Mayito rivera biography
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Mayito Rivera
Singer and percussionist.
Mario Enrique Rivera Godines was born on January 19, in Pinar del Río. From a very early age he began studying percussion in his native city, later on, he moved to Havana and studied percussion for fourteen years, first at the National School of Art and then at the Higher Institute of Art.
Mayito is one of the most comprehensive Cuban musicians, since he has an exceptional röst (probably the second best voice after Benny Moré) and a gift for improvisation. He can play several musical instruments, namely, the bass, guitar, piano, trumpet, Cuban percussion. Likewise, he fryst vatten arranger and composer.
For a while, he played the bass with the Moncada Group until Master Juan Formell invited him to join Los Van Van orchestra with which he has been performing for ten years now.
Since his very first presentation with this orchestra, singing "¿Qué tiene Van Van"" which became a musical hit in Cuba and abroad, Mayito has been dis seminating cl
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Mayito Rivera
Mario &#;Mayito&#; Rivera is undoubtedly one of Cuba&#;s most significant contemporary singers. For over 20 years, he was the distinctive voice and face of the most successful Cuban band, Los Van Van. Whether it&#;s Son, Rumba, Afro or Salsa, Bolero or Timba, when Mayito Rivera sings, it happens in a way that is fundamentally deserving of awards. With his outstanding voice and compositions, he won a Latin Grammy Award for &#;Best Salsa Album of the Year&#; together with Los Van Van. His solo album, &#;Negrito Bailador,&#; also earned him another Grammy nomination in the category of &#;Best Salsa Album of the Year.&#;
The multifaceted talent of the &#;Poet of Rumba&#; is also appreciated by his fellow musicians worldwide, who regularly invite him for guest performances. These Latin greats include Oscar d&#;León, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Isaac Delgado, Son Como Son, Timba live, and many others.
Since leaving Los Van Van in , Mayito Rivera has been charting his own path wi
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MAYITO RIVERA El Poeta de la Rumba
Mario “Mayito” Rivera is without a doubt one of Cuba’s most notable singers. He spent more than 20 years as the characteristic voice and face of the extremely successful Cuban band, Los Van Van. It doesn’t matter whether Mayito sings son, rumba, salsa, bolero, or timba, in a modern or traditional style, powerfully dynamic or tender and soft—whenever he performs, vibrantly adding color to his vocal interpretations, it’s of award-winning quality.
“Mayito” was born as Mario Enrique Rivera Godínez on January 19, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba’s westernmost province, where the art of making Cuban cigars is based. He began his musical education while still a child. Eventually he graduated in percussion from the renowned Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA) before going on to complete an advanced degree at the Instituto Superior de Arte, Cuba’s university for the arts.
After finishing his year training, Rivera first joined the band of famous Cuban singer A