Eric Francis Torres Jimenez better known as Eric Torres in the music industry was
born in San Jose, Costa Rica. Eric's interest in music began at an early age and was inspired and motivated by his father Marcos Torres. At that time his father was the lead singer for the "Saint Francis Orchestra"

Eric's enthusiasm and interest during his teenage years lead him to participate for the first time as a lead singer with the group called "Matiz" of the teacher "Samuel Fonseca”.

Eric became a very popular singer and his hard work payed off when he was called to be the lead singer for "LOS HICSOS BAND" back in the 80’s in Costa Rica.

After performing 2 years of sensational experience with the "LOS HICSOS" another big door and opportunity opens up for Eric. This was to be part of one of the hottest groups in Costa Rica back in the 80’s & 90’s, "La Empresa". A single song sang by Eric for the first time was the number one hit in Costa Rica "Latino Soy".

With "La Empresa" Eric recorder several albums that included hits such as "Play Boy", "Ella es", "Eres", and the number one hit in Costa Rica "Latino Soy"

Eric's dreams were unlimited therefore he made the decision to expand his career by taking a challenging decision to travel to the United States where he moves to Los Angeles, California.

His first night job in California was at the "Costa Rica Restaurant" in Anaheim. Fernando Echandi, teacher and owner of the popular restaurant then opened his doors to offer him a job as a singer in his band. Mr. Echandi was a great influence to Eric and also pursuaded him to sing in all different levels and styles of music which made him the professional singer he is today.

Eric knew he wanted more, he loved music and he wanted to make a huge change in his musical style, that’s when he was introduced to a "Salsa Band" called "Latin Fusion Band"... Pure Salsa.

In 1993 he was given the opportunity to be the lead singer among other great singers in this band. He found his own style in singing romantic Salsa songs.

In a short period of time Eric's name became popular among Salsa musicians, music directors and recording studios. Earning him contracts to sing as a back up singer for many well know salsa singers including Domingo Quiñones, Johnny Rivera, Kevin Cevallo, Michael Stuart, Tito Nieves, Gilberto Santa Rosa, and Celia Cruz amongst others.

Eric decides to make an interval to prepare and develop his talent singing English and Italian music. By now Eric’s voice acquired a versatility style singing at different levels with this unique voice and tone. This was a great benefit for him since he obtained contracts to work in recording studios and radio commercials singing for top named companies including "AT&T", "Carl’s Jr", "Toyota" and many other commercials that were played in popular english and spanish radio along with TV stations.

Thanks to all this success Eric was ready to take the next step in the making of his own CD. His CD was completed in 2004 at "Ecuasound Studios" under the supervision of Ivan Castro, friend and manager. His CD "Tu Cariño Se Me Va" was released October 2004.

During the same time he was a backup singer for other famous artists such as Alvaro Torres, Ricardo Montaner, Carlos Ponce, Obie Bermudez and is currently on a year long tour in Mexico with Joan Sebastian.