Erne Castillo
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Born and raised in Cuba, guitarist Erne Castillo has been performing since early age. He graduated with a degree in music from the national school of instructors in Havana, Cuba and from there on he pursued music as a career.
Started performing music locally in Cuba upon graduation and shared the stage with different contemporary musicians and bands. In the year 2000 he started performing at Havana's oldest historical site Casco Historico playing traditional cuban music and from there he earned himself an opportunity to perform internationally.
Erne has been performing his original compositions at notable music festivals
such as the Internatioal Guitar Festival, Mosaic Music Festival, Womad Music
Festival, Thailand Jazz Festival, Gunug Jazz Festival Indonesia, Singapore Jazz Festival. He has participated as a sessions musicians in other festivals such as the Fringe World Music Festival in Australia