Reynaldo Fernandez Pavon Email & Phone Number

The composer and writer Reynaldo Fernández Pavón began his studies of music, with specialization in piano, at Cuba’s National School of Art. After completing his initial studies, he enrolled in the Art History program at the University of Havana. In 1998, he was awarded a master’s degree in Composition by an evaluation jury made up of eminent professors from the School Boyer College of Music at Temple University. He was awarded the “13th of March” music award in 1975 from the University of Havana for his compositions. His symphonic works and those for chamber orchestra have been interpreted by prestigious ensembles, such as, the Symphonic Orchestra of Matanzas, the Cuban National Symphonic Orchestra, the Havana Chamber Orchestra, The Brindis de Salas Chamber Orchestra, and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Voronezh. In 1982-83 he received the EGREM music label “Best Musical Producer” award because of his discography work with the group Irakere and the Latin jazz quartet led by Chucho Valdés. He has written music for documentaries of the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Art, and the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television. In 1980 he garnered “First Prize David UNEAC” with the book Crossing Oceans. In 1996 composed music for the theater piece Black Tales by Lydia Cabrera, premiered in the Repertory Spanish Theater of New York. The work was awarded “Best Musical Production in 1997” by the Critics Association of Performance (ACE) of NYC. Reynaldo Fernández Pavón has written the theater piece In the Park and his novel Lily of the Meadow was published in 2011. His book The Verses of Memory (English – Spanish edition) was published in 2016, the novel El Repatriado in 2017, Piano Forte in 2018 and About the Literature, the Arts and Society in the year 2019. In 2020, his book of poetry The last stories (Spanish-English Edition) was published.

Listed skills include Music, Singing, Composition, Recording, and 17 others.