QVA Libre is Cuba's most popular alternative funk-rock band. Back in 2000 the four original members of QVA Libre were playing their first gigs at El Patio de María like every other fledgling rock band in Havana.
Band leader Carlos Diaz had no formal music training and he had never played in another band before or since QVA Libre. He and his bandmates went through some very lean years. QVA Libre self-financed four tracks for their first demo, Que todo sea para nada, in 2004. In 2007 their first album, Resistencia y reciclaje, gained some notoreity in the rock world.
The band's second album, Viva Qva Libre, was a breakthrough. Songs like "Superhero", "Buena suerte", "Kumbia funky" and "Azúcar" made QVA Libre the top concert draw that it is today. In 2011, the album scored both Cubadisco and Cuerda Viva awards.
