He started to sing, before he could talk, they say. Inspired by
his father, a singer himself, Roberto Kel Torres discovered his
passion and talent for music in his early youth. It was already at
the age of 3 when he performed for his family and friends in
Cuba.As a teenage boy he sang in various regional bands.
In the age of 17 he began his career as an opera singer at Cuba´s
national opera. He gained a solid classical training, which still
is the basis for his musical skills. For four years he performed in
Cuba including shows in Austria and Spain.
But popular music still had its spell on him, and so began to
perform in international dance shows and musicals like “Havana
night”, that also brought him to Las Vegas (USA) and to different
places in Germany.
Big names in show-business, like US American producer and director
Kenny Ortega who worked with Michael Jackson and choreographer of
movies like "Pretty in Pink (1986), "Dirty Dancing" (1987) and
Michael Jackson's film "This Is It" admire his talents.
Since 2007 Kel Torres has been on tour with his band of 5 and now
6. The “KEL TORRES Band” is very popular amongst the German Salsa
community. But also those who are not so familiar with Salsa love
him. In the first place its his extraordinary voice – never to be
forgotten if heard once. Plus his impressing performance on stage,
his interesting and widespread repertoire – ranging from powerful
dance tunes to beautiful romantic bolero songs – that makes him
gain the admiration of a growing audience.
It was him who introduced the German language into salsa which
bridges cultures like no one else does. Kel Torres embodies the
"Multikulti-Culture" of Germany, and especially of Berlin. His song
"Alle lieben Berlin" (Everybody loves Berlin" is the theme song of
Berlin.
Television and radio stations have discovered KEL TORRES a while
ago. Funkhaus Europa and SAT 1 featured him in their morning shows
and "Reuters" shot a report called "Deutsche Salsa von KEL TORRES",
which has been repeatedly broadcasted in many countries like the
US, Mexico, Spain, Chech Republic, Austria and England.
His latest smash hit was the „Festival Son Cuba“. KEL TORRES was
the star of this concert tour of Cuban music (24 concerts in
Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany in May 2010)
The new album by "the KEL TORRES band" is called "Alle lieben
Berlin" (Everybody loves Berlin) and was released in January
2010.This album is available on www.keltorres.com, in stores like
www.amazon.de , or drop us a line at havana90@gmx.de
The second album is already in the make. Kel will be singing not
only in Spanish or German, but also in Italian, English and
Portuguese, so be prepared and stay tuned on www.keltorres.com!
