Floria Márquez (born February 11, 1950 in
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
) is a
Venezuela
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n singer and actress. She grew up in a musical family, her mother was a classical-trained pianist, and one of her brothers is singer Rudy Marquez.
She began to sing professionally at adult age, performing the Latin music genre called ''
Bolero
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'' (the Latin music equivalent to the American "Ballad").
She has performed in
Colombia
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,
Bahamas
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,
Aruba
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, Mexico,
Argentina
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, and the USA, where she has successfully performed several times at the famous Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel in
Miami Beach
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. She has appeared onstage with Latin stars such as
Armando Manzanero
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,
Los Panchos
Originally, Trio Los Panchos are a '' trío romántico'' formed in New York City in 1944 by Alfredo Gil, Chucho Navarro, and Hernando Avilés. The trio became one of the leading exponents of the bolero and the romantic ballad in Latin America. I ...
,
Lucho Gatica
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,
Oscar D'León
Oscar Emilio León Somoza (born July 11, 1943), known as Oscar D'León, and affectionately called ''The Pharaoh of Salsa'', ''The Lion of Salsa'', and the ''World's Sonero'', is a Venezuelan musician best known for his work with salsa music. He ...
,
Cheo Feliciano
Cheo Feliciano (3 July 1935 – 17 April 2014) was a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican Singing, singer and composer of Salsa music, salsa and bolero music. Feliciano was the owner of a recording company called "Coche Records". He was the first t ...
, among many others.
Along with her musical career, Floria Márquez has performed as an actress in two plays "Ella Sí Canta Boleros", and the Café-Concert "La Cosa Es Amar", show that has been very successful at Venezuela's theaters with more than 200 shows performed.
Márquez has also performed more than 34 concerts with several symphony orchestras in Venezuela, a privilege granted to few popular artists in her country. She performs an average of 70 shows each year.
She is married to Venezuelan musical producer and arranger ''Pedrito López'', has two daughters and three grandchildren.
Discography
*''Una Noche Con Floria Márquez''
*''Algo Más Que Boleros''
*''Palabras De Mujer''
*''
La Cosa Es Amar''
*''10 Años De Amor''
*''
Exitos De Floria Márquez''
*''Sin Fecha De Vencimiento''
External links
Floria Márquez website
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1950 births
Living people
Actors from Caracas
Musicians from Caracas
20th-century Venezuelan women singers