Hique Gomez

• company: Babel Produções Artisticas

visited Events

• WOMEX 2008

Hique Gomez was Born in Porto Alegre (extreme South of Brazil ) in 1959. At the age of eleven he began to study acoustic guitar and play Brazilian Popular Music. When he was fifteen , he became a professional musician and performed in local clubs playing electric guitar, mandolin and drums. Two years later, he became to study classical guitar. At the same time, he began to learn orchestration and arranjements with Kim Ribeiro and Roberto Gnatalli and violin with Fred Guerling.
A self-educated pianist, Hique performed with many musicians. In 1984 he met Nelson Nicolaiewsky and they created as a duet a very succefull musical comedy called "Tangos e Tragedias" which they have toured in Brasil, Latin America, Spain and Portugal. They also created the independent label Sbornia Records.
Multi-instrumentalist strongly influenced by popular culture and brazilian folklore he has developed a kind of original work mixing his characters whit his musical arranjements and orchestrations. In the video section you can see a sample of his work. www.hiquegomez.com.br
www.myspace.com/hiquegomez