Osbanis Tejeda

Osbanis Tejeda Fajado was born in Havana Cuba, He comes from a family of natural talent that taught him the best way to learn was by listening and watching. He Graduated a professor of Cuban percussion from the Fernando Guanches Academy, where he later worked with several Cuban musicians and taught percussion to children and adults.
He developed dance when he arrived in the Uk, where the important thing to him was to feel everything you see, in music and dance.

For that reason he says "dance is to play and music is to live, so live to play"
   
Performance/accomplishments include:
  • 2003, choreographed a show in Edinburg Festival
  • 2003 UK Cuban Salsa Champion
  • Performed and taught in Salsa Congress aal around Europe and Asia
  • 2004 Tropicana Tropics World Rueda Champion
  • 2 video-clips for Roll Deep (2004)
  • Channel 4:UK Music Awards 2004 (Backing dancers for Roll Deep)
  • TV commercial for "We Love Salsa" V2TV Fania Compilation CD
  • 2005 Havana Club tour: dancer and musician (percussion)
  • 2005 "El Barrio, the real salsa musical: Peformer and Arranger
  • Performed with Cuban group Orichas
  • Played percussion (timbal) with latin hip hop group Latin Clan