Leoni Torres, a prominent Cuban singer, was born on November 24, 1977, in the province of Camagüey. Despite having an excellent voice, he never had the opportunity to study singing. His real profession, and the one he held before entering the music world, was a refrigeration technician.

He began his career in Camagüey with a small salsa group called Costa Sur. He worked with them for three months, saying he couldn’t sing salsa and leaning more toward ballads.

After Costa Sur, Leoni Torres spent two years as a comedian in his own group, called “Los Cariduros,” where he also sang occasionally. After this experience, he decided to return to singing and joined another small group, which disbanded a few months later. Some time later, he began singing with the Maravillas de Florida orchestra, where he remained for two years and had the opportunity to record the CD “Vieja, pero se mantenando.”

As time went by, one day, maestro Sergio David Calzado happened to see a video of the Maravillas de Florida orchestra, featuring Leoni Torres. David loved it and began researching and searching for information about the unknown but talented singer, until he decided to take his orchestra to Camagüey, where he recruited the young man.

After shining for a decade with Charanga Habanera, supported by David Calzado, who is like a father to him, he launched his solo career in 2008.

As a solo artist, Leoni Torres released his first album under the EGREM label, titled “Bajo la piel,” with a style more focused on pop, ballads, and fusion. It wasn’t long before he received a proposal to make a DVD following the album’s release. This material, produced by Cuban filmmaker Lester Hamlet, bore the same name as the CD and was a huge success. The singer was accompanied on this DVD by other musicians such as Vania Borges, Polito Ibáñez, and Dayramir González, with choreography by Tony Menéndez.

He is currently working on the production of his new album, which does not yet have a title and which follows the same genre as the CD “Bajo la piel.”