Ignacio "Kiko" Cibrián is a
Mexican-American
Mexican Americans ( es, mexicano-estadounidenses, , or ) are Americans of full or partial Mexican heritage. In 2019, Mexican Americans comprised 11.3% of the US population and 61.5% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans. In 2019, 71% of Mexica ...
guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...
,
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
,
arranger
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,
record producer
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,
recording engineer
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and
mixer known for his work with
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...
,
Cristian Castro
Christian Sáinz Valdés Castro (born 8 December 1974), known professionally as Cristian Castro or Cristian, is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Veronica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés ...
,
Rocío Dúrcal
María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz (4 October 1944 – 25 March 2006), better known professionally as Rocío Dúrcal (), was a Spanish singer and actress. Widely successful in Mexico, she earned the sobriquet of ''Reina de las Rancheras'' ...
REIK
Reik is a Mexican pop rock band from Mexicali, Baja California, formed in 2003 by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas (lead vocals), Julio Ramírez Eguía (guitar, background vocals), and Gilberto Marín Espinoza (guitar). The group's first five album ...
and
Frank Sinatra
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.
Cibrián has won one
Grammy Award
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and three
Latin Grammy Award
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s.
Early life and career
Kiko Cibrián was born and grew up in
where his father played in
mariachi
Mariachi (, , ) is a genre of regional Mexican music that dates back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico. The usual mariachi group today consists of as many as eight violins, t ...
s. At age 14, Cibrián started playing
bolero
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s and mariachi music. During his late teenage years, he joined a local band and was introduced to
jazz
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by the band's
saxophonist
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.
At 19, he was invited to go to
Las Vegas
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to play with a band called "Santa Fe". During his time in Las Vegas, Cibrián also played with the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas' big band
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.
In 1982, Cibrián moved to
California
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to play with the band that accompanied dance performances at
Disneyland
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. A year later, in
San Diego
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, he joined the band "People Movers" where
Nathan East
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played the
electric bass
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The ...
. Cibrián returned to the Disneyland band in 1987 and then formed the band "True Stories".
In 1990, he moved to
Mexico City
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to work with
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...
as guitarist. That same year, Cibrián was invited to be the producer for
Cristian Castro's debut album ''
Agua nueva
''Agua Nueva'' (Spanish for "New Water") is the debut album by Mexican pop singer, Cristian Castro. It was released on June 30, 1992. It was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 1993.
Following Fonovisa's purchase by the Unive ...
''. It was his first time producing an album for another artist. Cibrián's second album as a producer was Luis Miguel's 1993 ''
Aries
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*Aries (astrology), an astrological sign
*Aries (constellation), a constellation of stars in the zodiac
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''Aries'' (album), by Luis Miguel, 1993
* ''Aries'' (EP), by Alice Chater, 2020
* "Aries" ...
'' which won a
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
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.
He composed the hit single "
Suave
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" from that same album. Cibrián continued working with Luis Miguel as touring musician, producer, composer and arranger throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
Selected discography
Awards
BMI Latin Awards
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Suave
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Dame
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Cómo es posible que a mi lado
"Cómo Es Posible Que a Mi Lado" ( en, "How Is It Possible That Beside Me") is a song by Mexican singer Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de Mé ...
"
,
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[BMI Awards:
* 1995 Awards:
* 1998 Awards:
]
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
s
Latin Grammy Award
The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been r ...
s
References
External links
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Living people
Grammy Award winners
Latin Grammy Award winners
Latin music record producers
Mexican male guitarists
American male guitarists
Mexican jazz musicians
Mexican session musicians
American male jazz musicians
20th-century American guitarists
21st-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
Musicians from San Diego
People from Tijuana
1959 births
Latin music songwriters