Diego Barber is a classical and jazz guitarist. He has recorded albums for Sunnyside and

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Early life

Barber was born into a family of musicians. He studied at the Lanzarote Conservatory of Music with Miguel Ángel Calzadilla and took private lessons with Toñin Corújo. Years later, he enrolled at the Arturo Soria Conservatory in Madrid. He met José Ramón García, who taught him harmony, analysis, and composition. He received a degree in classical guitar from the Salamanca Higher Conservatory of Music. During his time at Salamanca, he took lessons from Costas Cotsiolis for one year in Atenas and from Ricardo Gallén. Barber attended the

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where he completed his postgraduate studies with Marco Tamayo. He won first prize in the Leo Brouwer Guitar Festival and Competition in Spain in 2003, as well as the first prize in a competition organized by the Miami Classical Guitar Society.

Personal life

Barber lives in

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where he has recorded the albums ''Calima'', ''The Choice'', and ''Tales'' in cooperation with Mark Turner, Jeff Ballard,

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, Ari Hoenig, Johannes Weidenmüller, and

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, all recordings were released on

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. His duo album with pianist

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, ''Tales'', was mentioned in several top ten charts and Best-of-2014 lists such as iTunes (awarded with 4 stars), ''

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'' (4 of 5 stars), ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The New York Village Voice''."The Village Voice's Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2014"
by David R. Adler, Dec. 8 2014 The album ''411'', a quintet recording from 2011 co-led by Hugo Ciprés was released on

in 2013.

Discography

* ''Calima'' ( Sunnyside, 2009) * ''The Choice'' (Sunnyside, 2011) * ''411'' (

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, 2013) * ''Tales'' (Sunnyside, 2014) * ''One Minute Later'' (Sunnyside, 2017)

References

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