ANTONIO GARCIA Flamenco/Classical Guitar

Make your event one to remember with the romance of the Spanish guitar. The beauty of the melodic CLASSICAL notes combined with the passionate rhythm of the FLAMENCO guitar technique. My repertoire includes Paco de Lucia to Francisco Tarrega to Bach. Some of my arrangements are for popular music in the flamenco style of artists such as The Beatles, Eagles, Metallica and Led Zeppelin.

BACKGROUND

Antonio Garcia is a Spanish guitar performer/instructor from Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico. He began his musical journey at the age of 8 when he took 4 years of private piano instruction. At the age of 12 he discovered that his true passion was the Spanish guitar and began his journey as a self-taught musician with his father's guitar.

FORMAL EDUCATION

The young artist started his formal education guitar education under flamenco guitarist Juan Rosas at "Instituto Mexicano de Flamencologia" (Mexican Institute of Flamencology) and "Centro Cultural de Arte Flamenco de San Miguel de Allende" (Flamenco Cultural Center SMA) where he obtained a certificate degree in flamenco guitar technique. Antonio later continued his classical guitar studies abroad under the private instruction of Dr Jon Yerby, a well-known concertist and instructor located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

CAREER

The Mexican artist performs regularly at Robert Redford's 'The Tree Room at Sundance' and has also performed at many prestigious venues as a solo artist as well as an accompanying guitarist for flamenco dancers and bands. Some performances of note include the following local venues:
- Excellence Concert Series at Gallivan Center
- Robert Redford's 'The Tree Room' at Sundance
- The Rockwell Room (Park City, UT)
- BYU Marriott Center (Provo, UT)
- LDS Conference Center (Salt Lake City)
- Festival Latinoamericano Provo 2013 (Provo, UT)
- Imact Hub (Salt Lake City)