MEXICAN GUITAR PLAYERS

A website dedicated to the dissemination and promotion of Guitarists in Mexico and to publicize their projects and events. The largest Directory of Mexican Guitarists.

Ana Rizo
Michoacan

Ana Rizo

Ana Rizo is a guitarist and singer-songwriter who was born in La Piedad, Michoacán. He studied Engineering and Music Production in Guadalajara, Jalisco. At the end of his degree, he won a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music, in the city of Boston, MA ... Read more

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Dante Granados
CDMX

Dante granados

Dante is the lead guitar and co-founder of ANIMA TEMPO, an experimental progressive Death Metal band based in Mexico City with an LP called Caged in Memories (2016) Freelance / Produced by Dante Granados (Mexico) and Erik Mikalsen (Norway) . Mixed and mastered by Nick Sampson (USA). Work by Rainer Kalwitz (Germany).… Read more

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Miguel Alcázar
CDMX

Miguel Alcazar

Guitarist, teacher, musicologist and composer; He has recorded several albums, among which the series "The history of the guitar" stands out, which includes works and styles from the 16th to the 20th centuries. He obtained first place in the composition competition of the Mexican Guitar Associations, he also won the Beryl Rubinstein Scholarship in Composition award from the Cleveland Institute of Music. In addition to being a concert guitarist, Miguel Alcázar composed the opera “La mujer y su sombra”, which was premiered in 1981 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes and won the Morales Estévez Foundation competition.… Read more

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Alejandro Marcovich
CDMX

Alexander Marcovich

He is a Mexican guitarist, singer, composer, arranger and producer, of Argentine origin. Brother of film director Carlos Marcovic. He studied physics at UNAM and music at the National School of Music (UNAM) and at the Higher School of Music (INBA), as well as at the College of Music (formerly the Department of Music) and in the jazz workshop of the Higher School of Music (INBA). He took jazz workshops in America with Joe Diorio and Jim Hall. He has been a founder and member of groups such as: Leviatán, Las Insólitas Imágenes de Aurora, Caifanes. In all of them, he has done one or more of the following tasks: lead guitarist, arranger, author, co-author, producer, co-producer, and singer. ... Read more

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Arturo Ocampo
Baja California North

Arturo ocampo

Born in 1978 I have been playing for about 25 years, my favorite genre is Power Metal. I currently play in my band Acero de Guerra, which I decided to reform in 2018 after the band hadn't played for about 10 years. I have an instrumental EP and with Acero de Guerra I have recorded 1 CD, «Leyendas de Acero» (2005) and 1 EP, «Forjando el Acero» (2020) and 1 Instrumental EP (2017).… Read more

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Juan Helguera
Yucatan

Juan Helguera (1932-2020)

Mexican guitarist, composer, chronicler and researcher. Considered a true diffuser of the guitar in Mexico and the world. An essential figure in the musical field. His radio program "La Guitarra en el Mundo" had more than three decades of success. ... Read more

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