Pianist

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

Luis Mariano Carbonell Pulles

Luis Carbonell, el Acuarelista de la Poesía Antillana

===BODY=== Renowned reciter known as "The watercolorist of Antillean poetry"

Adalberto Cecilio Álvarez Zayas

El caballero del son

Composer, arranger and orchestra conductor Adalberto Álvarez is undoubtedly the quintessential Cuban son musician

Wilfredo Naranjo Verdecia

Pachy Naranjo

===BODY=== Pachy was born in Manzanillo, his cultural and musical talent was so natural that at just 5 or 6 years of age he was already playing small piano pieces that Rolando La serie sang, such as "Moliendo ...

José Belén Puig

Cheo Belén Puig

===BODY=== The king of the piano, one of the greats of Cuban music of all time

Odilio Urfe Gonzalez

===BODY=== Born in Madruga, province La Habana this musicologist, pianist, professor and conductor

Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro

Bebo Valdés, Caballón

===BODY=== 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

===BODY=== Bola was one of the most versatile singers that Caribbean music has produced

Francisco Fernández Tamayo

Frank Fernández, El poeta del teclado

===BODY=== 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

María Matilde Alea Fernández

Composer, pianist, and Cuban Doctor of Pedagogy born in Camajuaní, province of Las Villas; in the same year 1918 she moved with her family to Pinar del Río

Ernán López-Nussa Lekszycki

===BODY=== 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

Gabriel Hernández Cadenas

He began his studies at age 7 at the "Luis Casas Romero" conservatory in Camagüey, Cuba

Charles Abreu

===BODY=== Pianist, composer, singer, teacher, arranger, concert performer

Rubén González Fontanills

It began in 1925 with his sister Josefa, and later with Amparo Rizo in Cienfuegos

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

Julio Gonzalo González Fonseca

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Gonzalito

===BODY=== Cuban jazz pianist and composer whose stage name is Gonzalo Rubalcaba Framed within the post-bop era, Rubalcaba is a virtuoso instrumentalist who is considered one of the main figures of Afro-Cuban ...

Hubertus Christian de Blanck Valet

Hubert de Blanck

===BODY=== The pianist, composer, and pedagogue Hubert de Blanck (Hubertus Christian de Blanck Valet), who developed a considerable part of his professional work in Cuba, where he would achieve our nationality, ...

Eliseo Grenet Sánchez

===BODY=== Born in La Habana

Pedro Pablo Aranzola

24, Carucho

Aranzola was born in Nueva Paz in 1917

Moisés Simons Rodríguez

Moisés Simons

Composer, pianist and orchestra conductor

Cecilia Aritzi Sobrino

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

Mario Fernández Porta

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

Olga de Blanck Martín

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

Adolfo José Guzmán González

Adolfo Guzmán

Composer and pianist, orchestra director

Ernesto Sixto de la Asunción Lecuona Casado

Ernesto Lecuona

Cuban composer and pianist born in Guanabacoa

Manuel Saumell Robredo

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

Nilo Menéndez Barnet

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

Rafael Somavilla Morejón

Pianist, orchestrator and composer

Rita Aurelia Montaner Facenda

Rita Montaner, La Única

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

Rafael Bergaza Zerquera

Felo Bergaza

Composer and pianist

Ernestina Lecuona Casado

She was born in the city of Matanzas, where she spent her first childhood years

Rafael Palau León

Composer, pianist, organist and orchestra director

Antonio María Romeu Marrero

Renowned Cuban pianist, composer, and orchestra director

Bárbara Llanes Zertucha

Excellent singer, pianist, composer, and arranger

Joaquín Nin Castellanos

Cuban composer, pianist and musicologist, born Spanish, since Cuba was then part of Spain, of Spanish parents; his father was the writer Joaquín Nin i Tudó

Ignacio Herrera

Nachito

He was born in Cuba in Santa Clara, but received all his education in Ciudad de La Habana, at Cuba's music conservatories, Alejandro García Caturla, the National School of Art, ENA, and at the ISA, Instituto ...

Isolina Carrillo Estrada

Cuban musician and composer

Adelaida Diestro Rega

Aida Diestro

Outstanding Cuban pianist and director of choral groups

Pedro Nolasco Jústiz Rodríguez

Peruchín

Pedro Nolasco Jústiz Rodríguez alias "PERUCHIN"

Laureano Fuentes Pérez

Son of Laureano Fuentes Matons

José María Vitier García-Marrúz

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

Carlos Borbolla Téllez

Cuban composer, professor, and organ builder

Jorge Ankermann Rafart

He was an illustrious Cuban pianist, composer, and orchestra conductor

Jorge González Allué

Pianist, composer and orchestra conductor, he was born in Camagüey

Faustino de Jesús Nicolás Ruiz Espadero

Nicolás Ruiz Espadero

Composer and virtuoso pianist