Gonzalo "Chacho" Gaytán is a Mexican music composer, producer, musical arranger, musical director and conductor. He is best known for being the co-founder and keyboardist of the Mexican pop band

Sentidos Opuestos Sentidos Opuestos is a Mexican Latin pop music duo, formed by singer Alessandra Rosaldo and keyboardist Chacho Gaytan. Its career started in the early 1990s under the instructions of local producer Miguel Blasco. Rosaldo had been a support si ...

, along with colleague

Alessandra Rosaldo Alessandra Rosaldo (born Alejandra Sánchez Barrero; September 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress, singer and dancer. In 2006, she was the winner of the first prize in Televisa Network's, later broadcast in Univision ''Bailando por un Sueño''. A ...

. He is also the brother of actress and singer Bibi Gaytan and brother-in-law of actor and singer Eduardo Capetillo.

Career

As a musical producer, he was nominated for a

Latin Grammy Award The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has bee ...

in 2000 for Best Latin Children's Album for ''Ellas Cantan a Cri-Cri''. As musical director, he is best known for his musical direction in ''West Side Story'' and for his musical arrangement, orchestration and conducting of orchestras in Mexico, having presented his work at The Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked with Fernando de la Mora, in concert with the Campeche Philharmonic Orchestra. Gaytán is the founder of Mexican jazz band, Manzana Jazz Band. He is currently director of

Azteca Music TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two nati ...

, a TV network in Mexico. He is also a co-founder and the musical producer and director of ''MYST''.

Discography

* ''Un día después'' (2007)

References

1969 births Mexican male musicians Mexican male composers Living people {{Mexico-composer-stub