Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. Over a career spanning more than 60 years as a musician and bandleader, Valdés has distilled elements of Afro-Cuban musical tradition, jazz, classical, and rock into a deeply personal style.Winner of seven GRAMMY® and six Latin GRAMMY® awards, Mr. Valdés received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He has been also inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Mr. Valdés most recent awards include a Latin GRAMMY in 2023 forYo También te Eché de Menos, the product of his reunion with longtime friend and musical partner, clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer Paquito D’Rivera, and a GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY in 2022 for Mirror Mirror,an album of duets with pianist and singer Eliane Elias and the late great pianist and composer Chick Corea.Mr. Valdés maintains a remarkable activity on stage, performing as a soloist and leader of groups in different configurations, including his quartet and orchestral ensembles.