Musician

Ignacio Piñeiro Martínez

===BODY=== Ignacio Piñeiro was a true chronicler of the era in which he lived

Luis Casas Romero

One of Cuba's most prolific musicians, creator of the criolla

Rafael Inciarte Ruiz

He was a professor and skilled interpreter of double bass, violin, cello, trombone, cornet, euphonium, and founder of the Musical Band of the General Staff of the Eastern Army during the War of Independence ...

Huberal Herrera Lescano

One of the best pianists in Cuba

Dulce María Serret Danger

===BODY=== Pianist and teacher born in Santiago de Cuba, she received her first music lessons in her native land

Faustino Oramas Osorio

El Guayabero, «el juglar mayor de Cuba», «el rey del doble sentido»

===BODY=== Popular troubadour, he is recognized as «the greatest minstrel of Cuba» and achieved fame as «the king of double meaning» for his ability and grace in weaving complex sung narratives in ...

Alberto Villalón Morales

===BODY=== Alberto Villalón, guitarist and interpreter of the trovadoresco genre, was equally a distinguished composer

Jorge Garciaporrúa Álvarez

Garciaporrúa is a musician, advisor, director, dramaturg, pedagogue, and composer

Eliseo Grenet Sánchez

===BODY=== Born in La Habana

Antonio Dorta Hernández

Villo

===BODY=== A trained musician, he is one of the essential pillars in Taguasco's cultural identity, a member of the Banda de Concierto de Sancti Spíritus for 24 years, a fervent developer of new talent, ...

Manuel Duchesne Morillas

Flautist and orchestra conductor

Manuel Corona Raimundo

===BODY=== Among the great figures of Cuban trovadoresque song, it is impossible not to mention the composer and guitarist

Moisés Simons Rodríguez

Moisés Simons

Composer, pianist and orchestra conductor

José Manuel Aniceto Díaz

He is one of the most distinguished creators of dance music, a renowned flutist, composer, orchestra conductor, and pedagogue

Carlos Fariñas Cantero

===BODY=== Endowed with elevated artistic and musical sensitivity, vast culture, a mind privileged by nature and great capacity for work, master Fariñas is an extraordinary man, determined and firm, strict ...

Generoso Jiménez García

Generoso

===BODY=== Trombonist, member of the legendary Banda Gigante de Benny Moré

Miguel Rafael Campanioni Gómez

Miguel Campanioni

Legendary trovador and composer from Sancti-Spiritus, author of the anthological song Mujer Perjura

Adolfo José Guzmán González

Adolfo Guzmán

Composer and pianist, orchestra director

Julio Valdés-Brito Ibáñez

Julio Brito, el pintor melódico de Cuba

His best conceived work is the guajira El amor de mi bohío, created in 1937, and which achieved great national and international popularity

Ernesto Sixto de la Asunción Lecuona Casado

Ernesto Lecuona

Cuban composer and pianist born in Guanabacoa

Augusto Enríquez Hernández

Augusto Enrique

Singer and composer, one of the most well-known and charismatic figures in the Cuban music scene

Manuel Saumell Robredo

A musician and composer who has been characterized as the initiator of nationalism within our music

Rafael Felipe Lay Apesteguía

Lay

Outstanding Cuban violinist, composer, arranger, and orchestra conductor

Rafael Somavilla Morejón

Pianist, orchestrator and composer

Rolando Laserie Rodríguez

El guapo de la canción, El Guapachoso

He was born in Matas, Santa Clara, and was the youngest of eight siblings

Severo Alberto Borges Abreu

Lino Borges, La voz del bolero

He was one of the great voices of Cuban bolero, a product of Batabanó who sang for more than half a century

Rafael Palau León

Composer, pianist, organist and orchestra director

Antonio María Romeu Marrero

Renowned Cuban pianist, composer, and orchestra director

Víctor López Jorrín

Pucho López

Cuban pianist, composer, arranger, director and record producer

Aurelio Ernesto Ramón de la Vega Saavedra

Aurelio de la Vega

Composer and pedagogue, composer, lecturer, essayist and Cuban-American poet

Miguel Matamoros

Guitarist and composer

Julio Bartolomé Cueva Díaz

Cuban musician, composer of several works that were well-received by the population

Enrique González Mantici

Director, violinist and composer

Bárbaro Alberto Torres Delgado

Barbarito Torres

He was born in the city of Matanzas

José María Vitier García-Marrúz

Keyboardist and composer, founder of the group Síntesis, has composed music for theater, film, and television

Raimundo Valenzuela León

Cuban composer and trombonist

Ramón Solís Fernández

Primer Flautista del Mundo

Universal Flutist Ramón Solís is considered the greatest flutist of his time

Eduardo Agramonte Piña

Outstanding Cuban patriot of the 19th century, native of the former jurisdiction and current province of Camagüey

Nono Valdés Noriega

Nono V. Noriega

He was born in Santa Clara

José Artemio Castañeda Hechavarría

Maracaibo, Maracaibo oriental

He was born in Santiago de Cuba, and by the age of 8 his inclination toward Cuban music was already evident

José Sánchez

Pepe, el Maestro

He is considered the father of the trovadoresque song in Cuba; he was the mentor of Sindo Garay

José Florencio Gelabert Pérez

Florencio Gelabert

Musician, sculptor, draftsman, professor

Rolando Baró Rivero

Pianist and orchestrator

Angel Adriano Rodríguez Bolaños

El Pedro Vargas de Guanabacoa

Singer, Cuban musician, one of the great representatives of trovadorism on the Island

Antonio Ávila Baca

Tony Ávila

Antonio Ávila holds a degree in Philosophy and History

Yalil Guerra Soto

Yalil Guerra is a Cuban composer and guitarist

César de las Mercedes Pedroso Fernández

Pupy

«Pupy», born in La Habana on September 24, 1946

Eladio Severino Terry González

Pancho Terry, El Rey del Chekeré

Musician born in the municipality of Florida in the province of Camagüey, on the island of Cuba

Mario Enrique Rivera Godines

Mayito, Mayito Rivera, el poeta de la rumba

Mario Enrique Rivera Godines, known in the musical sphere as Mayito, is currently one of the five most famous singers on the Caribbean scene