Aquiles Báez

Aquiles Alejandro Báez Reyes (March 1, 1964 – September 12, 2022), better known as Aquiles Báez, was a Venezuelan musician, arranger, and composer.

Biography Báez studied and grew up in the Venezuelan capital, but spent a significant part of his childhood in La Vela de Coro. His childhood trips were to a 17th-century house owned by his family, near the site where Francisco de Miranda first raised the Venezuelan tricolor flag in 1806. This house is known as "La Casa Azul" (The Blue House). Aquiles Báez composed a song of that name, which was included on his third album and catapulted him to fame.

He became interested in music thanks to his older brother, Julio, who taught him to play the cuatro. He then took lessons in viola, mandolin, and percussion.

His life ended while he was on a tour called the Europa Tour September 2022, performing new songs and planning to visit 10 cities in countries such as Spain, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Portugal. Additionally, Báez had planned to release a book of her musical compositions and another of songs and guitar pieces.