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.

Zofi Zaro
Baja California North

Zofi Zaro

Zofi Zaro is a singer-songwriter from Mexicali, Baja California. From a very young age she was attracted to the performing arts, dancing, singing, theater, even playing an instrument. As time passed, he discovered that his passion for music was really his vocation and he had the fortune to study the "Bachelor of Contemporary Popular Music Composition" in Guadalajara, Jalisco. ... 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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Alejandro (Alex) Otaola
CDMX

Alex Otaola

He is a Mexican performer and composer, known for his work alongside Santa Sabina, a group to which he has belonged since 1994, and the rock group La Barranca, which he joined in 1998 and separated in 2007; that same year he published his first solo work (multimedia) Fractals. In 2008 he was invited to the XV International Video Art Festival in Casablanca, Morocco. He is the first Mexican guitarist whose music has been included in the CD-sampler of the Spanish magazine 'Guitarra Total'. He is currently integrated into the rock group San Pascualito Rey, in addition to promoting and distributing his second solo album "El hombre de la Cámara" for free, a work recorded live in 2010 at the National Cinemas during the cycle "Bands Sonoras a Ritmo of rock". He is a guitarist for the band from Guadalajara Cuca after the departure of Galileo Ochoa in 2014; With this band he has made 3 albums.… Read more

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Itto Coutiño
Chiapas

Itto Coutiño

Originally from Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico, Itto Coutiño found his sonic and personal sanctuary through the fusion of genres ranging from Blues, Rock, Jazz and Funk to traditional Mexican music, boleros and Latin sounds performed through his guitar. . His songs proudly portray his roots, the nostalgia for travel, love, the landscapes and colors that saw him grow up.… Read more

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Carlos Santana
Jalisco

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana is a Mexican jazz-rock and Latin rock guitarist, multi-Grammy winner. He is considered the 15th best guitarist of all time, according to Rolling Stone magazine.… Read more

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José Manuel Aguilera
CDMX

Jose Manuel Aguilera

José Manuel Aguilera is a Mexican composer, guitarist, singer, producer and writer. Since 1993 he is the leader of the rock group La Barranca. In addition, he has been part of Sangre Asteka, Nine Rain and Jaguares. ... Read more

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