Gualberto Ibarreto
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| Born | July 12, 1947 El Pilar, Sucre state, Venezuela |
Gualberto Ibarreto (born July 12, 1947 in El Pilar, Sucre state, Venezuela), is a singer and player of mandolin, cuatro, and guitar. His specialties are the Malagueña, the Jota, the Shed and the Pole.
During his childhood he learned how to play several instruments by ear and after observing popular musicians of Eastern Venezuela and received some slight knowledge of academic music of Tobías Hernandez and the father Raul Bennedetti. He sang in the choral of the Briceño Méndez grammar school and he participated as a mandolin player in the musical band of the of the San Antonio de Padua school, of El Tigre, Anzoátegui state. Between 1970 and 1975, Gualberto made his first presentations in solitaire in the auditoriums of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and the Andes University (ULA). From there, he was able to record his first album for Promus, a Venezuelan label, and being contracted by Radio Caracas Television. Gualberto has recorded more than 15 albums in which he has recorded a wide diversity of songs and rythms from Eastern Venezuelan such as: The Malagueña, the Jota, the Shed and the Pole, interpreting songs of composers such as: Luis Mariano Rivera, Luis Guillermo González, Simón Díaz, Augusto Branches, Enrique Hidalgo and José Enrique Sarabia, among others. This insigne Eastern artist, has made presentations throughout all countries in America.
Gualberto Ibarreto has participated as a special guest in many other albums of other well known singers and groups from Venezuela such as Serenata Guayanesa, Cecilia Todd, Huascar Barradas, Juan Carlos Salazar, El Cuarteto, among many others.
He struggled in the early 90s to overcome a substance abuse problem, successfully dealing with his alcoholism and making a comeback. His comeback album: "Hoy He Vuelto A Ser El" (Today, I Am Him Once Again) became an instant hit in the Venezuelan market.
