Enrique Feliz

Enrique has won three Casandras (now called Soberanos),which are the Dominican equivalent of the Grammys, as well as two Custodiaawards as Best Male Artist.  One of saidCasandras was for his persona El Tio Enrique, similar to a Mr. Rogers figure.

He has published 10 musical productions as solo artist andthree books.

He is an iconic songwriter, with works performed by GilbertoSanta Rosa, Olga Tañon, El Gran Combo, Jhonny Ventura, Kinito Mendez, TitoNieves, Joe Veras, Yoskar Sarante, Luis Vargas, Anthony Santos, Vakero and manymore.

He has collaborated musically on educational, cultural andscientific projects with national and international institutions – i.e. UNICEF,OIT, Columbia University, among others.

For his services and contributions to society, he has beenrecognized with the Dominican Republic as well as abroad by ColumbiaUniversity, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo, the Dominican PRO– SGACEDOM, and the township of his hometown, Tamayo, Dominican Republic.

40 years ago, Enrique was a revolutionary who risked iswell-being to fight for justice, equality and freedom for his fellowcitizens.  He was pursued by the NationalGuard, and was able to elude them with the undying support of his countrymen.  

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