Resume
1968-2019
"Without music, life would be a mistake."
Friedrich Nietzsche
AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Pen Club - Diploma - Miami, FL - 1999
Cuban Museum - Letter of gratefulness - Miami, FL - 1997
ACCA award - Better original music for the theater plays Lola & Yerma - Miami, FL -1996
Letter of recognition - Miami Dade Community College - Miami, FL - 1995
Letter of recognition - Operation Pedro Pan Group - Miami, FL - 1994
Diploma- III Bienal de Poesia (III Biennial of poetry Diploma) Madrid- Spain - 1992
Best song award En busca de una nueva flor (In search of a new flower) WorldwideFestival of Youth and the students - Cuba - 1978
Letter of recognition - IV Festival of Ballet -Tribute to Alicia Alonso - Cuba -1978
DOCUMENTARIES
Corpus Christi & Un siglo de Madrid (A century of Madrid) Telson Video - original music - Spain - 1992
Mind awareness campaign - UNHCR - Original music - Geneva, Switzerland - 1992
A global view - UNHCR - Original music - Geneva, Switzerland - 1991
Make a little difference - UNHCR - Original music - Geneva, Switzerland - 1990
TELEVISION & ANIMATION
Mimi and Mr. Bobo - Cartoon animated series - MB Productions - Original music - Spain -1998
Little Carlota - UNHCR - Original music - Geneva, Switzerland -1996
Mas alla (Beyond) TV Show - Telecinco TV - Original music - Spain - 1992/1993
Buenos dias (Good morning) - TVE - Original music & performer - Spain - 1990/1991
THEATER
En ningún lugar del mundo / Nowhere in the world - Original music. Avante Theater Miami, FL. 2018
Notas que saben a olvido (Forgotten) - Original music Avante Theater Miami FL. 2017
El puerto de los cristales rotos (Harbor of broken glass) - Original music- Avante Theater- Miami,Fl.USA- 2016
Alguna cosita que alivie el sufrir (A little something to ease the pain)- Original Music - Avante Theater-Miami,FL.USA -2015
Anos dificiles (Difficult years) - Original music - Miami,FL - 2014
Al pie del Tamesis (On the banks of the Thames) - Original Music - Avante Theater-Miami,FL -2013
El no (No) - Original music - Avante theater - Original music - Miami,FL - 2012
El malentendido (The misunderstanding) - Original music - Avante theater - Miami,FL - 2011
Por las tierras de Colon (Across Columbus’ Lands) - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - 2010
Aire frio (Cold air) - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami FL - 2009
Lina -Teatro del Sol - Original music - M. Artime Theater - Miami FL - 2008
Falsa alarma (False Alarm) - Original music - MDCC - Miami FL - 2005
Cenizas en el mar (Ashes in the sea) - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - 2001
Lila la mariposa (Lila the butterfly) - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - 2000
La pergrina (The Pilgrim) - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - 1998
Fiesta de mascaras (Masquerade party) - Original music - MDCC - Miami, FL - 1997
Los fantasmas de Tulemon (Tulemon's Ghosts) - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - 1997
Yerma - Original music - MDCC - Miami, FL - 1996
Lola - Original music - MDCC - Miami, FL - 1996
Hazme de la noche un cuento (Tell me a tale about the night) - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - 1996
Demasiado para una noche (Too much for one night) - Musical edition - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - 1996
Malecon y Madre nuestra (The levee & Our mother) - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - 1995
Matecumbe - Original music - Avante Theater - Miami, FL - Composer -1995
El retablo de las maravillas (The retable of wonders) - Original music - MDCC - Miami, FL - 1995
La balsa (The raft) - Original music - Marti Theater - Miami, FL. - 1994
RADIO
Despues de Tanta vida… (After all that life) Radio Marti - Washington, DC. Performer and host of the 52 programs - 1990.
OTHERS
CD- "Echoes"- Cuban Suite for orchestra & rock band (producer, composer, orchestrator) 2017
CD- "Versos del alma" Daniel Garcia, Ivette Cepeda & Mike Porcel (composer, orchestrator) 2016
"POEM" - Concert with several colleagues (Ricardo Eddy Martinez, Omar Hernandez, Jorge "Peppino" Fernández, Horacio "el negro" Hernandez & Mike Porcel-Manuel Artime Theater 2015
CD - "Personal" (producer, composer, orchestrator) 2012
CD "Intactvs" (producer, composer, orchestrator) 2007
Recital Instituto Cervantes (Cervantes Institute) - Performer - New York, NT - 2007
Recital - New York Public Library - Performer - New York, NY - 2006
Composer of the song Damas de blanco (Ladies in white) for TV & Radio Marti - 2006
Recital Tres autores y su obra (Three authors and their work) - Performer - Pen Club Koubek Center UM Miami, FL - 1999
Seis mujeres recuerdan a Lecuona (Six women remembering Lecuona) Songwriter Miami Dade County Auditorium - Miami, FL - 1998
Recordando a Marti (Remembering Marti) - Performer - Koubek Center UM - Miami, FL - 1997
Un ramo de Flores y una bandera (A bunch of flowers and a flag) - Performer - Valencia Community College - Orlando, FL - 1995
Despues de tanta vida…(After all that life) - Performer and musical director - MDCC - Miami, FL - 1995
Homenaje a Alberto Baeza Flores (Tribute to Alberto Flores) - Composer and guest artist Prometheus Group Theater MDCC - Miami, FL - 1994
Dia de la poesia/Festividad de San Juan de la Cruz (Day of poetry/Festivity of St John of the Cross) - Composer/performer - Spain - 1993
Que hablen los poetas II (Let the poets speak - Version II) - Composer and musical director - Spain & Belgium - 1992/1993
Mis momentos felices (My moments of joy) Elsa Baeza’s CD & performances - Madrid, Spain - Composer and musical director - 1990/1993
CUBA 1980-1989
By political disagreements with the established totalitarian regime in Cuba, he decided to emigrate in 1980. During nine long years permission to leave the country was denied to him, and he was condemned to a total ostracism, banned from of all cultural activity, radio and television. In spite of everything he kept creating and composing in silence. Finally in 1989 he could emigrate to Spain thanks to the intercession of the "Committee of Human Rights of the United Nations".
1978-1980
Co-founder and director of symphonic - progressive rock band Síntesis
Concerts and recitals during these years in solitaire and with the band.
1971-1978
En busca de una nueva flor (In search of a new flower) Song award.
Amaury y Poemas de Jose Marti ( Amaury y Jose Marti poems) Arranger/composer for both Amaury Perez LPs
La hora de la ronda (Time for the round) based on traditional Spaniard & Cuban Children nursery rhymes. Arrangements
Que hablen los poetas- version I (Let the poets speak-version I) Theatrical, musical and poetry show. Composer and performer
Musical director and/or composer of the original music for the following theater plays premiered at Teatro Estudio: La hija de las flores (The daughter of the flowers) Se hace camino al andar (Way while walking), Mother Courage and Her Children and "Galileo"
Recitals as songwriter- performer in different theaters such as: Teatro Bellas Artes, Sala Teatro Hubert de Blanck, Teatro Amadeo Roldan, Teatro Mella, and Teatro Carlos Marx.
1968-1970
He started his professional career as a member of the rock band Dada.