like to be included among our CIRCLE OF PHILANTHROPISTS with on screen credit for making a large donation. We would be honored to include you. 

Deeply grateful, 

Julie Carmen - www.LicoJimenez.com