Kiki Valera Vacilon Santiaguero

Cuban Son, one of the most popular musical styles in Cuba, finds one of its most prominent exponents in Kiki Valera. Over the last century, this style of traditional Cuban music has influenced various musical genres, including jazz, cha-cha-chá, mambo, salsa, songo and timba. Cuban son is the music that brought the Buena Vista Social Club to global fame in the late 1990s, but Kiki Valera's connection to this musical tradition dates back decades, thanks to his family of musicians.