Luis Abreu was one of the founders of the musical group known as Los Papines. They began playing variants of rumba and transcended to break out as a show group, appreciated in more than 40 countries over half a century. As a percussionist and singer, before joining the legendary quartet, he played with various orchestras and ensembles in nightclubs in the capital. In addition to being a pianist and composer, he was a performer of indisputable value. He meticulously studied the songs that he would incorporate into his repertoire and transmitted his natural charisma, characterized by originality and mischief.

Los Papines

It is a musical group that in its beginnings as a quartet was made up of brothers Alfredo, Jesús, Luis and Ricardo Abreu. Founded in 1963, it is one of the best-known rumba groups in Cuba and abroad. At present other members of the family continue the group’s tradition.