{{Short description|Chilean musician (1971–2004)}} {{Unreferenced|date=April 2026}} {{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|date=December 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Eloy Alquinta | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1971|06|22}}<!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = [[Santiago]], [[Chile]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|03|15|1971|06|22}}<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Musician }} '''Eloy Alquinta Ross''' (22 June 1971 in Santiago – 15 March 2004) was a [[Chile]]an musician. He was a member of the band [[Los Jaivas]] and Huaika.
== Early life == Eloy was the son of guitarist and vocalist [[Eduardo Alquinta|Eduardo "Gato" Aquinta]]. His brothers Moisés, Ankatu and Aurora Alquinta are also musicians.
His musical talent developed under the influence of his father and friends. He learned to play the [[saxophone]] (alto, soprano and tenor), the [[trutruca]] and [[cultrun]] . His first band, Huaika, was formed in 1995 with his brother Ankatu and four others ( Francis and John Paul Bosco, Leo and Jorge Yáñez ).
Huaika released two albums, Forgotten Magic ( 1996, produced by Jack Alquinta ) and Full Life ( 2000 ).
== Death ==
On March 15 of 2004, aged 33, Eloy suffered a heart attack and died. His death was one year after his father's death. Many condolences were send from all the Chilean musical people. When Huaika edits El Rito on 2005, the band dedicate the album to their dead group partner, and Los Jaivas replace Eloy with his band partner Francisco Bosco, who now is a member of both groups.
Eloy left a widow and two children.
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alquinta, Eloy}} [[Category:Chilean musicians]] [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Musicians from Santiago, Chile]] [[Category:Chilean people of English descent]] [[Category:Chilean people of Scottish descent]]
{{Chile-musician-stub}}