Pedro Suárez-Vértiz

Pedro Suárez-Vértiz
Pedro Suárez-Vértiz
	250px Pedro Suarez Vertiz in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Pedro Martín José María Suárez-Vértiz Alva
Born	February 13, 1969 (age 55)
Origin	Callao, Peru
Genres	Pop, Latin, Pop rock, Ska
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Keyboards, Drums
Labels	Sony Music (1993–2003); Solver Label (2004-2006); Warner Spain (2007–2009)
Website	http://www.pedrosuarez-vertiz.com/

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Pedro Martín José María Suárez-Vértiz Alva (born February 13, 1969 in Callao, Peru) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter-guitarist. He founded the popular rock band Arena Hash with his brother Patricio, Arturo Pomar and Christian Meier in 1987; a few years later, the band broke up and Vértiz began his solo career.

He is the winner of Orgullosamente Latino 2004 (Proudly Latin 2004) and winner of the Best Latin Soloist of the Year in Mexico.

He is well known for his multitudinous concerts, his vocal rhythm, his extensive guitar collection, his null alcohol and tobacco intake (despite his bohemian image), his philanthropy and his personality.

Biography

Pedro Martín José María Suárez-Vértiz Alva was born on 13 February 1969 in Callao, Perú. He was born in the "Hospital Naval del Callao", because his mother and his maternal grandfather belonged to the Marina de Guerra del Perú for many years. His younger brother, Patricio Suárez-Vetiz, is also a musician. They spent their whole childhood and adolescence in San Isidro, in front of the Olivar park, which is his favorite park in the world.^[1]

Pedro was passionate for the music since he was a little child. By the age of one, Pedro settled the ornaments of his house down like a xylophone and smacked then with a wand to get melodies out of them. His father inmediately bought him an old celesta Dulcitone, Pedro's first musical instrument. Just a few years later, his parents coulg bought him a piano.

He knew he wanted to be a singer when saw for the first time the movie A Hard Day's Night, in which the famous English band The Beatles appears.

He learned to play the piano and the guitar before he began school. At the age of 18, he attended the University of Lima, graduating with a degree in communications. In 1985 he formed his first band, "Paranoia", together with his brother Patricio Suárez Vértiz and school friends Edward Malaga Trillo, Arturo Pomar, Eduardo Quevedo and Alex Kornhuber. In 1987, he formed the band Arena Hash with his brother Patricio, Arturo Pomar and Christian Meier. A few years later the band broke up and Vértiz began a solo career.