Classical Music

In his twenty years of activity as a musician he has held over 1500 concerts; he works and collaborates, also for records, with the leading exponents of the world of flamenco, among whom:
- the guitarists JOSÉ LUIS POSTIGO, SERRANITO, MIGUEL RIVERA, RAMON RUIZ, MERENGUE DE CORDOBA, PACO SERRANO, CARLOS HEREDIA, MIGUEL IVEN, MANITAS DE PLATA;
- the cantaores JOSÉ DE LA TOMASA, CARMEN SANCHEZ, FELIX DE LOLA, JOSÈ LUIS SALGUERO;
- the dancers EL JUNCO, IOAQUIN RUIZ, JUAN ORTEGA, MAITE PIQUERAS, PILAR CARMONA, CARMEN REINA, MIGUEL ANGEL ESPINO, MANOLO MARIN.
In 1996 he founds his own company, "FLAMENCO LIBRE", with which he holds numerous shows in the leading festivals and theatres both in Italy and the world over. In 1997 he becomes a member of the only officially recognised flamenco institute in the world, the “Fundacion CRISTINA HEEREN de Seville”, where, in collaboration with the Fundacion in the person of maestro JOSÈ LUIS POSTIGO, he creates the show “El Flamenco de Sevilla”, which toured in Europe during the three-year period between 1998 and 2001. Furthermore, during the same year, with the Fundacion he plays in the television programme “Speciale Flamenco” (RAI 1), in the show “La Feria de Abril”, inspired by the grand flamenco – Andalusia exhibition held in Seville. Between 1998-1999, he collaborates in the creation of the book and CD “La Chitarra Flamenca d’autore” (published by Guitart), together with one of the leading flamencologists, EUSEBIO RIJOA; the book deals with the history of this instrument, through its greatest composers. In addition to the various companies and special appearances (media, CD, Video, etc.), Juan LORENZO carries out a regular concert and composing activity (his music has been included in television and radio programmes and in soundtracks for films and theatre performances). As a soloist, he is one of the rare flamenco guitarists who interprets music by other composers, in addition to his own compositions; indeed, he has played in various European companies, Festivals and Conservatories, performing the following recitals: - “Flamenco de Concierto” – 1990/1992;
- the concert “Chitarra Flamenca d’Autore” – 1993/1995;
- the “Storia della chitarra Flamenca” – 1996/1998;
- “Homenaje a Sabicas” – 1999/2001.
He has appeared several time in Italian and Spanish television programmes, in particular in Italy he has worked for the Teatro Tenda in Rome, for the Artistic Direction of MAURIZIO COSTANZO and has participated in the Taormina Arte Festival for the television programme "Noche Gitana" (RAI 1), in the "Atkins Dadi Guitar Player Associatíon" Festival (Soave) and in 1999 in the JETHRO TULL tour “Flamenco rock music”. He has been invited several times to be a member of the panel of judges for international competitions (Mauro Giuliani in Bari, Nicola Fago in Taranto, Savona in musica, Nicolò Paganini in Parma, etc.). In addition to “cultural” music, his is often invited to collaborate with important pop music artists, such as PINO DANIELE, TONY ESPOSITO, ANDREA BOCELLI, etc. He carries out an interesting didactic activity for flamenco both in Italy and abroad, holds seminars and writes for specialised magazines (Chitarre Classiche, Guitart Flamenco, etc.). He has published over twenty works for important publishing houses and record companies, distributed in Italy, the United States, Spain, France, Germany and Japan.

DIDACTIC ACTIVITY
He is a teacher at the R. Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna (Rome faculty, 1996/1997).
He has held the chair at the Conservatorio Mascagni in Leghorn (1998/1999).
He has held regular seminars, since 1995, at the Conservatorio Cherubini in Florence and at the Verdi in
Turin.
From 1999 to 2001, he held a course entitled “Il Flamenco nello stile dei suoi più grandi autori”, at the Istituto
Musicale di Locarno (Switzerland), at the Accademia Musicale Italiana in Monza, and at the Nova Musica in
Rome.

PUBBLICATIONS (Methods and books)
Metodo introduttivo alla chitarra flamenca by R. Cortes (revised by Juan Lorenzo) – published by Ceccherini -
1996
L'Arte del Toque Flamenco Vol. 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, published by Ceccherini - 1997
La Chitarra Flamenca by Juan Lorenzo and Eusebio Rìoja, published by Guitart - 1999
Le Scale nella musica Flamenca, published by Warner Bros. - 2000
La Chitarra Flamenca “I° repertorio", published by Eco - 2001
La Chitarra Flamenca Autodidatta, published by Carish – 2002.

MAJOR PERFORMANCES
Festivals:
Todi, Osimo, Modena, Bellinzona (Switzerland), Savona In Musica, Internazionale
folklore e musica etnica (Vignale), del Mediterraneo (Genoa), Meeting di
Rimini, Internazionale della chitarra (Nuoro), Lagonegro, Nicolò Paganini
(Parma), Nicola Fago (Taranto), Perugia Classico, Tastar de corda (Turin),
Dedicato alla chitarra (Florence), Festival Internazionale Mauro Giuliani
(Bisceglie), della Camerata barese (Bari), della musica Araba - Andalusa
(Hammamat - Tunisia), Figueras (Spain), Chambery (France), Taormina
Arte, Internazionale di Fermo, Castelnuovo Tedesco (Treviso), La Carboneria
(Seville), della Musica Etnica e Flamenca (Cagliari), De Bonis (Cosenza),
Internazionale della Musica e della Danza (Cervia), etc.
Theatres:
Parioli, Tenda, Sistina, Olimpico (Rome), Orfeo (Taranto), Margherita
(Genoa), Cilea (Naples), Rendano (Cosenza), Verdi (Florence), Nazionale
(Milan) Metropolitan (Catania), Ponchielli (Cremona), Sociale (Brescia),
Regio (Parma).

DISCOGRAPHY:
• “Recuerdos De Triana" (classic flamenco), C&C - 1997
• “Chitarra Flamenca d'Autore", Guitart - 2000
• “Flamenco De Ida Y Vuelta", Etnoclassic - 2001
• “Juan Lorenzo – Flamenco Libre”, by Playgame - 2002