Roisel Suarez
Roisel Alejandro Suárez Bosque is a versatile Cuban trumpet player, composer, and arranger. Throughout his career, Suárez has performed with notable Cuban and international artists such as Omara Portuondo, NG La Banda, Roberto Fonseca, Maelo Ruiz, Ismael Miranda, and X Alfonso. He has also contributed to recordings with Orquesta Aragón, Beatriz Márquez, Conjunto Chapotín, and Charles Fox.
In 2025, he received the Wayne Shorter Award from the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC). In 2024, his piece Two Cuban Miniatures was commissioned by the New Cannon Project and premiered at ASTA 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Additionally, his work Mama Kalungafor solo French horn was awarded Best Performance at the Graduate Research Conference 2023 at Georgia State University.
Originally from San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, Roy graduated from the National School of Arts (ENA)in 2013, where he was a student leader and founder of the ENA Jazz Band Orchestra. He gained early acclaim by winning First Prize in Jazz Performance at the JoJazz International Contest in 2010, followed by the Grand Composition Prize in 2012. His talent led him to collaborate with Latin Grammy-winning producer Joaquín Betancourt until 2017.
In 2018, he launched his own band and recorded his debut concert Desahogo at the National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba. He later moved to Quito, Ecuador, where he collaborated with Pies en la Tierra and released several singles, including Gaytán Coffee (2020), Petricor (2021), Millennial’s Sound(2022), and If I Were to Lose You(2023). His quartet was featured at the Ecuador Jazz Festival and the Humboldt Jazz Fest in 2021.
Since moving to the U.S. in 2022, Suárez has established himself as a sought-after performer and composer in the Greater Philadelphia area.