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The Minnesota Orchestra played two concerts live in Cuba and the U.S., taught local music students, and performed with Cuban musicians.

Champagne toasts ad the orchestra headed to Cuba.

Nate Ryan | Classical MPR/Minnesota Orchestra

Stilt-walkers and musicians greeted the group.

The Malacon, seen from a cocktail reception

Marilyn Carlson Nelson and Manny Laureano

Students from the Escuela Nacional De Arte

French horn player Herb Winslow and student

Acoustic shell borrowed from Champlin High.

The National Choir of Cuba joined the orchestra

An apartment building hallway in Old Havana.

A bartender poured Cuban rum for a mojito.

Principal cellist Tony Ross with a student

Percussionist Kevin Watkins with a student

Side by side rehearsal with the youth symphony.

Inside the broadcast booth at the Teatro Nacional

The orchestra received several standing ovations.

The facade of one of a number of cigar factories

A woman sat under an awning at a jazz cafe.

Violinist Arnold Krueger had a quiet moment.

The view from the Teatro Nacional theater lobby

A boy took a photograph before the concert.

The audience applauded during the Cuban anthem.

Orchestra members stood while they played anthems.

Osmo Vanska conducted the Minnesota Orchestra

Orchestra musicians joined a jam session.

Vanska joined the jam session on clarinet.

Orchestra members board their charter flight home.