Quique Domenech's Career

Quique Domenech was born June 6, 1974 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. His parents are Hector E. Domenech Valle and Helen Avilés Abreu. He has a younger sister named Yvette. Quique attended Sacred Hearts College in Guaynabo were he began his musical career when he joined the choir group Corazones Unidos in 1980. It was then when he first stepped into a recording studio and recorded a Christmas album with the choir. Quique started playing the Cuatro at the age of six. He studied under Mr. Manuel Morgado for two years in Bayamón. In 1985 he began studying musical theory at the Cultural Institute of Puerto Rico. After graduating he joined the Cuarto Orchestra under the guidance of maestro Francisco López Cruz. He went on to graduate from the Escuela Superiror del Colegio Marista of Guaynabo in 1992. It was there he joined the group "Renacer Campesino" which he was part of for 10years.
In 1994 he, along with others, appeared on the musical soundtrack for the motion picture, Guagua Aérea, which was about Cuatrista Luis Molina. In addition to being able to play the Puerto Rican Cuatro, Quique is a talented young man and also plays guitar, cuban tres, bass guitar and the venezuelan cuatro. At only 30 years of age, Quique has performed with the following artists: Vicente Carattini y Los Cantores, Danny Rivera, Pedro Guzmán, Luis Miranda, Edwin Colón Zayas, Hossanas de Borinquen, Elías Lopés, Los Hispanos, Andrés Jimenez, Ismael Miranda, Ruben Blades and many, many other talented and well known artists.
Quique has appeared as a guest on CD's by other artists such as Humberto Ramírez, José "Furito" Ríos and Danny Rivera. Quique also produced the Tony Croatto y Quique Domenech CD, En Armonía, which earned him his first Tu Musica award in 2004. He has been twice a Grammy Nominee.

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[malata6987]

Tu maestro manuel morgado ya esta muriendo comunicate cuando puedas.. dulcette

[SidewalkFrequencies]

cheese ball.

[QuiqueLopezPR]

Excelente!!!!  Muchas Felicidades. Muy buen recuento de tu trayectoria. Dios te bendiga. Pa'lante Tocayo!!!!!!

Quique Lopez