childhood he was deeply responsive to the sounds of both popular Venezuelan
instruments (the cuatro, harp and maracas) and folkloric music (Joropo,
Calypso, etc.). At the age of four he moved to the U.S. where he lived in
Florida and New York. In 1987 he moved to Madrid, Spain where he started
and completed his formal music studies at the Conservatorio Superior de
Música "Padre Antonio Soler" (El Escorial, Spain) obtaining a B.A. in Guitar
Performance (Título Superior de Guitarra) under the supervision of Jose Carlos
Baños (semi-finalist in the prestigious International Guitar Contest "Francisco
Tárrega") in 2002. His repertoire includes music from the Renaissance, Baroque,
Classical and Contemporary time periods.
He has attended master classes with Enrique Blanco (Composition), Demetrio
Ballesteros (Guitar Performance), and studied intensely over the course of six
years perfecting his technique and musicianship with Domingo Carbajal (disciple
of Regino Sainz de la Maza and Sergiu Celibidache). Apart from this, he has a B.A.
in Media of Communication (1994) from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
Christian currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where he intends to
demonstrate his personal playing style and ability as well as teaching music.
The move to California is what inspired him to make a video (recorded by
Brian Hallett in Madrid, July 2013) with interpretations from the likes of Luis
de Milán, J.S. Bach, Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos and the Venezuelan
Antonio Lauro.
Christian currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where he intends to
demonstrate his personal playing style and ability as well as teaching music.
The move to California is what inspired him to make a video (recorded by
Brian Hallett in Madrid, July 2013) with interpretations from the likes of Luis
de Milán, J.S. Bach, Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos and the Venezuelan
Antonio Lauro.
