Danilo Orozco began studying music with Moraima Guash at the Juan Bautista Sagarra School in Santiago de Cuba, where he participated in the choir activities.
[citation needed] With his degree thesis La categoría Son como componente de la identidad nacional de Cuba, Danilo Orozco earned himself a Doctorate Summa Cum Laude in Philosophical and Musicological Sciences from the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany ”.
Between 1988 and 1999, Orozco collaborated as musicologist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and also contributed to the LAMR magazine from the Austin University, in Texas.
He worked as musical adviser for the Cultural Center in Santiago de Cuba and the Cuban Television Film Studios.
[1][2] In 1974, he received the Musicology National Award Pablo Hernández Balaguer, in the Analysis category, for his work titled: A propósito de la Nueva Trova.