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The singer Luis Guitar offers on Friday, 16 September at 20.30 a charity concert in the theater Thuiller.
This activity is part of the initiatives promoted by the Department of Social Promotion Caravaca Hall to raise funds for those affected by the earthquake of Lorca.
The musician and journalist Luis Guitar Madrid dedicated to transmit messages to solidarity and peace through music, will perform compositions from his latest album "Everything is all."
The singer has a long career in the music world.
Throughout his career he has shared the stage and collaborations with artists such as Victor Manuel, Ismael Serrano or accomplices.
He has composed over 120 songs and has received several awards such as the award for Original Music Festival White or Gold Medal Contest II Citizen Participation of the City of Madrid.
"The entrance to the theater Thuillier is free and at the end of the concert the audience can make a voluntary contribution which will be fully earmarked to help the neighboring municipality of Lorca," said the councilman of Social Promotion, Carmen Ruiz, who has encouraged caravaqueños to attend this event with music and with solidarity.
Luis Guitar: Born in Madrid and started in music very young, entering the conservatory where he studied music theory this city, classical guitar, harmony singing, and so on.
Subsequently performed additional courses of modern guitar with Pepe Milan and songwriting with Pedro Guerra, at the School of Creative Music (EMC) while conducting a career in journalism.
In 1989 he founded the band pop-rock "no zeros" in which three years later recorded an album.
For eleven years he worked in an NGO coordinating development and health projects for this reason has visited several countries in the Americas and Africa (Liberia, Senegal, Togo, Mozambique, Ghana, Cuba, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, ...) and known realities and people are often reflected in his songs.
In 1996, Luis Guitar recorded and released his first solo album entitled "like you and me."
This self-produced recording features 12 songs that tell stories of real people living in situations of marginalization such as jail, begging, neglect or insanity.
In 2001 he released his second album "Who can give us what we need?"
gathering theme songs) and social solidarity that is distributed directly, under the idea of ​​the motto "the price is up to you" which is a precursor for some years.
During 2006, between Madrid and Valencia recording their third album entitled "Unlearning" accompanied by twenty-eight musicians who collaborate in this project as volunteers.
Again, the funds can be collected will go to people marginalized and human development projects managed by the NGO Like you, As I created by Louis himself guitar in 2002.
In 2008, he recorded and released a DVD with the videoclip of the song "Unlearning the War" by the cameraman David de la Morena, Next to the video clip published guidelines for education and awareness for non-violence that spread rapidly through Campaign "A Song for Peace" and since then are being used in hundreds of colleges and schools throughout Spain.
That year also produced the CD of children's songs "have fun" which involved singing one of the themes of Xaquín Galician composer.
In late 2009 he published "Everything is all" a CD of 19 songs with Guitar Louis gives an overview of the last fifteen years of music and solidarity and who wants to thank everyone (musicians, arrangers, producers, designers, performers, organizers, technicians, photographers, public ....) all aid received during this time.
Has performed with various groups and soloists (Longview, Víctor Manuel, Luis Pastor, Ismael Serrano, Paco Bello, Tontxu, Kairoi, Alborada, Juanjo Melero, Albert and Emilia, Miguelito, Nico, Rafael Love, Glenda, olive shoot, Hiking ...) and has conducted several joint collaborations with other artists recordings.
Since its first concert at the White Song Festival (1989) to date has conducted hundreds of performances at cultural centers, churches, prisons, colleges, televisions, radios, etc..
and participated in several multifestivales as Vivar (Sevilla), Chord (Madrid), Ashera (Huelva), Urca (Santiago de Compostela), David (Barcelona), Christ among the Youth (Zaragoza), Creart (Alicante), NAO (Madrid ) Jubilmusic (Sanremo, Italy) and the Youth meeting with the Pope (Madrid 2003).
In the recording of their albums and performances accompanied by excellent musicians, highlighting Alberto Tostado, Dani Hand and Manolo Toro (bass), Nico Roca, Paco Tostado Miralles and Jaime (drums), Santi Erlich, Manolo Crespo, Manolo García Mirat Carlos (drums), Rachel Piñango, Regina Aguilar, Tere Núñez, Lucía Andújar, Emilia Arija, Bea Perez Bea Rope and Sarah Rivera (vocals), Diego Galaz (violin); Juanjo Melero, Dani Flors, John Hill, Ovidio Lopez and Javi Pena (guitar); Cuco Pérez (accordion); Gabriel Teruel, Pau Chafer and David Santafé (piano, keyboards), Vincent Morales (Harmonica), etc..
He has composed over one hundred and twenty songs and has received several awards in competitions of composition and performance of singer-songwriters.
These include:
First Prize for Best Original Score.
Twelfth and thirteenth editions of the Song Festival White
First Prize - Mission Song Festival (Diocese of Madrid 1990)
Gold Medal - II contests of citizen participation of the Municipality of Madrid.
Theo Van Gogh Award of Music (1999)
Creativity Award Solidarity Alander (2006)
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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