Barbaro Crespo Richard aka Machito, born in Havana, Cuba in 1991, is the son of great congas and rumba master Sandalio Crespo Calderón. By the age of just 12, he began to perform with the Cuban folklore group ‘Echu Alaboni’. At 17 years old, Machito signed his first contract with the ‘Compañía De Danzas Tradicionales De Cuba JJ’, embracing his talent through traditional Cuban rhythms. When he was 21, he became a part of the group ‘El Solar de los Seis’, where he took his first steps beyond traditional Cuban music, playing jazz, pop and collaborating with many Cuban artists. Since 2013, Machito has been associated with the group ‘Osain del Monte’, as its co-founder and a leading percussionist, presenting modern interpretation of native folklore, combined with popular Cuban music. With ‘Osain del Monte’ he recorded two albums: ‘Pal Monte’ and ‘Sin Comentarios’. Between 2017 and 2020, as a member of a formation ‘Trio Peligroso’, Machito participated as a percussionist and a co-composer in the afro-jazz French-Cuban music project ‘¿Que vola?’. The debut album of ‘Que Vola?’ was released in January 2019. Since 2021 he’s a part of latin jazz trio Ílú with which he won the prestigious Jazz Juniors Festival competition in 2022. Currently, he's located in Europe and working on various music projects, cooperating with other artists and giving percussion master classes.