Ray Fernández, a prominent Cuban singer-songwriter, was born in the province of Villa Clara, although he later moved to Havana. He currently resides in the capital’s Alamar town.

From a very early age, he channeled his artistic interests through his guitar. With a great imagination and aesthetic sense, he has become a skilled composer. His songs, with substantial lyrics, invite reflection on different aspects of today’s society through chronicles and critiques, which he ingeniously integrates with a Cuban flavor into the diverse genres he explores.

Ray Fernández has performed in different venues around the country but it was, without a doubt, the Dulce María Loynaz hall of the Hispanic American Cultural Center that gave him the first opportunity to promote his work more widely, when during the fourth edition of the Verdadero complot project, sponsored by the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS) he offered the concert, Entre la piedra y el sueño, from which twelve of the most requested songs by the public were recorded live, among which are Matarife, Echa pa’cá, El obrero, El gerente and El librero.

With a remarkable growing musical maturity, the charismatic artist embarked on his new recording project. Taking on the production of the album was a great challenge for him. The popular troubadour Pedro Luis Ferrer was the one who presented him with the idea, and he accepted it. The CD, titled Paciencia, was recorded at the Areíto studios of the EGREM record label and contains genres ranging from Canción, Güajira, and Changüí, to a tango that he created through complex musical arrangements, which could initially have been a conga or a bolero, and for which he enlisted the collaboration of some of his friends from the Argentine project “Cuatro de trova.”

Ray Fernández is the author of all the songs except “Arrolla cubano,” which features guest vocals from Omara Portuondo and the group Los rumberos de Cuba. It also features the poem “A ti llamado impropiamente rosa” by Miguel Hernández, set to music by Ray himself. Other guests included Yasek Manzano and the Septeto Habanero.