Singer, composer and guitarist Diego Guerrero is set to perform on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at the Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. This concert is part of the Flamenco Eñe series, Chicago Flamenco Festival 2019.
Diego Guerrero is an acclaimed flamenco singer, prolific musical producer, arranger, composer and guitarist. He studied in the conservatories of Seville, Granada, and Cordoba. By day he worked on majoring in composition and orchestral music, and by night, he immersed himself in the oral tradition of Flamenco, gathered around a fire with a guitar coupled with the characteristic sounds of the palmas (handclap percussion) and Flamenco singing. This duality marked the birth of his daring proposal to bring Flamenco closer to other musical styles.
His debut album, “Vengo Caminando“, is an eclectic work rooted in Flamenco, yet tastefully opens doors into other styles of music. Its release immediately achieved him status as one of the most important artists of the genre and received international recognition being nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards in the category of “Best Flamenco Album”. After 60 concerts in Spain in the last 12 months, he will be touring the USA for the first time, with performances at festivals in New York, Miami, Chicago and Austin.
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