OSCAR
HERRERO
Flamenco Guitarist
An
extensive concert career which began when he was very young is testimony
to his abilities as a composer and concert performer.
At
the age of 17 he gave his first concert as a soloist and two years
later he became an indispensable collaborator of two of the finest
flamenco guitarists of that time.
He continued to advance his solo career, winning the first prizes
awarded at the highest level in the world of flamenco; the
Bordón Minero (Festival de La Union) and the National
Flamenco Guitar Prize in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz.
He
is the author of a complete teaching method, an area in which he is
an absolute pioneer following an outstanding investigation into the
pedagogy of the flamenco guitar. In his ample compositional repertoire
one can find contrasting study and concert works: "La
Guitarra Flamenca Paso a Paso" (series of video) and "Tratado
de la Guitarra Flamenca" (in collaboration with Claude
Worms).
He
enjoys the enormous privilege of having been the first flamenco to
teach in such places as Russia (Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow),
Poland (Chopin Academy, Warsaw), and The University of Panama. He
was also the first flamenco to give concerts in Iceland.
He
recently presented his work “Hechizo”
on highly acclaimed tours of Europe and South America.
He
presented his tour of Canada beginning with the Picasso exhibition
in Ottawa, during which he performed selected works by Spanish authors
as well as his own compositions.
During
Spain’s presidency of the European Union he was called upon
to give several concerts in various European cities.
At
the behest of the Russian government his presence was required to
inaugurate the Saint Petersburg Festival of Palaces.
He
is the Spanish musician chosen to take part in the celebrations of
the reversion of the Panama Canal.
He
has taken his guitar to the most prestigious theatres, from the Opera
of Cairo in Egypt, Madrid’s Royal Theatre and the Hermitage
Theatre of Saint Petersburg to Sydney, Beirut, Buenos Aires and Helsinki.
He has also performed in the U.S.A, Brazil, Jordania, Germany and
Chile among other countries.
Discography:
•
“Torrente” (in collaboration
with Carmen Linares, Serranito, Sara Baras and Javier Barón)
• “Brindis de Guitarras”
(Celebration of Guitars with the classical guitarist Carlos Oramas)
• “Hechizo” (with Tino
de Geraldo, Xosé Manuel Budiño, and Guillermo McGill)
Oscar
Herrero has a unique vision of flamenco music, taking care of each
note and using his guitar to subtly express this art.
OSCAR HERRERO plays CONDE
HERMANOS ® flamenco guitar
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