Pablo Milanés

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Pablo Milanés. Photo courtesy of Guitar BCN

In his youth Pablo Milanés studied in the Conservatorio Municipal de La Habana, at the time the most prestigious music school in the country. His first public performance was in 1956. By age 15, he was active in "bohemian" musical circles in Havana, associated with the so-called "Filin" musicians.

In 1969, he became part of the Grupo de Experimentación Sonora, a seminal group of young musicians, many of whom became founding members of the Nueva Trova, which started as a movement with a concert given by Pablo, Silvio Rodriguez, and Noel Nicola on February 18, 1968. Until the late 1980s, the Nueva Trova was considered the unofficial musical style of the Cuban Revolution.

Milanés's career expands over 60 years in which he has published more than 40 albums that, besides his own compositions, had included the works of Cuban poets. He has recorded collaborations with musicians from different traditions and revisited forgotten styles of Cuban music.

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