This excepcional Cuban singer, 'The Black Angel with the Velvet Voice' has toured Mexico seven times and has a strong public here although outside Mexico and Cuba he is little known. This will change as from May 2002 when, as the guest of the Mexican danzón orchestra, Felipe Urbán y su Danzonera, he will tour most of the important summer festivals in France.

Classically trained, Armando left Renaissance music behind to return to the music of his childhood in Santiago de Cuba and his exquisite voice Ð in the range of a countertenor Ð embraces the Cuban boleros and refuses to let go.

As a soloist, Armando has been accompanied by a wide range of top musicians from the Cuban jazz combos to traditional trova bands. At the same time as this current project with the danzón orchestra, Armando is preparing a cabaret act with one of Mexico's top classical pianists, Alberto Cruz Prieto.