Yalil Guerra
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Yalil Guerra is a Cuban born singer, music producer and music arranger.
He was born in Havana, Cuba in 1973. The son of the famous Cuban vocal duo Rosell y Cary, he started singing when he was 5 years old, performing across Cuba with his family and sister Yamila. His first musical studies were at the National School of Music (ENA) in Havana, Cuba.
At the age of 16, Guerra won the International Competition & Festival of Classical Guitar in Krakow, Poland, as well as the Special Prize. He thus became the youngest Cuban awarded a prize in an international competition. He graduated as a Classical Guitar performer and Professor. Then he moved to Spain, and obtained his Masters degree in Classical Guitar at the "Queen Sofía" Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, Spain.
His career began as a producer and arranger in 1993. He has worked with artists and musicians like Celia Cruz, Albita Rodríguez, Rey Ruíz, Issac Delgado, Yamila Guerra, Mirayda Azuquita, Luis Conte, Leo Brouwer, Gabriel Estarellas, Joaquín Clerch, and Jesús Ortega.
Currently he writes music for TV networks such as Univision and Telemundo, and is producing and composing albums in his recording facility in Burbank, California. He is president of RYCY Productions Inc.