Diego Alonso

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Email: info@spanishguitar.org

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Diego Alonso (Diego-Alonso Audette-Aste) began playing rock guitar at age 17 and flamenco guitar at age 21. Predominantly self-taught, Diego also studied flamenco guitar intensively with Fernando Moreno, José Luis Balao, Manuel Lozano "El Carobonero" (Jerez de la Frontera), and with José "Pansequito Hijo" Cortés (Perto de Santa María). He also studied jazz theory with David Bloom and Marty Metzger (Chicago, IL).

In 2000, Diego-Alonso began performing regularly with Chicago-based flamenco and World-music group, "Las Guitarras de España,' and in 2007 Diego-Alonso was invited to perform with with the Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater in Warsaw, Poland along side singer/guitarist José "Pansequito Hijo" Cortés. A year later, Diego-Alonso was invited to composed, scored, and arranged a flamenco-orchestral piece for Fulcrum Point New Music Orchestra's "Passport to World Music" concert at Chicago's Harris Theater. Nearing the end of 2008, Diego began playing guitar for Chicago-based flamenco group, "idilio," which released it's first CD in 2009.

Currently, Diego-Alonso is studying flamenco in Sevilla, Spain at the Fundación Cristina Heeren de Arte Flamenco under Pedro Sierra, Niño de Pura, Javi Gomez, Tino Van Der Sman, Pedro Barragán, Pepa Sanchez, Eduardo Rebollar, and Paco Cortés. He will finish his 2-year program of studies there in the summer of 2012. View completo C.V..

Member Since/Miembro Desde:

March 19, 2010

Influences/Influencias:

FLAMENCO
Chicuelo, José Manuel León, Eduardo Trassierra, Diego del Morao, Fraskito, Flavio Rodrigues, Chano Dominguez, Vicente Amigo, Paco de Lucia, Tomatito, Arcangel, José Mercé, La Tana, Marina Heredia, Miguel Poveda, Moraito, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Son de la Frontera, Estrella Morente

LATIN-JAZZ
Barbarito Torres, Cachao, Chano Dominguez, Eliades Ochoa, Buena VIsta Social Club, John Moulder

Sounds Like/Suena Como:

Flamenco and Latin-Jazz