Mike Porcel
- January 10, 2024
- Cuban Musician
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Mike Porcel |
| Occupation | Cuban musician |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 13, 1950(1950-04-13) |
| Age | 74 |
| Birthplace | Havana |
| Country | Cuba |
| Horoscope | Aries |
Mike Porcel Biography
| Name | Mike Porcel |
| Birthday | Apr 13 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Havana |
| Birth Country | Cuba |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
Mike Porcel is one of the most popular and richest Cuban musician who was born on April 13, 1950 in Havana, Cuba.
Mike as he would later be known in the music scene began his professional career in 1968 at the age of 18 when he joins the rock group “Los Dada”, one of the most controversial and avant-garde Cuban bands of the sixties. There along with Pedro Luis Ferrer he shared singing duties as well as playing the guitar. He also started developing what would be his most notorious quality as a musician (song writing). Some of his compositions from those days are. “No quiero ser distinto”, “Recuerdo de dos vivos” and “No me importa”. Two years later he would leave the band to start his solo career.
In 1974 he created along with actor Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera the show “Que hablen los poetas” (a combination of music, acting and poetry). The simplicity of the concept allowed them to reach many different types of audiences and tour within Cuba. At this time Mike also started taking his first steps in orchestration and arrangement so his first orchestration job could be found in Amaury Perez’s first LP “Acuardate de Abril” (1976). “Versos de José Martí” (1978) another of Amaury’s LP was orchestrated by Porcel, also composing the music for two of the tracks in this album. Mike a great admirer of Jose Marti’s poetry will also set music to some of his very well known poems such as “Mi caballero”, “Mucho señora daría”, “Ismaelillo”, “A bordo” and “Abril”. He has also set to music poems of other international poets such as Rabindranath Tagore, Walt Whitman, Joseph Brodsky and Alberto Baeza Flores among others.
Mike Porcel Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Cuban musician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mike Porcel is one of the richest Cuban musician from Cuba. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Porcel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Mike Porcel was born under the name Michael Charles Porcel Henriques in Havana, Cuba on April 13, 1950. He began his musical education at the Fernandez Vila Conservatory under some of the most recognized Cuban figures of those days such as Alberto Bernal, Leopoldina Nuñez, Harold Gramatges, Alfredo Diez Nieto, Vicente Gonzalez Rubiera “Guyun” and Angel Vasquez Millares to mention a few. From them he learned classical guitar and harmony applied to the instrument, traditional harmony, counterpoint, composition, orchestration and music appreciation.
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In spite of all this he continued composing and writing songs and playing the organ at local churches in total solitude. He was separated from his family, wife and son whom he would not see again for many years until 1994.
Facts & Trivia
Fortune Ranked on the list of most popular Cuban musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cuba. Mike Porcel celebrates birthday on April 13 of every year.