LOS ANGELES Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Celine Dion, Chicago, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé. Gatica's international collaborations include producing artists singing in over six languages. Gatica's career is highlighted by humanitarian projects including We Are the World, We Are The World 25 for Haiti, Hands Across America and Voces Unidas Por Chile.He has received 17 Grammy Awards and 24 nominations. |
LOS ANGELES When he was 11 years old, at a family gathering, Cristián heard his uncle strumming a guitar and singing. The sound of the warn nylon guitar filling the air, and the haunting voice echoing the room, would impact his young life. He realized, at that precise moment, that this connection he felt with music, would change the course of his life forever. Soon after he began his bass studies, 2 years of music theory and classic guitar, under the tutoring of maestro Enrique Kaulen and 4 years with international maestro Pablo Lecaros. By the age of 17 he was playing live in local bars and events. In 1990 Cristián Robles decided to study sound engineering. His second year, he landed a live gig with a Chilean mega event “Santana”, with a crowd of 70,000. It was his first gig pulling cables and he met his first mentor to be, Manuel “Nano” Stecher. Opportunities with his company, Stecher Sound, came soon after. For 6 years Cristián began working on big productions, acts such as Peter Gabriel, Depeche Mode, Metallica, Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, Sepultura, Living Color, Mega death, Kiss, Sting, Slayer, Charles Aznavour, Three Tenors (Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras). Simultaneously taking on monitor engineering for major talents like, Chick Corea, Youssou N’Dour, Jon Scotfield, Jethro Tull, Baden Powell, Leon Gieco, Ratones Paranóicos, Papo and Marta Sánchez. In the nineties, being in Chile, Cristián connected with Studios Master. He met producer engineers Alejandro Lyon and Jaime Riquelme, who introduced him to the studio were they produced albums and jingles. |
EUROPE / LOS ANGELES Graduated with distinction in Sound Engineering (1990-1996).Universidad Tecnológica Vicente Pérez Rosales, Santiago de Chile. Brief professional history |
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