Born in Zaragoza, at seven years old he began music studies at the Conservatory of Zaragoza and Navarra, Spain. These are followed by L’Aula de Musica, Barcelona, Escuela de Musica Creativa, Madrid, Musicians Institute, Hollywood, USA, Maharaja S. M. Sangeet Mahavidyalaya in Jaipur, India, Conservatoire de Musique d’Alexandrie, Egypt, Shanghai Music Conservatory in China and Labyrinth ...
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Born in Zaragoza, at seven years old he began music studies at the Conservatory of Zaragoza and Navarra, Spain. These are followed by L’Aula de Musica, Barcelona, Escuela de Musica Creativa, Madrid, Musicians Institute, Hollywood, USA, Maharaja S. M. Sangeet Mahavidyalaya in Jaipur, India, Conservatoire de Musique d’Alexandrie, Egypt, Shanghai Music Conservatory in China and Labyrinth Music Center in Greece.
He has studied with great masters such as Roland Dyens (Classical), Scott Henderson (Jazz), Bob Brozman (Blues, Hawaiian), Yurdal Tokcan (Turkish), Ross Daly (Middle East), Hooshang Farahani (Persian), Daud Khan (Afghan), Vishwa M. Bhatt (Indian), Guo Mei (Chinese), Mohammed Antar (Arabic), Ivan Varimezov (Bulgarian).
But curiosity takes him to learn directly from artists and their cultures, traveling to different places to experience the spirit of music. Residing in such exotic places as Hawaii, Africa, China, America, Spain, India, Egypt, etc.
The guitar is his passion, exploring its many forms; classical and Ilamenco, Dobros- resophonic, or other interesting ones like African, Hawaiian ki ho'alu (Slack Key), and Kika Kila (Steel Guitar), the ‘Slide’ style from Mississippi, guitar-Veena from India and freetless middle-eastern. He also explores new horizons reIlected in his arrangements and compositions based on instruments from other cultures, examples are Japanese Koto, Chinese Pipa, or African Ngoni and Kora.
To enumerate where Fernando has performed would be a difIicult job. We have the Mozarteum University, Austria, Atelier D’ethnomusicologie, Switzerland, Cairo Opera House, Egypt, Ferentino Acustica Festival, Italia, Festival Expo Zaragoza, Spain, Sacred Arts Festival, India, Arequipa Guitar Festival, Peru, The Hollywood Roxy L.A., USA, and The Ritz Carlton Hawaii at "Masters of Hawaiian Guitar" among others.
He has worked as a guitar designer along with master luthiers like Jose de Prados, Prudencio Saez, Luis Guerrero, and Michael Goetz.
He has collaborated with artists such as Shye Bent-Zur (Middle East-India), Grammy and BBC award winner Fathy Salama (Jazz/Arabic, Egypt), G. Kahumoku (Hawaiian) in the Grammy Award “Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key”, Wendell Peters in "Hoaloha Maua" JPF 2006 Award, USA.
He has been the musical director of Escuela Arabe-Flamenco in Casa Arabe, Cordoba (Spain). And has published works about guitar and world music with Stefan Grossman Guitar Workshop, Universal, Mojo Roots Music, Mel Bay, Hal Leonard from the USA, Fingerpicking from Italy, and World Music Method from England among others.

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