Anoche consuelo velazquez biography

Mexican concert pianist and composer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Velázquez and the second or maternal family name is Torres.

Consuelo Velázquez Torres (August 21, 1916, in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco – January 22, 2005,^[1] Mexico City), also popularly known as Consuelito Velázquez,^[2] was a Mexican concert pianist and composer. She was the composer of famous Mexican ballads such as "Bésame mucho", "Amar y vivir", and "Cachito".^[1]

Beginning Years

Originally from Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico,^[3] she was the youngest of five daughters born to the soldier and poet Isaac Velázquez de Valle and his wife, María de Jesús Torres Ortíz.^{[1][citation needed]} At four years old she started to demonstrate a good ear and an aptitude for music, and at barely six years old she began studying music and piano at the Academia de Música Serratos in Guadalajara, Mexico. After