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ANDRÉS PINO

Guitarist, Composer, Guitar teacher.

Born in Zamora, Spain, he made his first public performance at the age of 14.

He has made concerts in Spain as well as some other European and American countries: Real Coliseo Carlos III (El Escorial, Madrid), Auditorio del Instituto Francés (Madrid, Festival de Primavera Andrés Segovia), Teatro “Juan del Enzina” (Universidad de Salamanca), Colegio María Inmaculada de Barcelona (Festival de Guitarras de América), Auditorio María Cristina (Málaga), Auditorio de Caja España (Valladolid, I y III Festival de Música Antigua y Suramericana), Auditorio de San Francisco (Cáceres), Teatro Principal (Zamora), Auditorio de Caja Salamanca y Soria (Salamanca, Ávila, Palencia, Aranda de Duero, Miranda de Ebro), Conservatorio de Música de Pushkin y Palacio de Catalina la Grande (San Petersburgo, Rusia), Aula Magna de la Universidad Católica (Concepción, Chile), Teatro de Ñuñoa (Santiago de Chile), Aula Magna de la Universidad de Perpignan (Francia), Casas de Cultura de Banyuls y Amélie-les-Bains (Francia), Pabellón del Festival de Música de Verano de Capvern les Bains (Pau, Francia), Centro Zamorano (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Teatro Gran Mariscal (Sucre, Bolivia), etc.…

He started Trio Latitud Sur. He was also a founder of Duo Pino Brothers with whom he made recorded a Cd “Viajero”, obtaining excellent criticism in all Europe, as well as in Colombia, Chile and Argentina. He was also a founder of Trio Málaga with whom he made recorded works by Albéniz, Lecuona, Cardoso and Piazzolla.

He has also played with a wide variety of Chamber Ensembles as well as symphony orchestras. Among major concerts is S. Baccarisse’s Concertino in Am with the Málaga Symphony Orchestra.

He has recorded eigth albums in Spain and has collaborated in another production in Germany. Outstanding recordings are the ones with RNE productions, Radio Nacional de España, and Onia Music. His seventh CD is a work based entirely on own guitar compositions. The eighth was recorded in early 2015 with his son, the singer Andrés Pino Jr., and entitled "Dreaming and nothing more". It is an album singing and guitar and contains characteristics of both and some of the most beautiful songs from the repertoire of Latin America.

His over 50 works for solo guitar, camerata or the whole orchestra have been widely acknowledged across the world. Concerto in A Major or the suite Legends are two of his main works for guitar and orchestra.

Pino is also author of a great number of arrangements and transcriptions for guitar, thirty of which have been recorded. Some of the greatest guitarists in the world play any of Pino’s works.

Pino’s main current activities include composition, concerts around the world and teaching. He is a teacher at Costa del Sol school of Music in Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain.

PRESS REVIEWS

“The strings get alive when Professor Pino touches them and surrender into a magical waterfall of sounds”.

“LANZA”. Ciudad Real. Spain.

“...and qualified soloist Andrés Pino’s performance shone brightly…”

“SUR”. Málaga. Spain.

“…and we all got surprised by his lively, colourful style. Certainly a performance that no one should have missed".

“L’INDEPENDANT”. Perpignan. France.

“…the audience was really delighted with his performance and the city greatly thanked him for his presence”.

“SUR”. Concepción. Chili.