The first Cuban tres player at Berklee

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The national instrument of Cuba, the tres, is gaining some attention at one of the world’s most prestigious music schools. Berklee College of Music admitted two students of Cuban tres for the first time in its history. The World’s Tibisay Zea ccaught up with them in Boston.

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