Ranffis Erik Nardos Arrieta, born in 1974 in San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río, Cuba, began his musical journey at the Raúl Sánchez Vocational School of Art in 1985. He continued his training at the National School of Art in Havana until 1993, graduating as an instrumentalist and teacher. He began his musical career working with various bands and performing in shows throughout Havana. In 1995, he joined the T CON É orchestra under the direction of Lázaro Baldes. In 1997, he continued with Carlos Manuel y Su Clan, and in 1999, he played with Ángel Boune and simultaneously with Marta Duarte's orchestra. In 2000, he embarked on his international tour in Israel, performing various shows of salsa and Israeli music fused with Cuban music. In 2001, he moved to Spain, where he remains to this day, experimenting with fusing his sound with flamenco. He has performed and toured extensively with renowned artists such as Junior, Makarines, Lya, Haze, and Sonsonete, among others. Simultaneously, he collaborated with other artists as an arranger, trumpeter, and trombonist on their recordings, notably with La Dame Blanche, Sonsonete, Canelita, Amigos de Gines, Jorge Luteca, and El Callejón de Los Santos, among others. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
