Hector King is a Mexican recording artist who is making an effort to break out into the international stage. King has one critically acclaimed (Spanish language) album under his belt, VIVE, and a follow-up (in English) has been announced for 2008.
King was born in Culiacán, Mexico of parents Saul King and Martha Tamayo. Mexican modern painter Rufino Tamayo was a distant relative of King's on his mother's side. As of 2007, his parents still live i...
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Hector King is a Mexican recording artist who is making an effort to break out into the international stage. King has one critically acclaimed (Spanish language) album under his belt, VIVE, and a follow-up (in English) has been announced for 2008.
King was born in Culiacán, Mexico of parents Saul King and Martha Tamayo. Mexican modern painter Rufino Tamayo was a distant relative of King's on his mother's side. As of 2007, his parents still live in Culiacán where his father works for the State Government. King's mother is a former Congresswoman and a former Senator in Mexico.
King began taking piano lessons at the age of 10, earning a degree in Contemporary Keyboard Execution from Yamaha Music five years later. He then moved on to the stage in regional theatre productions of The Sound of Music, Little Shop of Horrors and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
In the late 1990s, King moved to Monterrey, Mexico to train in classical music. While attending college King went on to...
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