He first stepped into music at the age of 13. Founder as a trumpet player of the Cuban Orchestra of Modern Music, in 1971, and the famous band Irakere, he was soon considered a virtuous player of his instrument. In 1990, he decides to settle in the United States where he consolidates his virtues as an outstanding pupil of Dizzy Gillespie. He is both a classical interpreter and a professor delivering magisterial lectures in famous places of the world and at the same time he is the composer and interpreter of soundtracks for motion pictures.
He first stepped into music at the age of 13. Founder as a trumpet player of the Cuban Orchestra of Modern Music, in 1971, and the famous band Irakere, he was soon considered a virtuous player of his instrument. In 1990, he decides to settle in the United States where he consolidates his virtues as an outstanding pupil of Dizzy Gillespie. He is both a classical interpreter and a professor delivering magisterial lectures in famous places of the world and at the same time he is the composer and interpreter of soundtracks for motion pictures.
