TULIO ENRIQUE LEÓN

Tulio Enrique León (October 11, 1938 ‒ March 18, 1982) was a Venezuelan organist, composer, and arranger. Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, he would become one of Venezuela's most popular artists and would bear the title, El Artista del Teclado. Tulio Enrique was attracted by music from an early age when he used to create, according to him, turntables, making a cornet from cardboard, on which he put a sewing machine needle, sliding on a disk, to get sound. In 1947, after his eyesight was examined in the United States by the Spanish ophthalmologist, Ramon Castroviejo, he was diagnosed with blindness due to optic nerve atrophy. The doctor, in light of the finality of the disease, recommended that he use the money for the surgery to buy a piano and learn to play. Having done this Tulio Enrique's confidence was restored and the doors to his musical career were opened. Tulio Enrique's obsession was read more...