The Cuban singer-songwriter Liuba María Hevia announced through her Instagram account that on Saturday, September 19, 2026, she will be performing a concert at the Cátedra Mayor of the Ateneo de Madrid to present her new album Almas comunes.
The show will begin at 8:00 PM at the venue located on Calle del Prado, 21, and tickets are available on the platform Entradium.com. The event is organized by Espectáculos y Ediciones Back to Love, a company to which the artist publicly expressed her gratitude in her announcement.
In a reel posted on his social media, Hevia addressed his followers with enthusiasm: "On September 19 at 8:00 PM, I look forward to seeing you at the Ateneo de Madrid for the presentation of my new album Almas comunes, a concert where I already know I will give it my all."
In the same message, the singer-songwriter affectionately described the project: "A beloved album, featuring 11 original songs. It has been a wonderful experience, and I am grateful to Espectáculos and Ediciones Back to Love, as well as to all the musicians who have participated in this project."
Almas comunes is the twenty-sixth album by Hevia. The repertoire explores themes such as memory, migration, love, homeland, tenderness, dignity, and hope; and it establishes musical bridges between troubadour and Caribbean traditions, blues, country, elements of classical music, and Asturian resonances.
The announcement comes just a few days after Hevia made an emotional gesture: visited Pablo Milanés' grave in the Las Rozas cemetery, very close to the Cezanne Studios where he worked. "Just as I was finishing recording my new album at the Cezanne Studios, very close to the Las Rozas cemetery, I couldn't leave without visiting the place where one of the greatest Cuban composers and performers rests, to thank him once again for his legacy and to say goodbye in the way I couldn't when he passed, or rather, when he stopped being physically present, because his work and his love transcend life itself," the artist wrote on her social media.
The bond between Hevia and Milanés is deep and longstanding: it was precisely the Pablo Milanés Foundation that facilitated the production of his first album, Coloreando la esperanza, released in 1993. Milanés passed away in November 2022 at the age of 79 and was buried in Las Rozas in a family-only ceremony. Hevia was also present at the memorial for the first anniversary of his death held at Casa de América in November 2023.
Born in Havana on December 14, 1964, Hevia joined the Nueva Trova Movement in 1982 and has maintained a close artistic relationship with Spain for decades, where she has developed an active career of concerts and musical projects. Her extensive discography encompasses troubadour songs, guajira, son, habanera, bolero, and tango, in addition to a significant body of work aimed at children.
In November 2024, she reunited in Spain with the Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela, during the musical activities of both in that country.
The Main Lecture Hall of the Ateneo of Madrid, the main auditorium of the iconic building inaugurated in 1884, has a capacity of over 340 people, including the seating area, the box seats, and the first floor. It is one of the key cultural venues in the Spanish capital.
For those who cannot attend the concert on September 19, Hevia's journey can also be followed through her social media, where the artist maintains close contact with her audience. In June 2025, the singer-songwriter publicly performed "Long Live the Students", reaffirming her commitment to social causes, especially those in Cuba.
"I'll be waiting for you there," Hevia concluded in her message, with the simplicity that characterizes an artist whose voice has accompanied thousands of Cubans both on and off the Island for decades.
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