Mauricio Herrera

Mauricio Herrera is from the eastern province of Holguin, Cuba. His interest in music comes from the musical legacy of his family. He started playing violin at 7 years old and, by age 14, he began studying percussion. After graduating from Jose Maria Ochoa Conservatory in Holguin, he began playing in various local popular and folkloric groups and was on faculty at Escuela Vocacional de Arte. In 1994, he moved to La Habana to broaden his horizons, where he played, toured, and recorded with several popular bands in 90’s Cuba, such as Paulito FG y su Elite, Manolito Simonet y su trabuco, Manolín el Medico de la salsa, Pachito Alonso y sus Kini Kini, Juan Kemmel y la Barriada, Hector Valentin, and Angel Bonne. In 2001, he relocated to Mexico and played with Otra Idea Orquestra, Amaury Gutierrez, David Torrens, and many others. In 2005, Mauricio moved to New York where he currently resides. He has played, recorded and toured with: David Sanchez, Stefon Harris, Nicholas Payton, Christian Scott – 90 Miles Project,  Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ignacio Berroa, Yerba Buena, Lila Downs, Manuel Valera and the New Cuban Express, Alfredo de la Fe, Bryan Lynch, Luis Perdomo, The Rodriguez Brothers, Dave Samuels and The Caribbean Jazz Project, Hector Martignon, Batyr Shukenov, La India, Spanish Harlem Orquestra, Steve Coleman, Jackie Terrasson, John Benitez, Mark Weinstein, Lew Soloff, Aruan Ortiz, Candido Camero, Yerba Buena, Osmany Paredes , Pedro Martinez y Grupo Ibboru, Cimarron project, Francisco Mela, Robby Ameen featuring Ruben Blades, Yosvany Terry Afrocuban Roots & Sextet and many others. Mauricio Herrera has performed concerts and taught master classes to colleges and universities such as: Boys & Girls Harbor, The Banff Centre in Canada, Berklee College of Music, Yale University, Harvard University, Stanford University, JAZZUV University in Xalapa Mexico.