Havana Conservatoire with maestros Guillermo Barreto and Alfredo de los Reyes. He is the creator of a unique style of improvising on the timbales, which mixes Afro rhythms in 68 with the son syncopated rhythms in 24. Valds has worked with all the most important Cuban big bands since the 70s and recorded countless albums with artists of the stature of Las DAide, Paquito Revera, Emiliane Salvador, Bebo Valds, Las Estrellas de Areito and Peruchin. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured the globe with artists such as Juan do Marco and the Afro Cuban Allstars, Rubn Gonzlez, Felix Baloy. He is featured in Wim Wenders famous movie Buena Vista Social Club and has also performed at the 42nd annual Grammy Awards 2000 in Los Angeles featuring Grammy Winner Ibrahim Ferrer.
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