Jesús María Abreu Hernández
Jesús Abreu, Papín
He began his artistic career in various groups performing in different nightclubs in the capital such as the Tropicana and Parisién cabarets
Ricardo Abreu Hernández
Los Papines
He was the percussionist who created and directed, until his death, the legendary group Los Papines
Leonardo José Acosta Sánchez
Leonardo José Acosta Sánchez was born in the Cerro neighborhood, Tulipán Street and Calzada del Cerro, in the house where the "Paulita Concepción" school is currently located
Salvador Félix Alarcón Rodríguez
Musician, director of music bands, composer, arranger, and trainer of several generations of musicians
Carlos Alfonso Valdéz
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He initially pursued musical studies in a self-taught manner and subsequently received classes from teachers such as: Leopoldina Niñez, Federico Smith, Leo Brower, Juan Elósegui, Angela Norbert, ...
Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez
Aprendiz
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He was born in San Antonio de los Baños, province of La Habana, Cuba
Alexis Puentes
Alex Cuba
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Singer-songwriter Alex Cuba comes from Artemisa, Cuba and currently resides in Smithers, Canada
Arturo Sandoval
He began studying music at the age of 13
Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez
Chucho Valdés
Pianist, organist, composer and instrumentalist, Chucho Valdés is considered one of the best pianists in the world and certainly the most important jazz figure currently in Cuba
Félix Benjamín Caignet Salomón
Félix B. Caignet
He was born in the town of Santa Rita de Burenes, San Luis, in the Santiago region
Úrsula Hilaria Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso
Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz was born in La Habana, she was the second daughter of four siblings
Pascasio Alonso Fajardo
Pacho Alonso
Excellent vocalist with extraordinary pitch, phrasing and perfect meter when singing
Francisco Fabián Céspedes Rodríguez
Francisco Céspedes, Pancho Céspedes
Pancho Céspedes knew from a very young age that he had to abandon his medical career to focus on what really made his blood flow: music
Francisco Leonel Amat Rodríguez
Pancho Amat, Pancho Manguaré
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Amat (Güira de Melena, La Habana, 1950) possesses an extensive musical career that has been enriched by his time with groups such as Manguaré, the orchestra Adalberto Álvarez y su son, and ...
Emilio Estefan
Of Lebanese descent, he is a musician and producer based in the United States who is today one of the most influential Latin personalities in the world of entertainment at an international level
Adalberto Cecilio Álvarez Zayas
El caballero del son
Composer, arranger and orchestra conductor Adalberto Álvarez is undoubtedly the quintessential Cuban son musician
Miguel Ramón Demetrio Faílde Pérez
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Miguel Failde, one of our first popular musicians, was the Matanzas native who invented the danzón
José Belén Puig
Cheo Belén Puig
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The king of the piano, one of the greats of Cuban music of all time
Vicente Valdés Valdés
Vicentico Valdés
He was born in the legendary neighborhood of Cayo Hueso, cradle of many artists and traditions
José Marquetti
Cheo
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Singer with beautiful lyrical and expressive voice, creator of the guajira-son
Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro
Bebo Valdés, Caballón
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Interpreter of Cuban music and jazz, considered one of the central figures of the golden age of Cuban music
Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández
Bola de Nieve
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Bola was one of the most versatile singers that Caribbean music has produced
Leonardo González Abreu
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He was born in Laguna de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, but settled in Santiago de Cuba, where he died at the end of the 18th century
Bernarda Rodríguez Rojas
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Singer and harpist
Roberto Nápoles Castillo
Rey del Contrabajo, El Contrabajo que baila, Azabache
Nápoles, who at 99 years of age was considered Cuba's longest-lived musician, the so-called King of the Double Bass, passed away when he was only four months short of turning 100 years old
Francisco Fernández Tamayo
Frank Fernández, El poeta del teclado
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A towering figure of Cuban piano performance, he has been recognized by audiences and critics from 36 countries as a major force in world music
Guido López Gavilán del Rosario
Guido López-Gavilán is one of the most popular musicians of his generation
Carlos Victoriano Varela Cerezo
Carlos Varela, el Gnomo
Carlos Varela is someone who sings the reality of Cuban youth with their "defects and virtues"; his music and work are the most representative of the so-called newest Cuban troubadour movement
Boris Larramendi
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He was born in Havana, his father plays guitar from Los Panchos to Silvio Rodriguez, passing through The Beatles and El Trio Matamoros, his uncle Luis dances in the university's comparsa, meanwhile, ...
Eduardo Martín Pérez
He studied guitar with maestro Jesús Ortega and composition with maestros Ángel Vázquez Millares and Alfredo Dieznieto
Enrique Jorrín Oleaga
Cuban musician, composer, violinist, and orchestra conductor, creator of the cha-cha-cha
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz
Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo was the oldest and most famous trovador in the world
Danilo Avilés
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He began composition studies with Argeliers León
José Raul Bernardo Pérez
He is a true "Renaissance man," born in La Habana, Cuba
Ernán López-Nussa Lekszycki
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An essential Latin American pianist of recent times, he labels and draws the sound of a country that expresses itself and is nourished by music
Efraín Loyola Fernández
Efraín Loyola, Cuba's longest-active flutist, passed away in Cienfuegos at the age of 94 due to pulmonary thromboembolism, a talkative and fraternal person, very popular not only as a musician but also ...
Rolando Valdés Blaín
He was born in Havana Cuba in 1922, and as a child his family emigrated to New York, the place where he went to live at the end of his life
Gabriel Hernández Cadenas
He began his studies at age 7 at the "Luis Casas Romero" conservatory in Camagüey, Cuba
Germán Lázaro Rodríguez López
Director of the Nueva Sonora Matancera de Colombia made up of Cuban and Colombian musicians with recognized careers
Adolfo P. Utrera
He was the eldest of ten siblings and very soon had to face life since his father died in 1922
Charles Abreu
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Pianist, composer, singer, teacher, arranger, concert performer
Eduardo Saborit Pérez
Distinguished Cuban musician and composer
Rubén González Fontanills
It began in 1925 with his sister Josefa, and later with Amparo Rizo in Cienfuegos
Ignacio Berroa
Percussionist
Armando Oréfiche
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Oréfiche was born in La Habana and achieved an excellent musical education from the classrooms of that beloved place, known for many years as the Conservatorio Municipal de La Habana and later ...
