Jorge Jesús Gómez Barranco

Jorge Gómez, a Cuban musician, director of the Moncada Group. Elected Deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power on April 8, 2018 in the Constitutive Session of the IX Legislature.

His uncle, Raúl Gómez García, marked his life since he was a child.

The main works of Jorge Gómez —with the Moncada group— have their genesis in the perennial tribute he renders to all those who have died/ to cast out the evil from the historic temple/ for the heroic gesture of Maceo/ for the sweet memory of Martí; just as Raúl decreed in the poem Already We Are in Combat.

Occupations
Philosophy Professor.
Instrumentalist.
Composer.
Relationship with artistic direction
Organized a cultural evening to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the death in combat of the Heroic Guerrilla Fighter.
Directed approximately 150 people in theater, dance, and music in Cadenas Plaza at the University of Havana.
Beginnings
Member of the University Instrumental Group.
José Miyar Barruecos, Chomy, after the group's presentation told him:
"...A delegation of professors from the Soviet Union and other nations will visit the country, and we want them to appreciate our art"...That was crazy. We had little time and had to expand the repertoire; find other instruments. The presentation was a success and the rector decreed: "This cannot be broken!". ...late 1972».
Jorge Gómez
Cantata to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks.
The idea came from Alberto Faya who told him: ...something that touches you closely, because of your uncle..."
"That's it, we're going to make our own songs!», he made clear. They would be inspired by Santiago de Cuba, the little Siboney farm, the assault, the dead..."
Jorge Gómez.
He premiered, in the Talía hall of the University, the Song of the Moncada:
"...I recalled that attitude of grandmother Virginia when my uncle fell in combat; and also the fact that the date of July 26 is awaited with celebrations, like the happiest day of the homeland..."
Jorge Gómez
The Group
Melba Hernández, who served as president of the Committee of Solidarity with Vietnam, invited them to the inauguration of a town and after a dialogue about the name of the group, {{Sistema:Cita|"...she took the podium and spoke to the townspeople. At the end, she said to them: Now the Moncada Group from the University of Havana will perform for you. Thus the name was officialized| Jorge Gómez.

In recent years he has been president of the Committee of the Cubadisco Prize.