Edesio Alejandro Rodríguez Salva (born March 28, 1958) is a Cuban composer of

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. He has composed music for theatre plays, TV, and movies; as well as several concert compositions. Many of them experimental, using synthesizers and mixing together actors, dancers, and musicians in unusual line-ups (1). His

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''Violente'', of 1987, is considered the first rock opera in

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(1). His band, active since 1988, has an eclectic and innovative sound, using Cuban styles such as

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and conga in fusion with foreign genres such as

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, funk,

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, and hip-hop (1). Edesio Alejandro has played in

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, and

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. His albums ''Orisha Dreams'' and ''Black Angel'' were among the first 100 of World Music in Europe in 1999. ''Blen Blen'', from the CD ''Black Angel'', was first place for several weeks in the

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Dance Floor Charts (1). In 2010 was nominated to Latin Grammy and in 2011 to American Grammy for the production 100 sones cubanos. Among his work, are noteworthy his collaborations with director Fernando Pérez. In 2013 he was accepted as a member of the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences of Spain

Filmography

1983 * El desastre del Barcástegui. (Doc.). 1987 * Clandestinos. Dir. Fernando Pérez. 1988 * Una más entre ellos. (Doc.). Dir. Rebeca Chávez. * Entre leyendas. (Doc.). Dir. Rebeca Chávez. * Octubre del 67. (Doc.). Dir. Rebeca Chávez. * El desayuno más caro del mundo. (Doc.). Dir. Gerardo Chijona. 1989 * Dribleando. (Dibujo Animado). Dir. Mario García-Montes. * El caballito de los dos nombres. (Dibujo Animado). Dir. Mario García-Montes. * El alfabeto. (Dibujo Animado). Dir. Tulio Raggi. * Dibújame un cordero. (Doc.). * La vida en rosa. (con Manuel Eugenio). Dir. Rolando Díaz. 1990 * Detrás del espejo. (CM.). * El hombre y su aventura. (Doc.). * Caravana. Dir. Rogelio París y Julio C. Rodríguez. *

Hello Hemingway ''Hello Hemingway'' is a 1990 Cuban drama film directed by Fernando Pérez and starring Laura de la Uz. The plot, set in Havana in 1956, near the end of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship, follows a young girl whose aspirations to obtain a scholarsh ...

. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Fernando Pérez. * La crin de Venus. Dir. Diego Rodríguez Arché. 1991 * Adorables mentiras. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Gerardo Chijona. * El amor se acaba. (CM.). 1992 * El triángulo. (CM.). Dir. Rebeca Chávez. * La bobocracia. (Dibujo Animado). Dir. Elisa Rivas. 1993 * Sosa Bravo en dos tiempos. (Doc.). * Solo nosotros los dinosaurios. (CM.). * El largo viaje de Rústico. (Doc.). Dir. Rolando Díaz. 1995 * Madagascar. (Ficc.). Dir. Fernando Pérez. * De Fresa y Chocolate a Guantanamera. (Doc.). Dir. Rebeca Chávez. * Del otro lado del cristal. (Doc.). Dir. Guillermo Centeno. 1996 * Blue Moon. Dir. Fernando Timossi D.. * El Sardinas. (CM.). Dir. Manuel A. Rodríguez. 1997 * Kleines Tropikana. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Daniel Díaz. * Historia en África. (Doc.). Dir. Rebeca Chávez. * Patinando La Habana. (Doc.). Dir. Jorge Luis Sánchez. 1998 * La vida es silbar. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Fernando Pérez. 1999 * Como los dioses. (Doc.). Dir. Lázaro Buría. 2000 * Hacerse el sueco. (con Gerardo García). Dir. Daniel Díaz. * Algo más que el mar de una esperanza. (Doc.). Dir. Francisco Andino. 2001 * Nada. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Juan Carlos Cremata. 2002 * Suite Habana. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Fernando Pérez. 2003 * Viviendo al límite. (Doc.). Dir. Belkis Vega. * Perfecto amor equivocado. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Gerardo Chijona. 2004 * Bailando Cha Cha Cha. (con Ernesto Cisneros). Dir. Manuel Herrera. * Tres veces dos. (Cuento: Lila). Dir. Lester Hamlet. 2005 * Un Rey en La Habana. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Alexis Valdés. 2007 * Madrigal. Dir. Fernando Pérez. 2008 * Kangamba.Dir. Rogelio Paris. 2009 * Marti el ojo del canariol. Dir. Fernando Pérez. 2010 * Boleto al paraiso. (LM. Ficc.). Dir. Gerardo Chijona.

References

Edesio Alejandro bio
at CubaCine.cu, retrieved on June 12, 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alejandro, Edesio Cuban film score composers 1958 births Living people