X Alfonso (Havana, 1972)
Multi-award-winning instrumentalist, composer, performer and visual artist, he has developed a multifaceted career that places him as one of the greatest artistic exponents of contemporary Cuba.
Since the 1990s he has had a successful career in the rock and pop rock scene, where he has been going through the ballad with elements of hip hop, electronic music and pop with Afro-Cuban roots. It has been presented on different international stages and has been part of the posters of festivals such as Womex, SXSW, Roskilde, Contrapedal, Luminato and Havana World Music.
His collaborations include works with artists such as Síntesis, Santiago Feliú, Descemer Bueno, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rick Wakeman, Bebe and Audioslave. Nominated 4 times for the Latin Grammys and winner of the Latin Grammy in 2022 with the album Ancestros Sinfónico. His versatility has allowed him to successfully compose music for theater, contemporary dance and cinema, where he won a Goya Award for Best Original Music for the soundtrack of the film Habana Blues. In 2006 he was the winner in the Latin Revelation category at the Spanish Music Awards. In 2010 he received the title of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for his artistic work with and for children.
Since 2013 he leads Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) – considered by TIME magazine in 2019 as one of the hundred best places in the world -, an unprecedented cultural space with a transmedia vocation and where young emerging artists (musicians, filmmakers, painters, dancers) converge with others with long history.
Discography:
• INSIDE (2020).
• Reverse (2011).
• Revoluxion (2007, Award Cubadisco 2008 in the categories Best album Fusion and Best video clip).
• Civilización (2004, Cubadisco Grand Prix 2005).
• Delirium Tremens (2002, Award Cubadisco 2003 for Best soundtrack for a dance play).
• X-Moré (2001, Nominated for Latin Grammys 2002 in the categories Best rap-hip hop album, Best producer, and Best recording engineering).
• Mundo real (1999).
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