Eduardo Alquinta

By 1963, the year he began studying engineering at the Federico Santa María Technical University, along with Mario Mutis and the Parra members, they formed a tropical combo called The High & Bass that animated parties.

[3] Later in 1981, Los Jaivas created their most famous and important album, Alturas de Machu Picchu, where several of their songs were inspired by the lyrical work of Pablo Neruda.

[2] During an interview for Revista Vea in 1981, Alquinta declared that he was also dedicated to making musical instruments, such as zampoñas, trutrucas, flutes with reeds collected both in Chile and in Argentina and Bolivia.

[2] While on vacation with his family at the Mistral tourist complex, on La Herradura beach in Coquimbo, Gato Alquinta lost his balance on some rocks and fell into the water where he remained for several minutes.

When he was pulled out of the water, he was unconscious, so he was transferred to the San Pablo de Coquimbo Hospital, but despite efforts to revive him, he died on January 15, 2003, at 6:45 p.m., at the age of 57 years old.