Omar Lopez Valle was born in Havana and started playing the trumpet at the early age of 7, taught by his grandfather, Nilo Valle Herrera, renowned master trumpeter in the great Cuban tradition.
His professional career started when he was seventeen with the well known orchestra of Pacho Alonso and thereafter Omar became one of Cuba’s most respected trumpet players. In 1991, Omar toured Europe for the first time with the Cuban band Los Dadas and subsequently established himself in Vienna where he lived for three years. During that time the opportunity arose for Omar to appear with the greatest diva of Cuban music Celia Cruz and the ‘King’ Tito Puente at the Wiesen Jazz Festival. In 1994, he moved to Italy, and in Rome he worked with Brazilian maestro Claudio Roditi and later with pianist Danilo Perez, drummer Ignacio Berroa and finally with Paquito D’Rivera and the United Nation Orchestra. Omar is a powerful and lyrical brass player equally adept on trumpet and flugel horn.