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Miami, Florida

Artist

Yorgis Goiricelaya Martinez was born in the province of Colon in Matanzas , Cuba . He started his musical career in Cuba at the age of eight, playing the piano. At the age of 10 he joined local Cuban bands for 2 years. Yorgis later relocated to Costa Rica where he continued his pursuit of a musical career. In 1997 he began to perform with professional local groups in Costa Rica . A year later, he began to perform with major local artists as a bassist, later as a pianist as well. He then began to write and arrange music and joined the most recognized Cuban group in Costa Rica , Conjunto Chocolate, for which he was the manager, pianist, and writer/arranger. During this period, the group recor