[13] At age eleven, he started to play with Niño Ricardo records, then he discovered Paco de Lucía and that made him finally decide to pursue a career in music.

[24] That same year, Riqueni participated in the II Madrid Cumbre Flamenca Festival with the show Luces de Chacón, together with Enrique Morente, Carmen Linares and Manolo Sanlúcar among other artists.

[25] During the III Cumbre Flamenca Festival, he gave a concert together with José Antonio Rodriguez y Gerardo Núñez, under the name of Empujando.

[29] In 1987, and as a foreign policies ministry endorsement, Riqueni was representing Spain for a series of International music festivals, he also toured in Germany.

The Minera (flamenco style) included in the album, is probably the best Minera in history”,[15] and Norberto Torres in Historia de la Guitarra Flamenca said that “Riqueni made a real solo guitar record, without overdubs, he showed to aficionados and specially to guitar players, all his virtuous qualities as a composer and concert player.

[41] In 1994, Riqueni performed at Los Tarantos Hall in Barcelona,[42] he continued touring with José Maria Gallardo and Suite Sevilla.

[48] In "Guia Libre del Flamenco", José Manuel Gamboa talked about this concert “As a result of Riqueni´s study of Nacionalismo Musical authors, his cover of “Amarguras” from Font de Anta is a fantastic work, when he played this piece at Maestranza Theater during the Bienal de Flamenco, the crowd went into a total commotion”.

[51] With this Album Rafael Riqueni pays tribute to three historic guitar players, he recorded different covers from Niño Ricardo, Sabicas and Esteban de Sanlúcar.

[15][53] In 1995, Rafael Riqueni and María Pages performed together at The Point Theater in Dublin, during six nights in a row, as part of Riverdance, a popular musical play.

[58] On February 29, 1996, Riqueni started in Sevilla the tour of his new album, Alcázar de Cristal, This first show had Maria Pagés as special guest.

[39] Also in 1997, Riqueni was part of the Andalusia Day commemorative concert in Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, with José Mercé, Esperanza Fernández, Tomatito, Moraito Chico and J.M.

And Paco Bech is shooting a documentary movie about Riqueni with the participation of Tomatito, Enrique de Melchor, Estrella Morente, Juan Manuel Cañizares and Serranito among other artists.

This new album will be called Parque de María Luisa and is a conceptual work about the author memories of youth in this monument park in Sevilla.

[73][74][75][76][77] In June 2017, Parque de María Luisa was published with Universal Music, the album was produced by Paco Bech and Joselito Acedo.

[78] It's the seventh album in Rafael Riqueni's discography and it was published twenty one years after his previous record, Alcázar de Cristal (1996).

[78][79][80][81][82] The album premiere was held at Suma Flamenca Festival in Madrid, with the artistic direction of Paco Bech, the concert was a big success and achieved excellent reviews.

[91][92] On march 9th, Rafael Riqueni offered a Parque de María Luisa concert with special guests: Arcángel, Ana Guerra, Diana Navarro, Dorantes, Antonio Canales y Rocío Molina.

[96] Ramón Rodo Sellés, talks about innate musicality and unique playing style[97] One of Riqueni´s main characteristic is his capacity as a solo concert player, without the need of a backing group.

[98][99][100] Riqueni is also considered to have developed a personal style away from the dominant Paco de Lucia spectrum in flamenco contemporary guitar.