Roberto Fonseca
- January 10, 2024
- Pianist
Quick Facts
Roberto Fonseca Biography
| Name | Roberto Fonseca |
| Birthday | Mar 29 |
| Birth Year | 1975 |
| Place Of Birth | Havana |
| Home Town | Havana |
| Birth Country | Cuba |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Parents | Mercedes Cortes Alfaro, Roberto Fonseca, Sr |
Roberto Fonseca is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on March 29, 1975 in Havana, Havana, Cuba. Roberto Fonseca (born 1975, Havana) is a Cuban jazz pianist. From an early age, Fonseca was surrounded by music: his father was drum player Roberto Fonseca, Sr, his mother, Mercedes Cortes Alfaro, a professional singer (she sings on her son’s solo album, Zamazu), and his two older half-brothers from his mother’s previous marriage to the pianist and musician Jesús “Chucho” Valdés are Emilio Valdés (drums) and Jesús “Chuchito” Valdés Jr. (piano).
The track “Llego Cachaito” from the Zamazu album was used in the 2008 Will Smith film Hancock.
In 2010 and 2016 Fonseca was the musical director for the support act for Omara Portuondo’s USA tour. Fonseca’s 2010 album Roberto Fonseca Live in Marciac includes a bonus DVD which features footage of the festival’s 2009 show. Fonseca often visits and gives spontaneous performances at La Zorra Y el Cuervo Jazz Club in Havana.
In 2001, Fonseca went to Japan to record No Limit: Afro Cuban Jazz. He also toured with the Buena Vista Social Club the same year and has worked with Rubén González, Ibrahim Ferrer, Cachaito, Guajiro Mirabal and Manuel Galbán.
Roberto Fonseca Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Pianist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Roberto Fonseca is one of the richest Pianist from Cuba. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roberto Fonseca 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
After an early interest in drums, Fonseca switched to piano at the age of 8, and by 14 was experimenting with fusing American jazz and traditional Cuban rhythms; he appeared at Havana’s Jazz Plaza Festival in 1991 when he was 15.
His first album, En El Comienzo, which he recorded with Javier Zalba and the group Temperamento, was awarded Cuba’s Best Jazz Album in 1999. This success encouraged him to work on two solo records: Tiene Que Ver and Elengo, combining Latin jazz, drum and bass, hip-hop, urban music and Afro-Cuban rhythms.
With his 2009 album, Akokan, Fonseca wanted to bring the magic, strength and improvisation from a live show to the studio. With a quartet formation and accompanied by his band, the one that he had been playing with for the past 12 years, Fonseca as the record’s producer encouraged creativity and chemistry amongst the musicians. There are also two collaborations from artists that Fonseca admires, artists that have very different styles: Mayra Andrade, the Cape Verdean singer who wrote the words and sings on “Siete Potencias”, and Raul Midón, the American guitarist, who wrote “Everyone Deserves A Second Chance”. On this track Fonseca did the arrangements and Midon accompanied him on guitar.
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Roberto Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Cuba. Roberto Fonseca celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.