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Pablo Sainz-Villegas

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1 Isaac Albeniz - Asturias (Leyenda)  
2 Anonymous - Spanish Romance  
3 Geronimo Gimenez - La Boda De Luis Alonso: Intermedio  
4 Francisco Tarrega - Recuerdos De La Alhambra  
5 !Adelita! Mazurka  
6 Isaac Albeniz - Torre Bermeja (Serenata)  
7 Francisco Tarrega - Capricho Arabe  
8 Gran Jota De Concierto  
9 Isaac Albeniz - Mallorca  
10 Francisco Tarrega - Lagrima (Preludio)  
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"It's safe to call him the global ambassador of Spanish guitar" Billboard Magazine

Now regarded as one of the world's leading soloists on his instrument, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas embodies "the soul of the Spanish guitar" and has long been internationally acclaimed as an ambassador of Spanish culture. He is the first guitarist in almost four decades to be invited by the Berliner Philharmoniker to perform in the Berlin Philharmonie, and also the first guitarist within that period to perform at the orchestra's traditional New Year's Eve concert. At the end of 2020 he will play Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez under Kirill Petrenko. After some thirty prizes at international competitions and after concerts in over forty countries Pablo Sáinz-Villegas is rightly seen as the worthy successor of the legendary father of the classical guitar, Andrés Segovia. On the Sony Classical label he takes his place in the famous tradition of outstanding guitarists that includes John Williams and Julian Bream.

  • Centuries past pieces sound perfectly alongside recent fare on Pablo Sainz-Villegas - The Blue Album / textura
    Posted At: October 1, 2023
    textura writes….Classical guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas has appeared on some of the world's most renowned stages, recorded with prestigious orchestras, and performed to audiences in the thousands. He's played with the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the National Orchestra of Spain, and has played before an audience of 11,000 at Chicago's Grant...

  • Pablo Sainz-Villegas - The Blue Album references an intimate sense of longing and reflection / BBC Music Magazine
    Posted At: July 11, 2023
    “Blue stands for a particularly intimate mood,” says renowned Spanish guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas. And correspondingly his latest album is titled The Blue Album, which will be released by Sony Classical on 9 June 2023. “Blue symbolizes a mysterious intermediary realm: one thinks of the moment when the sun rises and night slowly withdraws,” Pablo Sainz-Villegas goes on to explain. These are exceptional mo...

  • Pablo Sainz-Villegas - The Blue Album is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: June 16, 2023
    “Blue stands for a particularly intimate mood,” says renowned Spanish guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas. And correspondingly his latest album is titled The Blue Album, which will be released by Sony Classical on 9 June 2023. “Blue symbolizes a mysterious intermediary realm: one thinks of the moment when the sun rises and night slowly withdraws,” Pablo Sainz-Villegas goes on to explain. These are exceptional mo...

  • Rockport ME's 'Bay Chamber' presents: Pablo Sainz-Villegas / THE COURIER - GAZETTE
    Posted At: March 31, 2023
    Pablo Sáinz-Villegas has been acclaimed by the international press as the successor of Andrés Segovia and an ambassador of Spanish culture in the world. Since his debut with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos at the Lincoln Center, he has played in more than 40 countries and invited to play with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philharmonic of...

  • Isabel Leonard and Pablo Sainz-Villegas together at The Conrad in La Jolla / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: December 5, 2022
    A recital of opera diva and classical guitarist. Mezzo Isabel Leonard and classical-guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas are stars in their fields.BroadwayWorld's Ron Bierman writes….Leonard has sung on two Grammy-winning opera recordings and won a Beverly Sills Artist Award at the Metropolitan Opera--and even guested on Sesame Street. Sáinz-Villegas has garnered 30 international awards, including the Segovia, wh...

  • Pablo Sainz-Villegas - Soul of the Spanish Guitar is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: November 24, 2020

    Regarded as one of the world's leading soloists on his instrument, Pablo Sáinz-Villegas embodies "the soul of the Spanish guitar" and has long been internationally acclaimed as an ambassador of Spanish culture. For his latest album, this exceptional artist has chosen ten works that are especially close to his heart: "Spanish music represents a blend of different influences," he explains, because "...
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