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Pedro Javier Gonzalez

Pedro Javier González is a Spanish guitarist, composer and musical producer who excels at his measure and temperance when playing along with his versatility when adapting to several genres. Throughout his career he has recorded eight musical albums and has produced and collaborated with artists from the very different fields of classical, flamenco, jazz and pop-rock music.

His quality skills as a guitarist began to make him well-known in the nineties as a member of the historic Spanish band El Ultimo de la Fila, playing the Spanish and acoustic guitar for most of their albums and joining the band during the Spanish and American tours. Later, after the band broke up, Pedro Javier also collaborated with Manolo Garcia, the band leader, for the recording of the album and joined him in the promotional tours where he directed the band.

Throughout his long and varied musical career, Pedro Javier has received several awards in the flamenco guitar field and has collaborated with artists from very different styles such as Toti Soler, Victoria de los Ángeles, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, Maria del Mar Bonet, Alejandro Sanz, Paco Ortega, Monica Molina, Seguridad Social, Angelo Branduardi, Roberto Alagna o Rafael Maya. He has also performed at major festivals with artists like BB King, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Paco de Lucia, Keziah Jones, John Williams or Tomatito.

As a producer, arranger, and musical director, the works done next to Manolo Garcia and Tomasito or D’Callaos, among others, are outstanding and won him recognition for being nominated at the Spanish Music Awards for the “Best Musical Arranger” in 2004.

He has published eight albums and one DVD: three from the series Guitarra, where he adapts international pop and rock hits acoustically; Callejón del gato (1997), Árboles nuevos (2001) and Verdades ocultas y medias mentiras (2007), of own compositions; Nuevo callejón del gato (2005), where he again plays his first solo album next to Toni Terré, Javier Martin and Roger Blavia; the DVD Pedro Javier Gonzalez Trio (2007), which presents the live concert from the Vicenza Olympic Theater (Italy) and summarizes the experience of his trio formation throughout the last years; and Live (2010), a live concert with a very personal review of the most important highlights of his artistic career.

At the moment, after having toured around the world next to Toni Terré and Roger Blavia with the trio, his most steady and lasting formation, he leads his musical career onto a more personal and intimate path, far from media concerts, and recovers his professional line as a solo guitarist.

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“Wonderful. Pedro Javier González is, probably, the most versatile guitarist of our country. Expert flamenco tocaor and wonderful jazz guitarist, his contribution has enriched recordings by several figures from very different musical styles and genres. […] The concert was a collection of jewels by the greatest flamenco guitarists and his own compositions, reaching the perfection, great care and good taste.” Ramón Rodó Sellés - La Vanguardia

“This extraordinary guitarist, example of versatility, has lent his quality to several bands and artists, who has excelled in flamenco, jazz and pop-rock, has finally decided to play flamenco solo. The decision could not be better. There is no doubt about his wisdom, but now he presents it wrapped with the demand and the aesthetics of the classic. Pedro Javier does not distort the flamenco touch, on the contrary, he presents it in the virtuous line, in its two senses: something very valuable and with a fantastic technique. His guitar sounds clean, the plucking is clear and the struming is precise” Ramón Rodó Sellés - La Vanguardia

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