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.

Tecuhtli CEMICAN
Jalisco

tecuhtli

Guitarist, Vocalist and Founder of CEMICAN. In 2008 a band emerged in Mexico that highlights the glory and greatness of an ancestral and ancient Mexico: CEMICAN. A perfect combination of Metal with pre-Hispanic music. His presentations with dances and the cult of death is something that attracts a lot of attention, total mysticism. They have been performing throughout much of Europe and with plans to return. CEMICAN is a Folk Metal band with a successful fusion of pre-Hispanic roots and Metal.… 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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Alfonso Moreno
Aguascalientes

Alfonso Moreno

One of the greatest interpreters that the world of classical guitar has given. He approaches the guitar from a symphonic point of view, which he achieves thanks to its great variety of shades, timbres and colors, often creating the sensation of listening to a real orchestra.… Read more

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Francisco Lelo de Larrea
New Lion

Francisco Lelo de Larrea

He began his musical studies at the Higher School of Music in Monterrey, to later continue them at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City. He has a degree in Jazz with a specialty in guitar, graduated from the Higher School of Music of the INBA.… Read more

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Jorge Cárdenas
Jalisco

Jorge Cardenas

Jorge Cárdenas is a musician, guitarist and composer originally from Guadalajara Jalisco dedicated to the study and performance of Jazz. He studied guitar in the Music Department of the University of Guadalajara under the tutelage of the teachers Winfried Kellner and Juan Carlos Martinez Zavala. Later, he took advanced courses with teachers such as Hector Rodriguez, Francisco Lelo De Larrea, Tom Kessler, Ken Basman, Werther Ellerbrook, Simone Iannaerelli, Andrea Vettoretti and Jaime Soria Porto.… 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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Julio Revueltas
CDMX

Julio Revueltas

Julio Revueltas is a jazz and rock instrumental musician and composer who already has more than 25 years of career and 5 studio albums, among which Rajneesh his most recent record production stands out. This outstanding musician is one of the few who knows how to interpret melodies on a very peculiar and little-known instrument called "viotarra" which is a hybrid between a guitar and a violin. With the physical appearance of a guitar, this instrument has the peculiarity of being played with a bow and emitting truly magical sounds.… Read more

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Galileo (Galo) Ochoa
Jalisco

Galileo (Galo) Ochoa

It was with Cuca that his career as a guitarist began to stand out. The characteristic sound of this band is mainly hard rock. Galo Ochoa has composed songs together with José Fors that became hits such as: "Son of the milkman", "La pucha asesina", "me vale madre", and so on. After the separation from Cuca, his brother Aldo, and Christian Gómez, joined Carlos Avilez (also her bassist), thus emerging Nata, where his main sound is closer to heavy metal. ... Read more

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