José Miguel Moreno (

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

, 1955) is a Spanish specialist of historical plucked string instruments, such as the

vihuela The vihuela () is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of t ...

, lute,

theorbo The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box (a hollow box) with a wooden top, typically with a sound hole, and a neck extending ...

, and guitars. In 1977 he won the First Prize of the Incontri Chitarristici di Gargnano (Italy) and later many awards for his recordings. He has undertaken recordings and live concerts with the renowned ensemble " Hesperion XX" and

Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol family of ...

as well as with his own formations La Romanesca and Orphenica Lyra - after the book ''Orphénica Lyra'' (1554) of Miguel de Fuenllana. He is also, with his brother violist Emilio Moreno, co-founder of the Spanish classical music label Glossa Music.Billboard - 18 Jul 1998 - Page 46 Vol. 110, No. 29 One of the most compelling is Glossa, founded in 1992 as Spain's first independent classical label by guitarist/luthier Jose Miguel Moreno and violin- ist/violist Emilio Moreno — brothers who felt they had to work outside the usual

References

External links

Official website

Glossa
(Record Label)

(Classic Concert)
mp3: Sonata D minor - S. L. Weiss
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Jose Miguel Spanish classical guitarists Spanish male guitarists Spanish performers of early music 1946 births Living people Spanish lutenists People from Madrid