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.