Barbarito Torres | |
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![]() Barbarito Torres performing live on Zelt-Musik-Festival in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 6 July 2015 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Bárbaro Alberto Torres Delgado |
Also known as | Barbarito Torres |
Born | 1956 (age 67–68) Matanzas, Cuba |
Genres | punto guajiro |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Laúd |
Bárbaro Alberto Torres Delgado (born 1956), better known as Barbarito Torres, is a Cuban musician best known for his work with the Afro-Cuban All Stars and the Buena Vista Social Club since 1996.[1] Torres plays the laúd, a traditional Cuban instrument of the lute family that is most associated with the punto guajiro genre. He continues to tour with Buena Vista Social Club as one of the last surviving original members and has recorded several solo albums, the last of which, Vámonos pa'l monte, was released in 2016.