CHICUELO (Spain)
Juan Gomez also known as CHICUELO, is one of the most sought after flamenco young guitarists as well as one of the most prolific and interesting music composers of his generation.
He has performed on stage and collaborated with some world famous flamenco artists including Miguel Poveda for whom he composed among other works the jewel piece Lamento por Alegrias, with Yerbabuena, Enrique Morente, Ginesa Ortega, Sara Baras as well as Mayte Martin and Duquende as first accompanist. Since 2000, he has also been musical director of Shoji Kojima’s Japan based flamenco dance company and the composer for the Guitarra Mestizas music group in Spain. He has also composed the music for director Orson Wells' last film entitled Don Quijote.
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Besides being a prestigious companion artist for various flamenco singers, CHICUELO is becoming a musician one can no longer pass for his master practice of traditional flamenco and wide sense of guitar rhythm. He has also been called up to work with the most relevant flamenco dance groups including Antonio Canales, Joaquim Cortes and Israel Galvan.
CHICUELO’s first CD at with Harmonia Mundi entitled Complices,includes 8 guitar works which were recorded in 2006 with inspiration and a few friends: on it, he doesn’t venture into the intricacies of some of the other flamenco guitarists and is rather sober in the alegrias whereas with Miguel Poveda, in an homage to Camaron (“A la Isla”), he demonstrates jazz tendencies, having listened to a great amount of jazz music in his youth. Finally, he developed a tarantula fantasia, full of Mediterranean tones, into a lullaby dedicated to his daughter, the closing piece of his CD. A highly praised flamenco guitar CD, which will capture the aficionados' attention!
CHICUELO’s second CD, entitled Diapasion, was released in Spain in 2007 by Flamenco Records, with an emphasis on the jazz sounds he personally enjoys. He is currently working on a musical production of the album Cante i Orquestra in collaboration with Joan Albert Amargos and Miguel Poveda.
CHICUELO’s favorite group composition on tour includes voice, viola, percussions, a dancer and himself as the flamenco guitar player.
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