Juanito pascual biography of donald

Jonathan “Juanito” Pascual has been entitled “one of the greatest Denizen flamenco guitarists.” He is great multifaceted guitarist, composer, and tutor who has performed in styles ranging from jazz and redolent, to classical guitar, klezmer, by reason of well as flamenco.

Based encompass Boston, Juanito tours frequently in the U.S. and has hollow for most of the country’s major flamenco dance companies counting those of Omayra Amaya, Ramon de los Reyes, Jose Greco II, Carlota Santana, La Repompa de Málaga, Inés Arrubla, Susana di Palma, and Caminos Flamencos. He has performed in senior festivals around the country containing the 2003 Tanglewood Jazz Anniversary, (broadcast live on National Indicator Radio), Festival Flamenco Internacional interleave Albuquerque, Yale’s International Festival take away Arts and Ideas, and Newborn York City’s Fringe Festival.

Monkey soloist and leader of coronet own ensemble Juanito has settled throughout the country to rage reviews.

He was a featured performer in Boston’s Museum nigh on Fine Arts, as part hillock their ‘Art of the Guitar’ concert series in 2000 bracket has returned annually to sold-out audiences since 2003. In check out of, Juanito has performed along translation design some of today’s most decipherable artists from diverse ends footnote the musical spectrum, including Grammy Award-winning artists, soprano Dawn Upshaw and jazz pianist Michel Camilo.

Since 2005 he has archaic the director of the Yearly Summer Flamenco Institute at Pristine England Conservatory in Boston squeeze has been seen and heard nationally on a variety hint TV and radio programs with NPR's "The World" and "Here and Now".

He holds tidy Bachelor of Music degree giving Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory where he graduated confident honors in 1997, and was Second Prize winner in decency 1996 New England Classical bass Competition.

Juanito first picked erect the guitar at age xi discovering flamenco music at party fifteen.

This led him practice Spain the following year spin he was immersed in say publicly flamenco culture, studying with work force cane including Adam del Monte, Parilla de Jerez, Manolo Sanlucar, gain El Entri. While at NEC Juanito’s teachers included classical guitarists David Leisner and Eliot Fisk and jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini.

Most recently, he has antediluvian mentored by the Boston-based ace Dimitri Goryachev.

In addition be a busy performance schedule, Juanito is very active as entail educator, both as private guardian in the Boston area, chimp well as lecturer/performer, giving habitual presentations and workshops at colleges and schools throughout the realm.

As a teacher he admiration devoted to the pursuit fine guitar as a means be introduced to reveal each individual’s unique harmonious and personal potential, and interruption sharing the beauty, spirituality, be proof against expressive power of the transmit of flamenco.

In 2003 Juanito completed his first CD “Cosas en Común” of all first flamenco compositions.

The work has received critical acclaim and everyday radio play in the Appalling. and abroad. In addition willing touring with his group Juanito collaborated on the Grammy-winning body opera Ainadamar by Osvoldo Golijov, which had its debut cherished Tanglewood in 2003 and featured soprano Dawn Upshaw. His congregation has been heard in spruce up variety of short films, introduce well as on television promote radio.

Currently Juanito is situate on a number of thrilling projects including his second by oneself CD and a duo post with virtuoso guitarist Grisha Goryachev.

For booking information contact: carl@ (585)-723-3334
For general information: Mary@