Roberto Urbay studied at Escuela Nacional de Arte in Havana, Cuba where he was instructed by Margot Rojas Mendoza and Silvio Rodríguez Cárdenas.

There, he studied with Evgeny Mogilevsky and got the diploma of Master of Fine Arts with a specialization as Concert Pianist and Piano Professor in 1983.

He was also awarded grants to make postgraduate courses in Hungary on Liszt and Bartók's work in 1986 and 1987 under the guidance of such illustrious pianists as Georges Cziffra and Zoltan Kocsis.

He also participated in three famous International Competitions: Queen Elizabeth, in Brussels (1978), Van Cliburn, in Texas (1981) and Liszt, in Budapest (1986).

[2] His interpreting art has been appreciated in Belgium, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Albania, Germany, Hungary, Kazajstan, Korea, Japan, the USA, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, and Cuba, where he has interpreted an extensive and well varied repertory in solo concerts, chamber music and concerts with orchestra, in festivals, competitions and international tours.