Lorenzo Negrete

Who is Lorenzo Negrete?

Lorenzo Negrete is a Mexican singer, musician and actor.

Negrete is the grandson of Mexican singer and actor Jorge Negrete. He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and raised in Mexico City. In Mexico Negrete has appeared as guest on Armando Manzanero's television and radio shows, and since 2008 he has made several guest appearances on Telemundo television shows, including Fiesta Broadway 2008 and Concierto a Caballo.

A trained musician and composer, Negrete has focused on various popular music genres such as Tango, Trova, and Ballad, but mostly on the Ranchera genre. He studied acting at Centro de Educación Artística. In 2005, Negrete made a performance at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, during the "Orgullosamente Mexicano" Awards. The event was broadcast by Ritmoson. He has been recurrently called to sing the Mexican National Anthem at official and sports events, such as the NASCAR series in Mexico.

Negrete was the only contestant to sing in five different programs of "Mexico's 100 favorite songs", a contest broadcast by Mexican television network Once TV in 2006. He made his versions of five of the best known Mexican songs: Fallaste Corazon, El Sinaloense, No volvere, El Jinete, and Mexico Lindo y Querido.