How a great musician is form? Definitely, talent is an aspect which influences, as well as family and social environment. However, practical and theoretical studies are essential: even self-learners at some point have to recur to a teacher, if they wish to advance their musical career.
Adalberto Alvarez, also known as “El Caballero del Son”, is a Cuban pianist, singer, composer and bandleader.
In Cuban music the name Alfonso means one of the families with most historical and musical work on the island.
Music learning requires time and dedication. A professional musician must employ no less than three years of constant practice to master an instrument, and a lifetime of talent and devotion to develop his own style
Few countries in the world can afford to have a musical heritage as rich as Cuba. To study Cuban music you must understand what a phenomenon with a number of factors, our island was fortunate to have.
There are artists who are born to make music and there are others that go beyond: those born to convey a message that uses music as a vehicle.
Cuban music creation has enjoyed great artists in each of its rhythms. Within the composition for orchestra and guitar mastership stands Sergio Vitier, musician and intellectual.
Cuba has in its cultural repertoire great composers, but perhaps none has reached the stature of Ernesto Lecuona.
The large musical tradition of Cuba and the quality of their artists, like X Alfonso, imply that the present-day artists feel their ancestors like a great family. Of this musical family, the youngest virtuosos take what they take, but without ever forgetting to add...
When talking about Cuban music genres that come to our mind, among others, are the son and rumba.