Stalin Rivadeneyra

Stalin Rivadeneyra, who lives in New Jersey, USA, enjoys an illustrious career which has taken him all over the world, including Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Germany and Italy.

Stalin has had a long musical career that began in 1985 playing the trombone in Middle School in Peru. After graduating from high school, Stalin began his musical career at the National Conservatory of Music in Lima-Peru (1991) playing in the Symphonic Band and the Big Band of Miraflores.

During the 1990s, Stalin performed with famous salsa artists in Peru such as Antonio Cartagena, Willy Rivera, Perú Salsa All Stars and Orquesta Camagüey.

In 1999 he moved to New York and took trombone lessons with Juan Pablo Torres, Bob Ferrel and attended seminars with Joseph Alessi, Slide Hampton and Dave Taylor. Stalin began freelancing professionally in the salsa and latin music genre after studying, performing and being mentored by Pablo Santaella.

In January 2001, he met Isidro Infante, producer, arranger, pianist and musical director of Ritmo Mundo Musical (RMM), one of the most important record labels in the Latin industry during the late 1980s and throughout the ‘90s, as well as a film company, nightclubs and restaurants and joined the orchestra.

Now he is also focused on his own project called Varanda Orquesta and his first musical production that is now available on all digital platforms.