Orchestral director who was born in Havana on November 10th, 1932. He achieved his master degree on the Municipal Conservatoire of Havana, with José Ardévol, Harold Gramatges and Edgardo Martín. He started his studies of orchestral direction with the prestigious Master Enrique González Mantici and finished it with the also remarkable Igor Markévich.

He conducted various symphonic concerts in countries like Chile, Argentine, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, China, Corea, Rumanian, Germany and Bulgarian.

In Cuba, he was the leader of different orchestral groups and conducted Orchestra of the National Lyric Theater, he also directed the Department of Music at the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry during several years.

Along his important trajectory on the music field in Cuba is remarkable his labor as professor at Alejandro García Caturla Conservatoire, General Director of the National Symphonic Orchestra, Chief of the Musical Department of Symphonic Music from the Management Music at the Ministry of Culture, also head of the staff of Orchestral Direction at the Superior Institute of Art (ISA).

His musical projection is characterized by the extensive approaching of diverse techniques, introducing avant-garde creations in Cuba and promoting the most recent Cuban music.

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