Career
He is well known for his multitudinous concerts, his vocal rhythm, his extensive guitar collection, his null alcohol and tobacco intake (despite his bohemian image), his philanthropy and his personality. Pedro Martín José María Suárez-Vértiz Alva was born on 13 February 1969 in Callao, Perú. They spent their whole childhood and adolescence in San Isidro, in front of the Olivar park, which is his favorite park in the world.
Pedro was passionate for the music since he was a little child.
By the age of one, Pedro settled the ornaments of his house down like a xylophone and smacked then with a wand to get melodies out of them. His father inmediately bought him an old celesta Dulcitone, Pedro"s first musical instrument.
He knew he wanted to be a singer when saw for the first time the movie A Hard Day"s Night, in which the famous English band The Beatles appears. He learned to play the piano and the guitar before he began school.
At the age of 18, he attended the University of Lima, graduating with a degree in communications.
A few years later the band broke up and Vértiz began a solo career.