Music

Cecilia Aritzi Sobrino

===BODY=== Pianist, composer, and pedagogue who became familiar with all styles and forms of European universal music of her time

Federico Arístides Soto Alejo

Tata Güines, Manos de oro

===BODY=== He was born in Güines, La Habana

Jesús Manuel Herrera Rodríguez

El Casimbero

A popular improviser, an instant improviser, characterized by speaking in décima all the time, born in Las Casimbas, the place from which he takes his name

Jorge Luis Prats Soca

Concert pianist and internationally recognized professor

Laureano Fuentes Matons

===BODY=== Cuban composer, orchestra conductor, and violinist

Ángel Menéndez

He is a baritone and soloist of the National Lyric Theater of Cuba, of which he is a founder

Marta Emilia Valdés González

Marta Valdés

Composer, guitarist and performer of her works

Manuel Hilario Galbán Torralba

Galbán

Cuban musician known as the guitarist and musical director of the renowned vocal group Los Zafiros, also as director of the group Batey, member of the Vieja Trova Santiaguera, and finally, guitarist of ...

Antonio Torroella

Papaíto

===BODY=== Born in Matanzas

Hortensia Coalla Raveiro

La voz más bella de Cuba, La mejor voz de Cuba

===BODY=== In a house that once stood where the Havana cinema Fausto was built several decades ago, the soprano was born, who in her time, according to Ernesto Lecuona, possessed "the most beautiful voice ...

José Mauri Esteve

===BODY=== Orchestra conductor and composer

Mario Fernández Porta

===BODY=== Composer, pianist, Cuban performer

Carlos Manuel Puebla

Cantor de la revolución

===BODY=== Composer, guitarist and singer

Sara Rosa González Gómez

Sara González, La voz femenina de la Nueva Trova

===BODY=== Composer, singer and guitarist

Armando Borcelá

Guapachá

===BODY=== He was born in Manzanillo, province of Granma

Isaac Noel Nicola Romero

Isaac Nicola

===BODY=== Distinguished Cuban guitarist and pedagogue

Enriqueta Almanza Lanz

Enriqueta is the composer of the children's song "Barquito de papel"

Santiago Feliú Sierra

El eléctrico, Santi, hippie

Cuban singer-songwriter who belongs to the movement known as Nueva Trova and has transcended, also reaching Novísima Trova which has been taking root and reflecting in faces as celebrated as those of ...

Tirso Díaz

===BODY=== Composer and guitarist

Enrique Pérez Mesa

Artes, música, violin, director orquesta, Director Titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba

Graduate in Orchestral Conducting in 1993 from the Instituto Superior de Arte, under the guidance of maestro Guido López-Gavilán

Edmundo Rodolfo González Ramírez

Mundito González

He was born in the eastern region of our country in Bayamo, a city designated as a "National Monument" in Granma province

Lourdes Margarita Torres Ortiz

Lourdes Torres

Cuban singer-songwriter in her original work you can find countless themes, all related to the social reality in which she has lived and lives, telling not only her experiences but those of the people ...

Argelia Fragoso

===BODY=== Cuban singer with skills to traverse varied song genres, with good diction and perfect musicality, great contralto range and admirable intonation

Moraima Secada Ramos

La Mora

She was born in a house on San Miguel Street between Unión and Maceo in the city of Santa Clara

Armando Romeu González

===BODY=== He was born in La Habana

Nancy Casanova Rodríguez

Distinguished pianist and professor

Antonio Gumersindo Garay García

Sindo Garay, El gran faraón de Cuba

===BODY=== This man from Santiago is one of the greatest troubadours and composers of Cuban music

Olga de Blanck Martín

One of the most solid and prestigious personalities in musical creation and teaching in Cuba

Ibrahim Ferrer Planas

He was a Cuban son singer with a pure and smooth voice

José Tejedor Silbate

Singer, he began in amateur programs, parties and performances in public places, forming a popular duo with Luis Oviedo

Noel Nicola Reyes

El Diente

Born into a family of musicians

Guillermo Barreto

El loro, Barretico, pata de loro

Percussionist of Cuban origin

José Luis Quintana Fuentes

Changuito

He is a traditional and recognized Cuban percussionist

Nilo Menéndez Barnet

Nilo Menéndez Barnet was born in Matanzas, the same city as Pérez Prado

María Aleida Rodríguez Pérez

María Aleida Rodríguez began her musical studies at the Conservatorio Vicente Emilio Sojo in Venezuela in 1999

Ramón Veloz

Ramón Veloz, worthy representative of our parlor guajira, actor and entertainer

Rita Aurelia Montaner Facenda

Rita Montaner, La Única

Legendary singer, actress and pianist who premiered fundamental works from the lyrical, folkloric and popular repertoire

Miguel Aurelio Díaz Zayas

Angá

Excellent percussionist

Reinaldo Montesinos Muñoz

Rey Montesinos

Important and versatile Cuban musician, guitarist and orchestrator

Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez

Benny Moré, El Bárbaro del Ritmo, El Sonero Mayor de Cuba, El Príncipe del Mambo

Known as Benny Moré or El Bárbaro del Ritmo or El Sonero Mayor de Cuba, he was a Cuban singer and composer

Francisco Emilio Flynn Rodríguez

Frank Emilio

From childhood he began playing piano without knowing a single musical note, guided by his prodigious ear