MEXICAN GUITAR PLAYERS

A website dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of Guitarists in Mexico and to publicize their projects and events. The largest Directory of Mexican Guitarists.

Galileo (Galo) Ochoa
Jalisco

Galileo (Galo) Ochoa

It was with Cuca that his career as a guitarist began to stand out. The characteristic sound of this band is mainly hard rock. Galo Ochoa has composed songs together with José Fors that became hits such as: "Son of the milkman", "La pucha asesina", "me vale madre", and so on. After the separation from Cuca, his brother Aldo, and Christian Gómez, joined Carlos Avilez (also her bassist), thus emerging Nata, where his main sound is closer to heavy metal. ... Read more

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Gilberto Puente
Nuevo León

Gilberto Puente

Los Tres Reyes is a musical trio of Mexican origin made up of the brothers Gilberto Puente (second voice, requinto), Raúl Puente (third voice, guitar), currently accompanied by the Cuban Bebo Cárdenas (first voice, guitar, maracas). The trio Los Tres Reyes, led by Gilberto and Raúl Puente, with Hernando Avilés as first voice, was integrated in October 1958.… Read more

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Giovanni Piacentini
CDMX

Giovanni Piacentini

Giovanni Piacentini is a composer whose body of work is as diverse as his cultural background. Born in Mexico City, to an Italian father, a doctor, opera lover, and a Mexican mother, a figurative painter, he was exposed to a

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Robbin Blanco
Yucatan

Robbin White

In his hometown of Mérida, Yucatán, he began his studies of electric guitar with the teachers Lorenzo Esquivel and in classical guitar with Ricardo Vega and Miguel Uc at the José Jacinto Cuevas Music Center. He graduated as a concert performer at the Escuela Superior de Música at the Centro Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City with the teacher Josefina Robles to later carry out his master's studies with the teacher Álvaro Perri at the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, in where he graduated with the highest honors.… Read more

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Juan Helguera
Yucatan

Juan Helguera (1932-2020)

Guitarrista, compositor, cronista e investigador mexicano. Considerado un verdadero difusor de la guitarra en México y el mundo. Una figura imprescindible del ámbito musical. Su programa radiofónico “La Guitarra en el Mundo” tuvo más de tres décadas de éxito.… Read more

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Chamín Correa
CDMX

Chamín Correa (1929-2020)

Benjamín Correa, better known by his stage name Chamín Correa (Mexico City, December 4, 1929 - January 14, 2020), was a Mexican musician specialized in playing romantic music with various groups and singers, famous for his virtuous form to play the requinto. ... Read more

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