Jose Hernandez

Who is Jose Hernandez?

José L. Hernández Born August 27, 1958 in Mexicali, Baja, California, Jose is the youngest of eight children. He is the founder of Mariachi Sol de Mexico http://www.soldemexicoonline.com/josebio.html and Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles® http://www.reynadelosangeles.com/biopdf.html —America’s first all-female professional mariachi ensemble.

He has worked with many famous musicians in Latin music, including Selena, Linda Ronstadt, Vicente Fernández and Lola Beltrán.

He is perhaps the most famous Mariachi leader in the United States and is recognized internationally as the most innovative force behind mariachi music in the last thirty years.

José immigrated to the United States when he was four years old and spent his youth growing up in Pico Rivera, California. He began to sing at four and play trumpet in his school’s music program at age ten. His interest in music eventually led him to study arranging and composition at the Grove School of Music in Hollywood 1979 to 1982.

Established in 1986, Hernàndez is owner of a very successful nightclub—Cielito Lindo Restaurant in South El Monte, California.