Roberto Valera Chamizo (born 1938) is a Cuban composer and pedagogue who has a made a substantial contribution to the development of music in Cuba.
[1] Born in Havana, Valera began his music studies in 1948 with Waldina Cortina, Ñola Sahig, José Ardévol, Edgardo Martín and Leo Brouwer in the Municipal Conservatory of Havana, where he also received singing lessons from soprano Zoila Gálvez in 1956.
By 1965 Valera studied in Poland with renowned composers Witold Rudzinski and Andrzej Dobrowolski.
[3] In 1976, Roberto Valera began a long term association with the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), serving as Dean and professor of composition, orchestration and contemporary techniques.
[1] Roberto Valera has composed an extensive catalog that includes music for soloists, chamber ensembles orchestra, and choir, as well as for numerous ballets, cartoons and films.