Manuel Perfecto Simonet

Manolito Simonet for all Cubans. Was born in Camagüey on April 18, 1961. Pianist, keyboard player, arranger and composer. Thanks to his experience in Maravillas de Florida Orchestra he was able to create a new group on February 1993, presenting a Cuban music project based on pure roots but with contemporary tones and harmony at the same time and well elaborated texts about different topics, most of them by his own.

He has been well received by his public since the first album and he has made it big with theme songs like: Todavía no, Marcando la Distancia, El Águila, Papirriqui con Guaniquiqui, María Luisa and La Parranda, among others. In 1994 he won New Orchestra Prize; with a solid background and a great talent, Manolito decides to strengthen his new Trabuco by adding trombones, trumpets and percussion instruments stamping his particular mark with a heavy and strong, but at the same time refined, sound.

Despite his short career, he has recorded 4 CDs which have been well received. They have performed in many stages successfully: Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Great Britain, Belgium, United States, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Martinique, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, and Sweden.

Manolito works genres like son, bolero, cha-cha-chá, danzon, timba, guaracha, cumbia, ballenato and some other Caribbean and Cuban rhythms. He has also composed music for films and has won awards and distinctions for his work during all these years.



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