Ernesto Oliva (Guantánamo, 1988) pianist and composer, graduated in 2015 from the University of the Arts (ISA) in the specialty of Composition.
His works have been premiered in several music festivals, such as Havana Contemporary Music Festival, Havana Chamber Music Festival, Havana Young Pianists Festival, JazzPlaza, Leo Brouwer Festival, among others. Also in countries such as Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua and the United States.
In 2009 he participated as a performer on the CD Pianos with music by Cuban composer Beatriz Corona EGREM productions and in 2018 on the CD Lo nuestro by Cuban double bassist Yelsy Heredia premiering that phonogram at the Ajazzgo Festival in Cali, Colombia and in the same country at the Medejazz Festival in Medellin. He obtained in 2019 a nomination in the category of best tropical music album in the Latinranmys Awards of that year. In 2022 he integrated the group of Cuban composers to write works with genres of Cuban music in the CD - DVD “Mozart and Mambo II, Cuban Dances” starring the hornist of the Berlin Philharmonic Sarah Willys and the orchestra of the Lyceum of Havana, conducted by José Antonio Méndez.
The Youth Art Fund (FAJ) supports the project “De regreso de La Aldea,” an audiovisual project that showcases Oliva's work, not only with his quartet La Aldea. This time, it expands to an orchestral arrangement with the Camerata Romeu, a string orchestra conducted by maestro Zenaida Romeu. The goal is to enrich the genres and rhythms of Cuban popular music, primarily those native to the province of Guantánamo, blending them with the characteristics of concert music.
