THE GIPSY KINGS EXPERIENCE

Rico Sanchez was born on July 30th, 1959 in Skopje, Yugoslavia. Already as a small 4 year old boy, Ljupco played with a small broom that stood for a guitar and sang folk songs to it. He was popular and well known in the neighborhood and everyone knew that one day this singing boy would turn his passion into a profession. At the age of 14 he became the youngest member of the folk ensemble "Mirce Acev", with this group he went on his first big tour to Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France.

During a chance visit to a Spanish bar in Düsseldorf's old town, he hears music blaring from the speakers, which immediately excites him. He immediately asked the staff which band it was, and that's how Ljupco got to know the "Gipsy Kings". From this key moment, Ljupco's life and musical direction changed and he composed and sang exclusively in Spanish. The success was not long in coming and it went uphill, thanks to his distinctive and quickly recognizable voice he gets his first offer to record his own CD at ASS- Records in Tyrol in 1994.

This first production "UN DESEO", which was a real hit in Macedonia (single "De Quien Eres" stayed eight weeks at number 1 in the in the charts for eight weeks), has brought a lot of TV appearances, interviews and a large-scale tour. In 1999 follows the second solo album called "FIESTA".

It was followed by participation in Estonia at the country's biggest summer festival "TERE PÄRNU SUVI", together with international stars like GAZEBO,IN-GRID, performances with JÜRGEN DREWS at the "CHALLENGE MEGA PARTY 2005" in Offenburg. A huge success was the Gipsy's Festival in Ciechocienek Poland 2005 in front of 30 000 visitors with LIVE broadcasting on Polish television (10 million viewers).

Rico with his band Rico Sanchez & The Gypsies was a guest at countless TV shows, such as JAKA TO MELODIA in the Second Polish Television (over 20 million viewers), appearance in the New Year's Eve program VECERNY. KVARTAL, organized by the current Ukrainian President, on Inter Tv - Ukraine (25 million viewers).