VICTOR GUADIANA
Victor Guadiana was born in Seville in 1983. As a child, he moved with his family to Madrid where, at the age of 7, he began his studies in the world of classical and baroque music with the violin and viola with the maestro José Torres deepening in the branch of harmony and classical composition under the tutelage of the notorious composer Jesús Torres.
He played almost all the "Palos" of the violin repertoire at both a soloist and orchestral level in multiple chamber formations in the Community of Madrid and the national level.
He delves into other fields such as Rock, Funk or Blues applied to the violin. Later, he delved into the Jazz and Flamenco genres, a violinist in great masters such as the renowned jazz saxophonist Bobby Martínez (School of Creative Music), the famous violinist flamenco teacher Enrique Vargas and the famous violinist from jazz Christian Howes.
He entirely derives as an instrumentalist to the "flamenco" genre and the "fusion" genre, two of the styles that currently occupy most of his work as a violinist on stages, tablaos, and festivals nationally and internationally such as the USA, India (JFG Festival, Hindu flamenco-music), China (Silk Road Festival), Hungary, Serbia, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Russia, Mexico, Tanzania, Morocco, Portugal, Cuba, among other countries.
In the flamenco genre, he has shared the stage in performances and tours with top-level artists and companies with their own names, such as dancers such as Lola Greco, Javier Latorre, Antonio Canales, Moises Navarro, José Maldonado, Karen Lugo, Pedro Córdoba, Carlos Chamorro , Mariana Collado ... instrumentalists such as Agustín Carbonell "Bola", Jose Manuel León, Chano Domínguez, Jesús de Rosario, Bettina Flater, Israel Varela, Javier Colina, or vocal artists such as Maria Toledo, Sandra Carrasco, Juañares, Naike Ponce, Juan Debel, Manuel Tañé, Trini de la Isla, and among other artists.
He has also been a member of European tours with bands of the Rock genre, also Fusion and Mestizaje such as La Pegatina (La Gran Pegatina / 2016), El Sombrero del Abuelo (Sístole y diastole / 2008-2009, Dangerous / 2012-2013), Miguel Tena (The definitive success / 2011), Bettina Flater Band (Women en Mi / 2012, La Gota y la Mar / 2014-2015), De Cobre / 2013, and among other past tours.
He completes his profile as an instrumentalist with his work as a musical and artistic producer in different musical genres. He is having produced and recorded a multitude of flamenco, rock, world music, and fusion songs and albums, including Bettina Flater, Miguel Tena, The Original Northern Island, Nazan Grein, Antonia Jiménez, Jose Luis Medina, Jose Almarcha, Juan Debel & Yerai Cortés, Paco Soto, Maurizio Del Rio, Turuta, Gaizka Baena, and among other productions.
He also makes compositions / recordings with and for conservatories, artists and companies of the flamenco genre and Spanish dance, such as: María de Ávila Superior Dance Conservatory, Barcelona Superior Dance Conservatory, Cia. Manuel Liñán, Sara Cano, Antonio Canales, Carlos Chamorro, Mariana Collado, Julio Ruiz, Jesús Fernández, Cia Jose Maldonado, among other artists.
In June 2018, he was the first prize of the Spanish Dance and Flamenco Choreographic Contest for the best composition of original music for dance with the theme "Boreal" for Daniel Ramos and Víctor Martín.
In April 2016, he was awarded for best original music for dance at the Spanish Dance and Flamenco Contest of Tetuán, with the theme of the homonymous name to the piece "Encuentros," for the Cia. Denis Santacana and Víctor Fernández.
In July 2015, he was the first prize of the Spanish Dance and Flamenco Choreographic Contest for the best composition of original music for dance with Cia's theme "Love sleeps on the poet's chest." De Ángel Manarre.