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.

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.

Master class at the Guanajuato Conservatory in Mexico.

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

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

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

ensemble

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.

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

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)

Classical- Romantic

Concierto en La mayor by Mauro Giuliani
Concierto para guitarra by Ferdinando Carulli

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.

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.