Chicuelo (guitarist)

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Juan Gómez
Birth nameJuan Ignacio Gómez Gorjón
Also known asChicuelo
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain
GenresCatalan flamenco
Occupation(s)Guitarist, composer, director
Instrument(s)Guitar
Websitewww.chicuelo.com

Juan Ignacio Gómez Gorjón, better known as Juan Gómez "Chicuelo",[1] (born 1968) is a Spanish flamenco guitarist from Barcelona,[2] composer and director. Although he worked with a wide range of artists, Chicuelo is usually accompanied by the singer Miguel Poveda and singer Duquende, with whom he has toured extensively in Europe, Japan and the US and made many recordings with. He has also been musical director of Compagnie de Danse Japonaise Shohi Kojima ("Japanese Dance Company Shohi Kojima") since 1992,[3] and musical director of the Somorrostro Dansa Flamenca with choreographer Javier Latorre since 2003.[4]

Early years

Chicuelo was born in

percussionist.[6] Chicuelo was a student of Manolo Sanlúcar,[7] and his brother, Isidro.[8]

Career

In his early career, he worked at the Tablao de Carmen with

Diego El Cigala, Carmen Linares and Potito; has shared the stage with musicians such as Chano Domínguez, Carles Benavent, Jorge Pardo, and Jordi Bonell; and has collaborated with the pianist Maria João Pires. Chicuelo participated in recordings with Tomatito, Mayte Martín, Ginesa Ortega, Joan Manuel Serrat, La Vargas Blues Band, Antonio Carmona, and Jordi Tonel; and often accompanies Poveda, with whom he has toured extensively in Europe, Japan and the US. In 1996, Chicuelo recorded Cambalache with Guitarras Mestizas with whom he recorded two albums.[9] In the same year, he was one of several artists who participated in the Encuentro Productions' release of method books and DVDs which defined the individual artist's approach to composition.[10] He also added guitar pieces to the unfinished film of Orson Welles, Don Quixote.[3]

Since 1993 he has been the music director of Shōji Kojima and since 2003 he has also been the director of the Somorrostro Dansa Flamenca, produced by Taller de Músics. He was the musical director of Tarantos, and the composer of Inconnexus XXI, performed by Compañia Somorrostro, including the dancer Frederic Gómez.

Silvia Perez Cruz
.

Festivals

In 1992, Chicuelo participated in the

Lope de Vega Theatre. He participated in the Festival de Jóvenes Flamencos held in Paris with overwhelming success. He worked with flamenco artists Antonio Canales, Joaquín Cortés, and Israel Galván, who commissioned the musical direction of the show presented at the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla in 2000. He participated in the Poveda show of Historias de viva voz which opened the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla in 2010.[16]

Discography

  • Conexión, with pianist Marco Mezquida 2017

References

  1. ISBN 978-84-934452-4-9
    . Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ^ Calado, Silvia (February 2008). "Chicuelo, flamenco guitarist. Interview". Madrid: Flamenco-World. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  3. ^ a b Clemente, Luis (September 2000). "CÓMPLICE DESPRENDIDO". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-84-255-1932-1
    . Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  5. ^ Tiempo de hoy. Issues 1218-1226. Tiempo. September 2005. p. 89. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  6. ^ Coderque, Isabel; Colita (1997). Flamencos: Cañizares, Duquende, Ginesa Ortega, Mayte Martín, Miguel Poveda : 20 de junio-14 septiembre, 1997, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona. Ajuntament de Barcelona, Institut de Cultura. pp. n.p. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  7. ^ Mackenzie, Sir Compton; Stone, Christopher (1996). The Gramophone. General Gramophone Publications Limited. p. 138. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  8. ^ a b c "Chicuelo - Barcelona - GUITARRA". deflamenco.com. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  9. ISBN 9788480484329
    . Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  10. ISBN 978-0-549-28155-9
    . Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  11. ^ "La compañía de danza flamenca Somorrostro estrena en Badalona" (in Spanish). ABC.es. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Lolita: Frederic Gómez". Trestle Theatre Company. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  13. ^ "A dialogue between Spanish guitar and dance". Fiestaflamenco.ru. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  14. ^ Les inrockuptibles (Issues 444-447 ed.). Editions Indépendantes. 2004. p. 60. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  15. ^ "Duquende pays tribute to Camarón with an album recorded live at Cirque d'Hiver in Paris". Flamenco-world.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  16. ^ "BIENAL DE FLAMENCO DE SEVILLA 2010. MIGUEL POVEDA, 'HISTORIAS DE VIVA VOZ' Torero! Torero! Torero!". Flamenco-world.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

External links

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