Bio - ariel cubría

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Ariel Cubria's songs contain a mixture of the music styles he has passed throughout his career, from jazz, pop and rock to bolero and the music of his country, Cuba.
He began interpreting his songs in 1988, participating in festivals of young creators of Havana, his hometown. He soon developed his role as a guitarist, which allowed him to enrol in other projects, which he has continued doing parallel to his music.

In 1998, he settled in Madrid and worked as a guitarist in recordings and tours with artists such as Gloria Gaynor, Marta Sanchez, Snowy White (Pink Floyd), Gema Corredera, Betty Missiego, Olga Guillot, Nuno Dacamara Pereira, Rita Irasema, Inma Serrano among others.
With his band that plays "Smooth Latin Jazz", he travelled a significant part of the Spanish territory, sharing the stage with major artists.
He has also performed in several cities worldwide, such as New York, London, Roma, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Oporto, Madrid, Barcelona, Nice, Ljubljana, Vienna, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Milan, etc.
In 2005, he worked as a guitarist in the musical "The Man of La Mancha" at the Calderon Theatre in Madrid. That same year, he composed the music for the play "Anna in the Tropics" (Pulitzer winner), for which he received a nomination for the Max Awards.

In 2007, he moved to Buenos Aires, where he worked primarily as a session musician for various projects. He also recorded his first solo album, "LO QUE VALE DE TI", with unique collaborations such as the American pianist and composer Bob Telson (nominated for an Oscar for the music of the film Bagdad Café).

In 2011 he settled in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he collaborated as a musician, arranger, composer and producer on projects as Stringsi, the project of the composer and violinist Vlado Batista, the legendary songwriter Vlado Kreslin, The Croatian salsa band Cubismo, the famous pop-folk band Modrijani, the singer and flute player Tinkara Kovač, the accordionist and composer Jure Tori, the pop singer Neisha, the legendary rock singer Peter Lovšin, among others. He has participated as a musician and arranger in different films such as the documentaries "Batana" and "Lipica" with The Slovenian National Radio and TV Orchestra and the movie "Alejandra", based on the life of the Argentinian writer Alejandra Laurenchic.

In 2016, he settled in London, where he collaborated with different bands and artists such as Son Yambú, the pianist Sara McGuinness, Roberto Pla Latin Ensemble, Eli & La Evolution, Unnati Dasgupta, Adriana Blu, Nolita Golding, Alex Wilson, among others.
He also composed the music for the short film "Ticked Off" (Alexandria Doyle), the music for the theatre play "Super Chefs" (Betsy Picart, Maya Productions), the music for the short film "Thou Shalt Not Seduce Nunces "(Jean-Paul Arroyave, Film LOCOS) additional music for the film "Mister Mayfair" (Philippe Martinez, MRS Media) and additional music for the film "The A-Frame" (Calvin Reeder).

As a production music composer, he writes music for the Libraries, Sparse Music, Twisted Jukebox, Score Keepers, Perfect Score, GPS Songs, 10 West Music, and Sonictrac.