JOSEP SOTO

BIOGRAPHY (back)

Josep Soto developed 
            an intense work as a guitarist and composer performing his own 
            compositions with guitar alone or accompanied by his usual quintet. 
            He has participated in several festivals such as the Iberian New 
            York Festival, the Festival de Músicas del Mundo, the National 
            Theater of Santo Domingo on Calle 54 (Madrid), Festival de Jazz de 
            San Javier (Murcia), the Guitar Festival of Barcelona, the Festival 
            de Jazz de Terrassa, and has performed at The Space Theater and 
            Music at Luz de Gas, the Palau de la Música, Auditorio Caja Madrid, 
            Auditorio Pau Casals and in several concerts in South America, 
            Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Santo Domingo.  


            Their previous album called "PARABOLIC", with the collaboration of 
            the saxophonist and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera, has been honored 
            by critics of MIDEM in Cannes and at WOMEX in Seville and has been 
            nominated for Latin Grammy awards and Nara GRAMMY in the 2003 
            edition. 

            His admiration for Latin American music is evident in their 
            compositions and repertoires with a clear influence of Brazilian and 
            Caribbean music. However, and not forgetting the classical 
            repertoire, he has collaborated as solist with the Choir of the UPF 
            for a tour in Catalonia, interpreting the work El Romancero 
            Gitano by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and the flutist Xesco Grau, 
            who recorded an album with music by Astor Piazolla.  


            Format as a classical guitarist alongside teachers Agustí Serra 
            Francisco, Eulogio Dávalos, Miguel Angel Cherubito, David Rusell, 
            Manuel Barrueco, Baden Powell and Maria Luisa Anido, gets the 
            musical and technical resources needed to develop their own language 
            which is mixed the study measured the repertoire of classic popular.
 

            Baden Powell told about him: "An excellent guitarist and composer 
            with "Brazilian saudade".
 

            Paquito D'Rivera: "I enjoyed taking part in the first release of 
            this great composer and guitarist.

TRAINING (BACK)

JOSEP SOTO SEXTET (Josep Soto, guitar, Cristian Grüner, bass; Enric Carreras, piano; Xavier Figuerola, saxophone and clarinet;

Xesco Grau, flute and percussion; Roger Blavia, drums)

JOSEP SOTO QUINTET (Josep Soto, guitar, Cristian Grüner, bass; Enric Carreras, piano; Xesco Grau, flute and percussion; Roger Blavia, drums)

JOSEP SOTO QUARTET (Josep Soto, guitar, Cristian Grüner, bass; Enric Carreras, piano; Roger Blavia, drums)

JOSEP SOTO TRIO

(Josep Soto, guitar, Cristian Grüner, bass; Roger Blavia, drums)

DISCOGRAPHY (BACK)

NEW TRIO SOTO-STAGNARO-WALKER

GROC, YEAR 2009

PARABÓLIC, PICAP, YEAR 2001

CATALONIAN JAZZ, PICAP, MISCELANEUS CAST

GALLERY (BACK)