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José Antonio Escobar

12+ albums
classical guitarClassicalguitarsoloGuitarra Clasica

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JOSE ANTONIO ESCOBAR José Antonio Escobar was born in Santiago de Chile, and studied from an early age under the renowned Ernesto Quezada at the University of Chile, graduating summa cum laude. He obtained his Master’s Degree after winning a Chilean Government scholarship to study under Franz Halász at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg, where he also became a teaching assistant. To complement these studies he has also attended master-classes with such teachers as Eliot Fisk, Hopkinson Smith, Eduardo Egüez and Juan Carlos Rivera. His ability has been recognised with more than sixteen awards obtained at major international guitar competitions, most notably First Prizes at the 1997 Rio de Janeiro Heitor Villa-Lobos International Guitar Competition, the 1998 Caracas Alirio Díaz International Guitar Competition, the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2000 Benicássim International Francisco Tárrega Competition in Spain, First Prize at the 2001 Stotsenberg International Guitar Competition in Malibu, First Prize (with the Second not assigned) at the 2003 Almería International Guitar Competition Julian Arcas, and First Prize at the 2005 Cáceres International Guitar Competition in Spain. He has toured numerous cities throughout Europe, North, Central and South America, as well as the Asia/Pacific region, Middle East and North Africa, and has given concerts at the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre in London, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Teatro Monumental in Madrid, t

top songs

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12 Studies: No. 10 in B Minor: Animé

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12 Studies: No. 8 in C Sharp Minor: Moderé

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Homenaje a la Guitarra

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Serestas No. 5: Modinha

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12 Studies: No. 5 in C Major: Andantino

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5 Preludes: No. 2 in E Major: Andantino

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12 Studies: No. 1 in E Minor: Animé (Prelude)

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12 Studies: No. 11 in E Minor: Lent; animé

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12 Studies: No. 12 in A Minor: Un peu animé

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5 Preludes: No. 3 in A Minor: Andante; Molto adagio (e dolorido)

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albums

Guitar Music Of Colombia

Guitar Music Of Colombia

Guitar Recital: Jose Antonio Escobar

Guitar Recital: Jose Antonio Escobar

Escobar, Jose Antonio: Guitar Music of Chile

Escobar, Jose Antonio: Guitar Music of Chile

Modinha

Modinha

Sáinz de la Maza: Guitar Music

Sáinz de la Maza: Guitar Music

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Guitar Recital

Guitar Music Of Chile

Guitar Music Of Chile

Milán: El Maestro

Milán: El Maestro

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Sonatas Iberoamericanas Para Guitarra

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Escobar: Guitar Music of Chile

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Music for Book Lovers: Classical Music for Reading

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15 Grandes de Guitarra

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