Diego Barber

Diego Barber is a classical and jazz guitarist. He has recorded albums for Sunnyside[1] and Origin Records.[2]

Diego Barber
BornLanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
GenresJazz, classical
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
LabelsSunnyside, Origin

Early life

Barber was born into a family of musicians.[3] He studied at the Lanzarote Conservatory of Music[4] with Miguel Ángel Calzadilla and took private lessons with Toñin Corújo. Years later, he enrolled at the Arturo Soria Conservatory in Madrid. He met José Ramón García, who taught him harmony, analysis, and composition.

He received a degree in classical guitar from the Salamanca Higher Conservatory of Music. During his time at Salamanca, he took lessons from Costas Cotsiolis for one year in Atenas and from Ricardo Gallén.[5]

Barber attended the Mozarteum University of Salzburg where he completed his postgraduate studies with Marco Tamayo. He won first prize in the Leo Brouwer Guitar Festival and Competition in Spain in 2003, as well as the first prize in a competition organized by the Miami Classical Guitar Society.[6]

Personal life

Barber lives in New York City where he has recorded[7] the albums Calima,[8] The Choice,[9] and Tales in cooperation with Mark Turner, Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier, Ari Hoenig, Johannes Weidenmüller, and Seamus Blake, all recordings were released on Sunnyside Records. His duo album with pianist Craig Taborn, Tales, was mentioned in several top ten charts and Best-of-2014 lists such as iTunes (awarded with 4 stars),[10] Down Beat (4 of 5 stars),[11] The New York City Jazz Record,[12] Baltimore City Paper[13] and The New York Village Voice.[14] The album 411, a quintet recording from 2011 co-led by Hugo Ciprés was released on Origin Records in 2013.

Discography
  • Calima (Sunnyside, 2009)
  • The Choice (Sunnyside, 2011)
  • 411 (Origin, 2013)
  • Tales (Sunnyside, 2014)
  • One Minute Later (Sunnyside, 2017)

References
  1. "Diego Barber: Sunnyside Records artist". By Sunnyside Records
  2. "Diego Barber: Origin Records artists". By Origin Records
  3. "Press release about Diego Barber". By Adolfo Martin. July 19th, 2009
  4. "Interview to Diego Barber". Global Cultura. April 2nd, 2013
  5. "Sonata Banc d'Arguin by Diego Barber: Premiered and performed by guitarist Ricardo Gallén. Press release. March 11th, 2012
  6. "Diego Barber review by Miami classical guitar society". Admin., June 6th, 2007
  7. "Diego Barber discography". All Music web site
  8. Calima album review by Mark F. Turner. All About Jazz, March 18, 2009.
  9. The Choice album review by Carlo Wolff. JazzTimes.com, July 2011
  10. "iTunes: The most listened in 2014: Tales by Diego Barber" iTunes store 2015. Apple.com (registration necessary)
  11. "Best Albums of 2014", Down Beat, January 2015, page 45.
  12. "Albums of the Year" by David R. Adler, The New York City Jazz Record: "Best of 2014". Relative Pitch Records. December 2014
  13. "Blue Notes: Top 10 in Jazz and Blues" by Geoffrey Himes. Digital journal Baltimore City Paper. December 2014
  14. "The Village Voice's Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2014" Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine by David R. Adler, Dec. 8 2014
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