Ricardo Montaner (born as Hector Eduardo Reglero Montaner on September 8, 1… Read Full Bio ↴Ricardo Montaner (born as Hector Eduardo Reglero Montaner on September 8, 1957) is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and over 7 million record worldwide.

Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. However, he moved to Venezuela when he was 6 years old. During his youth he performed in the church chorus in the city of Maracaibo. In 1983, he released his first album titled Cada Día. Although the album was not a great success, it was a start for Montaner's career. He describes this album:"as his own version of death metal"

It wasn't until 1987 when Montaner became widely popular in Venezuela with the singles "Yo Que Te Amé" and "Vamos a Dejarlo" belonging to his self-titled album.

The following year he came out with Ricardo Montaner 2 which featured hit songs like "Tan Enamorados" and "A Donde Va El Amor". At the same time, he acted in the popular soap opera Niña Bonita. This also became a tool to make his songs known to the rest of Latin America. He won 4 platinum albums in Argentina alone. His next two albums, Un Toque de Misterio and En el Último Lugar del Mundo, became classics of the popular music in Mexico, Central and South America with hits such as "La Cima del Cielo", "Me Va a Extrañar", "Déjame Llorar" and "Será".

By 1992 Ricardo decided to hit the Spanish Caribbean with Los Hijos del Sol, an album that contained songs like "Castillo Azul", "Honda" and "Piel Adentro". That year, he also recorded a duet with Michelle, which was the Latinamerican version for the Aladdin song "A Whole New World" titled "Un Mundo Ideal".

Although Montaner has written most of his songs he has worked closely with other great song writers in Latin America such as Pablo Manavello, Ilan Chester and Oscar Gómez. But in 1994, Ricardo Montaner wrote and produced all the songs in his album Una Mañana y un Camino, which became popular only years after his release due to the lack of promotion by his new record label EMI Latin, with which Ricardo would also release Viene del Alma in 1995, an Italian pop flavored album. Also in 1995 he teamed up with Yolandita Monge to establish a Guinness World Record for performing 3 concerts in different cities on the same day in Puerto Rico. This was only possible by air transportation via helicopter from stage to stage.

By 1997, Montaner was already a well established artist in the Spanish speaking music world and could give himself the luxury of experimenting with other styles of music, without forgetting the roots that had made him so popular a decade earlier. Working one more time with Pablo Manavello and with a new record company, Warner Music proved to be the promoter Ricardo was expecting for. Es Así brought Ricardo much popularity in the United States Spanish speaking areas and allowed Montaner to tour more than 17 countries in Latin America making him even more popular in Spain. Songs like "La Mujer de Mi Vida", "Para Llorar" and "Es Así" became very popular all around.

In 1999, Montaner recorded his best album ever with his past hits decorated with the strings of the London Metropolitan Orchestra. This proved to be very successful and sold over 1 million copies. Ricardo made another attempt in 2001 with Sueño Repetido that included the bolero style song "Bésame" arranged by Bebu Silvetti which became a hit all over the world. Future works with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kike Santander and Silvetti would be the key for Ricardo to move his songs and popularity to another level in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

2002's Suma (Bolero style songs) and 2003's Prohibido Olvidar (balada pop) had fair results in terms of sales and acceptance. "Si Tuviera Que Elegir" in Suma was written for his daughter. In 2003 he broke the record for the most concerts on a same tour in the theater of Bellas Artes in Puerto Rico. He sold out 18 concerts breaking his past record of 12, which also held it Yolandita Monge and Ricardo Arjona.

In 2004, he made another album with the London Metropolitan Orchestra named Con La London Metropolitan Orchestra Vol. 2 featuring his latest hits songs and two exclusive songs such as "Desesperado" and "Esta Escrito". In 2005, Montaner launched Todo y Nada which featured the songs "Cuando a mi Lado Estas" and "Nada". For this album he's already nominated in the Latin Grammys with album and song of the year for "Cuando a mi Lado Estas". "Amarte es mi Pecado" and "Heridas de Amor" are non-album songs that have been chosen to be the theme songs on two very popular Mexican soap operas and that much popular have become these songs.

In 2007, Ricardo released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo produced by Adrian Posse with the songs "Hoy Tengo Ganas De Ti", "Nostalgias (Argen Version)", "Échame A Mí La Culpa (Artista Invitado: Juanes)".

In 2008, he released Las Mejores Canciones Del Mundo II - Y Algunas Mías...! with the songs "Cuando Un Amigo Se Va", "Ansiedad", "Bésame (Featuring Pasión Vega)".

Ricardo Montaner has sold over 22 million albums, and keeps breaking records in arenas and theaters all over the world.

Te Presiento
Ricardo Montaner Lyrics

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Esta noche te presiento
Estés donde estés
De mi locura no respondo
Es más que amor lo sé

No imaginaba esto antes
De conocerte
Aunque me oculté me descubres

Al encender tu luz

Siento que me estoy acercando
Inútil es que diga que no
He roto mi promesa y es cierto
Que quien se ha enamorado soy yo

Te presiento
Sé cuando llegas antes de entrar
Si piensas irte de repente
Presiento tu mirada y tu piel
Que me convencen

Te presiento
Inútil es que diga que no
Si te deseo y pretendo
Ser único en tu vida
Único en tu piel y en tu amor

Esta noche te presiento
En mi corazón
Haz conmigo lo que quieras
Que yo te seguiré

Toda la noche hasta que salga el sol
Hasta no ver la luz

Tú dime sólo dónde y cuándo
Y dime qué y dime qué debo hacer

Overall Meaning

The song "Te Presiento" by Ricardo Montaner reflects the intense emotions of a person who is deeply in love with someone else. The lyrics express the strong feeling of the singer as if he can sense the presence of his lover even if he is not physically present with him. He acknowledges the fact that he is madly in love and cannot control his emotions. The singer reveals that he was not expecting to feel this way before meeting his lover, but he cannot hide his feelings from her. The lover is like a light in the darkness and illuminates his life, revealing his true emotions.

The chorus emphasizes the singer's ability to sense his lover's presence, whether it's through her touch or her gaze. He knows when she arrives before he sees her and can predict when she may leave. He is certain that he wants to be the only person in her life and be her everything. The singer invites his lover to do as she pleases with him, as he will follow her anywhere and do whatever she asks of him.

Line by Line Meaning

Esta noche te presiento
I have a feeling of you tonight

Estés donde estés
Wherever you are

De mi locura no respondo
I can't control my madness

Es más que amor lo sé
I know it's more than just love

No imaginaba esto antes
I never imagined this before

De conocerte
Before I met you

Aunque me oculté me descubres
Even though I tried to hide, you found me

Al encender tu luz
When you turn on your light

Siento que me estoy acercando
I feel like I'm getting closer

Inútil es que diga que no
It's useless for me to say no

He roto mi promesa y es cierto
I broke my promise and it's true