Born in Guadix (Granada) in 1963. He was a child singer in the Escolania de Guadix, disciple of the guitarist Cándido Ortiz; descendant of families such as the romantic writer Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, of the baroque sculptor Torcuato Ruiz del Peral, as well as of Austria, de Leyva.
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PhD in Anthropology and Ethnomusicology from the University of Granada (UGR).
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Professor of Classical and Flamenco Guitar at the CSM in Granada.
His discography and concert career is very extensive, he has performed in more than 60 countries, with three tours in Germany, participating in numerous international festivals such as:
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International Guitar Festival in Córdoba (1991).
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International Guitar Festival in Lublin, Poland (1992, 1993).
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International Festival of Carthage, Tunisia (1993, 2002, 2014).
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International Music and Dance Festival of Granada (1995, 2003, 2010).
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Rheingau Music Festival in Frankfurt (1999).
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Recorded for the soundtrack of the reconstruction of the 1925 film ‘Currito de la Cruz’ by E. Morente. For the Biennial and EXPO’92 in Seville.
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2016 Concert in the Cathedral of Guadix with the choir of bass voices Accichorus, a collaboration where he mixes Gregorian with flamenco, the recording of a live CD ‘De Profundis a lo Jondo’ was made.
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October 2014 International Guitar Festival Andrés Segovia in Madrid with Dúo Giménez.
2015 – Three concerts with Dúo Giménez and Sara Jimenez in the Veranos Clásicos de la Villa de Madrid. -
Guest professor: at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, three consecutive years at the Conservatorio Superior de Canto in Madrid, at four American Universities as professor in the Spanish Music Performance Course with Teresa Berganza and Nan Maro at St. Louis University, Mannes School in New York, TCU in Texas and UCLA in Los Angeles.
