José Luis Martínez Moreno
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About José Luis

CLASSIC  GUITARIST

​      He debuted in a stage at the early age of fifteen and in the last forty years he has traveled and performed in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. Some of the performances, in Spain, that stand out have been in the Teatro Real and the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, the Reales Alcaceres de Sevilla and the Museo del Prado -show with singer Teresa Berganza that was televised in over 34 countries by RAI. As well as solo performances interpreting Heitor Villalobos concert for guitar and orchestra with the Ciudad de Torrent Symphonic Orchestra and in the Festival Andres Segovia with the Chamartín Symphonic Orchestra. Recently he presented his compositions for solo guitar, trio, ensemble and orchestra in a dynamic concert that took place in the Teatro Monumental de Madrid which was televised by TVE.
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      Outside the frontiers of Spain he has performed in the stages of the Frankfurt Opera and the Auditorio Nacional de Mexico where more than ten thousand people attended the show. In Poland José Luis interpreted the Concierto de Aranjuez before King Felipe VI of Spain;  he participated in the inauguration of the Cervantes Institute in New York City; Premiered Tres Piezas para Guitarra by Jose Nieto in the Guitar Art Festival in Belgrade; and has been invited various times to tour in Argentina with Festival Guitarras del Mundo. In 2015 he traveled to Turkey to interpret the Concierto de Aranjuez and a Suite of his composition in the Izmir Opera. This past year José Luis was invited to perform in Kinshasa and Brazzaville in Congo, Africa in celebration of Spanish Heritage Day and give master classes to the guitar students there.
          As a performer he has published various albums: Orquesta de Guitarras de Madrid as a soloist, Bata de Cola a bold and knowledgeable blend of classical and flamenco guitars, Triangulo Manriqueño a composition of my own inspired in Jorge Marnrique’s route and the medieval music and Cambio de Aires with compositions of my own for guitar and ensemble. In Por la Gracia de Bach, his last album, the listeners can enjoy the Suite 2 in c minor, the Chaconne in d minor by J.S Bach and the Folias de España by Marin Marais.
     He has participated in Hollywood productions like Of Love and Shadows and Goya’s Ghost by Milos Forman, as well as in Spanish movies with music by Carmelo Bernaola, Tomas Marco or Jose Nieto. ​
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Master class at the Guanajuato Conservatory in Mexico.
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Solo guitar

Spanish Renaissance 

Recercada sobre la romanesca      by    D. Ortiz        
Pavana      by     D. Pisador            
Fantasía que contrahaze la harpa de Ludovico     by     A. de Mudarra

​Fantasías, Pavanas, Gallardas, Diferencias, and other pieces by authors of the Spanish Vihuelistas School of 16th century, like Milán, Narváez, Pisador, Fuenllana, Mudarra and Ortiz can be performed with a vihuela or a guitar.

Baroque

Suites for lute             by     J.S. Bach
Folies d’Spangne           by          Marin Marais
Danzas españolas         by       Gaspar Sanz    and   Santiago De Murcia

Classical- Romantic

Sonatas, Variaciones y Fantasías            by     Fernando Sor

Romantic

Recuerdos de la Alhambra                   
Capricho Arabe                                             by       Francisco Tárrega
Mazurcas
And other compositions

Rumores de la caleta
Mallorca                                      by              Isaac Albéniz
Sevilla 

Danzas Españolas 
And other compositions                           by       Enrique Granados 

Serenata Española
And other compositions                          by       Joaquín Malast
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20t th & 21 st Century 

Sonata for Guitar               by        Antonio José

Sonata Op. 61          by         Joaquín Turina

​Sonatina Maridional            by              Manuel M. de Ponce

Suite Castellana, Madroños y Nocturno            by             Federico  Moreno Torroba 

Pinceladas Nocturnas 
(Homenaje a Vincent Van Gogh)                by       Ernesto Cordero    

Rio de Luz
Amistad
Desde que te conocí
Giga Emiliana
Pez                                              by                                  José Luis Martínez Moreno
Viviana                                                        
Marios
Reflejos
Partida Doble
duos

Flute & Guitar Duo

Suite for flute and basso continuo in Do major            by          J.S. Bach

Habaneras          by          M. Ravel

English Suite                        by                    Duarte

Romanian Folk Dances              by                    Béla Bartók

Vals y Fuga
Amistad                                       by                       José Luis Martínez Moreno 
Viviana            
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Classic & Flamenco Guitar Duo

Entreacto de la vida breve        
La danza del fuego                    by           Manuel de Falla
Canción del fuego fatuo 

Homenaje a F.G. Lorca           by                     José Luis Martínez Moreno 
                                     
Musical arrangements of popular songs like:
  • Tico tico
  • La luna y el toro
  • La Vikina
  • En mi viejo San Juan
  • Leyenda del tiempo, Homenaje a Camarón de la Isla
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Classical Ensemble

Marios
Hermanos Becquer
Partida Doble
Giga Emiliana
Brenan
Vals de Ávila
La soledad y la montaña                   all  by                     José Luis Martínez Moreno 
Amistad      
​Vals en mi menor
Cambio de Aires                     
Desde que te conocí
Viviana

This can be performed with local musicians that accompany José Luis’s fist guitar.  Scores are provided by us in time to be studied by the musicians.  Scores are written for first guitar, second guitar, flute, clarinet, percussion, electric bass and chamber orchestra with metals.
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Jazz Project Ensemble

Volverte a ver                              by               Luis Barroso
Lavatanssit                                   by               Jorge Magaz
La soledad compartida             by               José Luis Martínez Moreno
Vals en re menor                        by                Chema Saiz
Rose Valland                               by               Jorge Magaz
Ahora                                           by               José Luis Martínez Moreno

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​This can be performed with local musicians that accompany José Luis’s fist guitar.  Scores are provided by us in time to be studied by the musicians.  Scores are written for first guitar, second guitar, saxophone, clarinet, drums and bass.

