Lorenzo Negrete
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Lorenzo Negrete is a Mexican singer, musician and actor.
Negrete is the grandson of Mexican singer and actor Jorge Negrete
. He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and raised in Mexico City
. In Mexico Negrete has appeared as guest on Armando Manzanero
's television and radio shows, and since 2008 he has made several guest appearances on Telemundo
television shows, including Fiesta Broadway 2008 and Concierto a Caballo.
A trained musician and composer (UNAM
), Negrete has focused on various popular music genres such as Tango
, Trova
, and Ballad
, but mostly on the Ranchera
genre. He studied acting at Centro de Educación Artística
. In 2005, Negrete made a performance at the National Auditorium
in Mexico City, during the "Orgullosamente Mexicano" Awards. The event was broadcast by Ritmoson. He has been recurrently called to sing the Mexican National Anthem at official and sports events, such as the NASCAR
series in Mexico.
Negrete was the only contestant to sing in five different programs of "Mexico's 100 favorite songs" ("Las 100 Favoritas de Mexico"), a contest broadcast by Mexican television network Once TV
in 2006. He made his versions of five of the best known Mexican songs: Fallaste Corazon, El Sinaloense, No volvere, El Jinete, and Mexico Lindo y Querido
.
In 2007, while recording his album "Sabores", Negrete sang in a recital at the St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
, accompanied by the Mariachi Real de Mexico.
He performed at the Million Dollar Theater
re-opening in the spring 2008. In April, Negrete released his debut album, Sabores. A few weeks later he performed at the Cinco de Mayo "Fiesta Broadway" television festival by AT&T
and Telemundo
. In November of the same year, Lorenzo Negrete received the 9th Agustín Lara
Award in an annual musical tribute to the Mexican composer at the Museum of Latin American Art
in Long Beach, California
.
In April 2009, Lorenzo Negrete was a presenter at the Billboard Latin Music Awards
in Miami, of the award given to Aventura. Negrete's Concierto a Caballo, released in May 2009, was aired on Telemundo four times during that year. In September, Negrete appeared singing on "Viva Mexico: La fiesta del Grito", and "Fin de año", both television shows by Telemundo
. He also starred in promotional ads of the same network.
Negrete is the grandson of Mexican singer and actor Jorge Negrete
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno is considered one of the most popular Mexican singers and actors of all time....
. He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and raised in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. In Mexico Negrete has appeared as guest on Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....
's television and radio shows, and since 2008 he has made several guest appearances on Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
television shows, including Fiesta Broadway 2008 and Concierto a Caballo.
A trained musician and composer (UNAM
Unam
UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
), Negrete has focused on various popular music genres such as Tango
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
, Trova
Trova
Trova is one of the great roots of the Cuban music tree. In the 19th century a group of itinerant musicians known as trovadores moved around Oriente, especially Santiago de Cuba, earning their living by singing and playing the guitar...
, and Ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
, but mostly on the Ranchera
Ranchera
Ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. It dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco. Ranchera today is also played...
genre. He studied acting at Centro de Educación Artística
Centro de Educación Artística
The Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa is an entertainment educational institution in Latin America. It was founded on September 26, 1978 and it is located in the facilities of Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City....
. In 2005, Negrete made a performance at the National Auditorium
National Auditorium
National Auditorium is an entertainment centre located at Paseo de la Reforma #50, Chapultepec in Mexico City right in front of the Polanco hotel zone next to Campo Marte....
in Mexico City, during the "Orgullosamente Mexicano" Awards. The event was broadcast by Ritmoson. He has been recurrently called to sing the Mexican National Anthem at official and sports events, such as the NASCAR
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
series in Mexico.
Negrete was the only contestant to sing in five different programs of "Mexico's 100 favorite songs" ("Las 100 Favoritas de Mexico"), a contest broadcast by Mexican television network Once TV
Once TV
Once TV México, Spanish for México Eleven TV is a Mexican educational broadcast television network owned by Instituto Politecnico Nacional. The network's flagship station is XEIPN channel 11 in Mexico, Distrito Federal. It broadcasts across Mexico through local television affiliates, cable...
in 2006. He made his versions of five of the best known Mexican songs: Fallaste Corazon, El Sinaloense, No volvere, El Jinete, and Mexico Lindo y Querido
México Lindo y Querido
"México lindo y querido" is a traditional mariachi and ranchera Mexican song written by Chucho Monge and made famous by singer Jorge Negrete . It is widely known throughout the Spanish-speaking world for its characterization of patriotism and loyalty for the rural land of Mexico...
