Manuel Anoyvega

Cuban pianist, born 22 October 1960 in Matanzas, Cuba. In 1980 he graduated in harmony, composition and piano from the National Art School in Havana. Back in Matanzas, he taught music theory, piano, chamber music and musical appreciation to children and teenagers at the Provincial School of Arts. He also accompanies the various string and wind instrument lessons on the piano. He teaches harmony, counterpoint, universal and Cuban music history, music theory and musical morphology in schools for professional music lovers. As a pianist, he participated in many musical events in his province and in Havana, in festivals of young musicians, popular and contemporary music orchestras, singing competitions, compositions for plays. In 1991 he marked the beginning of his international tours, mainly in Europe. In 1995 he settled in France, where he continued his tours, as well as his work as a composer, arranger and pianist, he collaborated with many artists from the Parisian scene such as Azuquita Y Su Melao, among others... He evolved in the universe of world music, jazz, Latin jazz, notably with the Trio Latin Jazz alongside his saxophonist brother Nicolas Anoyvega and Cuban bassist Félix Toca.