Soneros De Verdad - Present Pio Leiva

Pio Leiva, the last of the old gentlemen of the Buena Vista Social Club, died peacefully on 23rdMarch 2006 in Havana. He was the living legend of Cuban music, the 89-year-old star of the BuenaVista Social Club and the unrivalled vocalist for Soneros De Verdad. With the Soneros he had toured all the countries of Europe since 2000 with great success. In 2004 he was the star of the movie Wim Wenders presents Musica Cubana, which has been shown in 18 countries and which portrayed Pio Leiva once more on the great stages of the world: Japan, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland,Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Great Britain. DonPio began his career as a bongo player at age 12 and has remained unforgotten to this day. Luis Frank, who first belonged to the Orquesta Rev�, then to Compay Segundo y sus Muchachos, toured with the Buena Vista Social Club and the Afro Cuban All Stars all over the world and then founded the Soneros De Verdad; together they were awarded the Deutscher Jazz Preis in 2003 for their album Soneros De Verdad: Buena Vista- Barrio de la Habana. Under his nickname The Macry he presents young Cuban R&B and hip-hop musicians (Babalochas and Esencia are on Timba Records).