MICHEL FERRE
Born in Havana, Cuba, Michel had his first contact with music with his mother when he was four, although his formal studies began at the conservatory Manuel Saumell at seven years of age.
Later he joined several bands and participated in albums as pianist and arranger.
He moved to Ecuador, working for recording studios in advertising and incidental music (1996-1999). Later, as a freelance producer and pianist, he participated in several albums:
Jose Luis Barba - Buscando un buen color (1996 - Arranger and producer), Gerardo Alfonso - Las cosas que yo te cuento (2002 - Arranger and producer) Juan Fernando Velasco - A tu lado (2007 - Pianist, keyboardist) .
His first album "Espíritus de las montañas y las playas" (Spirits of the mountains and the beaches) was a creation in duo with guitarist Claudio Durán, is composed of seven original songs inspired by the ecuadorian geography, "Cotopaxi", "Ilinizas", "Los Frailes" and "Tonsupa" are some of the titles that comprise it, improvisation and spirituality of this project was praised by the press and the Ecuadorian public.
In 2006, produced together with percussionist Vladimir Espinosa, in Roanoke, Virginia, the album "Acoustic latin Jazz", a fusion of jazz with Afro-Cuban rhythms, an integration of musical currents that have influenced the styles of the two artists where each one exposes their point of view. Some of the titles are "Byzantine Rumba" and "Mira".
Michel moved to the US (2008) integrating bands such as Franco de Vita, Jean Carlos Canela, Alex Ubago, Prince Royce and other projects:
“Toda una vida”, Albita Rodriguez (2010 - Arranger, director and pianist), Renoir Rodríguez, Innocence (2010 - Producer and pianist ), Enamorada de tí/Amor prohibido - Selena feat Samo (Camila) (2012 - piano and organ).
He is currently working on the new album of Ms. Lauryn Hill, artist with whom he works from 2010.