Guitar and Orchestra

Baroque

Concierto en Re 
Concierto en Sol                   by               Antonio Vivaldi
(dos guitarras y orquesta)
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Classical- Romantic

Concierto en La mayor                  by               Mauro Giuliani
Concierto para guitarra                  by                Ferdinando Carulli
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20t th & 21 st Century 

Concierto de Aranjuez                 
Fantasía para un Gentilhombre                                           
Concierto para una Fiesta                         
Concierto Madrigal                                        by    Joaquín Rodrigo
(dos guitarras y orquesta)                 
Concierto Andaluz 
(cuatro guitarras y orquesta)  

Concierto para Guitarra y Orquesta           by             Ernesto Halffter

Concertino en La menor                 by               Salvador Bacarisse

Concierto de la Bahía                 by               Luis Barroso

Ballet para Guitarra y Orquesta                 by               José Nieto

​Suite Indiana 
(two guitars and orchestra)                 by               Jorge Cardoso

Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra            by           Heitor Villa-lobos

Antillano
Concert for Guitar and Orchestra              by            Ernesto Cordero

Guitar Concerto Op. 67                 by               Malcom Arnold

​From Yesterday to Penny Lane                 by               Leo Brouwer

composer

      The classical guitar is the main identity of his works proved by more than forty compositions for guitar.  His works are not circumscribed to this instrument, José Luis has created chamber music for duos, trios and ensembles, for symphonic orchestra, ballets and a concert for guitar and orchestra. 

          After forty years as a professional guitar player and composer, José Luis has had the opportunity to visit over forty different countries, meeting people and learning cultures.  He was in contact with various rhythms and music establishing friendship with other guitar players and composers through the world, aspects that influenced his personal life and professional career.  His works are a tribute to those memories with a musical fusion of his Spanish origins and the different tinctures and flavors of the world.
        He has composed soundtracks for television and movies, like El retablo de las maravillas from Cervantes, Voces de Sefarad and Toledo, Los caminos de la luz with Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.  Last year premiered Espejuelos Oscuros a Spanish-Cuban production to which José Luis made the original soundtrack, the movie won the Jury Special Prize in the Festival de Cine de Avanca, Portugal.
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music producer

As a sound engineer and music producer José Luis has recorded over 160 albums, sixty of them released by his own record label named Plectrum.  He has recorded and played in albums listened around the world, like Orquesta de guitarras de Madrid as a soloist, Bata de Cola a bold and knowledgeable blend of classical and flamenco guitar, Triangulo Manriqueño a composition of his own inspired in Jorge Marnrique’s route and the medieval music of the epoque.  He has a great experience in recording guitars and classical music, and has produced albums for Deutsche Grammophon, Glosa and Opera Tres.  At present he owns and manages Isla Blanca Studios in Madrid a dynamic space for recording from a solo instrument to an orchestra.
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Producction samples

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DAVID KELLNER, 
​Phantasia - Music for Baroque lute. by José Miguel Moreno.

Total playing time: 60:51
Recorded at Estudio Isla Blanca (Navacerrada, Spain), in May 2011
Engineered and produced by José Luis Martínez and José Miguel Moreno
Executive producer: Carlos Céster
​Record Label: Glossa Music

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JOHANN GOTTFRIED CONRADI, Neue Lauten Stücke. by José Miguel Moreno.

Total playing time: 62:17
Recorded at Estudio Isla Blanca (Navacerrada, Spain), in May 2011
Engineered and produced by José Luis Martínez and José Miguel Moreno
Executive producer: Carlos Céster
Record Label: Glossa Music

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ALBÉNIZ, FALLA, GALLARDO DEL REY, 
La Maestranza: My Spain. by José María Gallardo del Rey

​Total playing time: 65:07
Recorded at
 Estudio Isla Blanca (Navacerrada, Spain), in May 2009
Artistic and musical production by José María Gallardo del Rey

Engineered and co-produced by José Luis Martínez
Record Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, 14 Maneras de Echarte de Menos. 
by José María Gallardo del Rey & ​Ezequiel Cortabarría

​Total playing time: 62:07
Recorded at 
Estudio Plectrum Factor (Madrid, Spain), in May 2006
Artistic and musical production by José María Gallardo del Rey and Ezequiel Cortabarría
Engineered by José Luis Martínez
Record Label: Universal Music Spain

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The Trees Speak. by José María Gallardo del Rey

​Total playing time: 62:07
Recorded at 
Estudio Plectrum Factor (Madrid, Spain), in January 2004
Artistic and musical production by José María Gallardo del Rey 
Engineered by 
José Luis Martínez
Executive producer: Javier Pouso and Javier Ruiz
Record Label: Deutsche Grammophon
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