.
In 2007, while recording his album "Sabores", Negrete sang in a recital at the St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
The Cathedral of St. Patrick is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States...
, accompanied by the Mariachi Real de Mexico.
He performed at the Million Dollar Theater
Million Dollar Theater
The Million Dollar Theater at 307 S. Broadway in downtown Los Angeles is one of the first movie palaces built in the United States. It opened in February 1918...
re-opening in the spring 2008. In April, Negrete released his debut album, Sabores. A few weeks later he performed at the Cinco de Mayo "Fiesta Broadway" television festival by AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
and Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
. In November of the same year, Lorenzo Negrete received the 9th Agustín Lara
Agustín Lara
Agustín Lara was a Mexican singer and songwriter.-Biography:Lara was born in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz. Later, the Lara family had to move again to Mexico City, establishing their house in the borough of Coyoacán. After Lara's mother died, Agustín and his siblings lived in a hospice run by their...
Award in an annual musical tribute to the Mexican composer at the Museum of Latin American Art
Museum of Latin American Art
The Museum of Latin American Art was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MoLAA is the only museum in the United States exclusively dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American art. Since its inception, MoLAA has doubled...
in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
.
In April 2009, Lorenzo Negrete was a presenter at the Billboard Latin Music Awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...
in Miami, of the award given to Aventura. Negrete's Concierto a Caballo, released in May 2009, was aired on Telemundo four times during that year. In September, Negrete appeared singing on "Viva Mexico: La fiesta del Grito", and "Fin de año", both television shows by Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
. He also starred in promotional ads of the same network.
External links
- www.lorenzonegrete.com
- Telemundo's "Concierto a Caballo", Episode 1 starring Lorenzo Negrete
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UnvcRG3sJc&feature=related
- Viva Mexico: El Grito by Telemundo, 2009
- Lorenzo Negrete to sing at the "Cinco de Mayo" Fiesta Broadway, 2008
- Fiesta Broadway, 2008
- 2009 Agustin Lara Musical Tribute http://web.mac.com/gregorioluke/Site/Calendar__new_november.html
- Lorenzo Negrete interview on Jorge Negrete's Tributes
- 2009 Semana Jalisco in Los Angeles, California http://fedjalisco.ning.com/video/saludo-lorenzo-negrete
- Virgen de Guadalupe Festival at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
- "Las 100 favoritas" Once TV Music contest
- "El Jinete" performed by Lorenzo Negrete on Once TV
- http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=12850&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASCTribute to Mexican Crooner Pedro VargasPedro VargasPedro Vargas Mata was a Mexican singer and actor, from the golden age of Mexican cinema. He was known as the "Nightingale of the Americas".-Biography:...
] http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/70920.html http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/print.cfm?docId=12683 - AmSoc (American Society) Fundraiser, 2006
- http://www.azteca21.com/n/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5964&catid=3&Itemid=359Lorenzo Negrete interview on Pedro InfantePedro InfanteJosé Pedro Infante Cruz , better known as Pedro Infante, is the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and is an idol of the Latinamerican people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled the Tres Gallos Mexicanos . He was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa,...
's legacy] - 195th Anniversary of the Independence of Mexico, 2005 http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=44749&tabla=cultura
- "Concierto a Caballo" TV Teaser
- "Sabores" among the Top 150 Latin Sellers
- http://www.goldstar.com/events/long-beach-ca/night-in-mexico.html"Night in Mexico" at the Museum of Latin American ArtMuseum of Latin American ArtThe Museum of Latin American Art was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MoLAA is the only museum in the United States exclusively dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American art. Since its inception, MoLAA has doubled...
] - "Orgullosamente Mexicano" awards, 2005
- "Mexico Lindo y Querido" at the "Orgullosamente Mexicano" Awards, 2005