Yumuri

A charismatic and genuine Cuban son singer with a peculiar vocal registration and great improvisation ability, shows on stage all the vigor inherent to the Cuban popular contemporary music. Moisés Valle, known as "Yumurí", the stage name given to him by Master Elio Revé, comes from a family with a sound musical background in Havana.

In 1987, he began his professional artistic career and a year later he joined, as a singer, the renowned and popular Revé Orchestra with which he performed for four years. In September 1992, after those experiences and willing to enlarge his artistic projection, Yumurí decided to create his own orchestra together with three of his four brothers who were also musicians.

Since then and up to now, "Yumurí y su Hermanos" have continuously reached the first place on the hit parades of Cuban radio and television programs. With his unique way of playing the son and salsa genres, Yumurí has successfully performed in Japan, Europe, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Jamaica, and other countries.

He has shared the stage with big name artists like Oscar Dī León, Tito Puente and his Orchestra, Compay Segundo and the Luz Del Japón Orchestra.

Because of his remarkable interpretative qualities, Yumurí was invited to participate as a soloist in the CUBANISIMO project, by Jesus Alemañy, during the 1997 summer tour and in the CUBA TROPICAL show, successfully presented in 20 Japanese cities in 1997.

As a composer, his work is also meritorious. His compositions have been recorded by international artists and orchestras such as Oscar Dī León, Willie Rosario and Los Hermanos Moreno.

In 2004, the 20th anniversary of Yumuríīs professional career was celebrated in a touching concert at the Casa de la Música de Galiano in Havana, where "Yumurí y su Hermanos" also promoted their fourth production entitled "Bilongo". The repertoire chosen by Yumurí for this concert, included songs he popularized since the beginning of his career as well as some of his own compositions turned into hits on radio and television programs for more than ten years.

Considered by the specialized critic as one of the most important son performers of the new generation of Cuban interpreters and composers, Yumurí successfully continues his artistic career: in 2003 he was nominated a Grammy Award for his participation in the record entitled "Tremenda Rumba", by his brother Orlando Valle "Maracas" and his record "Bilongo" was nominated for a Cuba Disco Award, a prestigious international event held in Cuba enjoying a national popularity that is evident by his talent and an international acclaim in several continents, "Yumurí y susHermanos" continue their professional career already enshrined in the history of contemporary popular music.