George Barcos

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George Barcos (born September 21, 1946 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian jazz guitarist and composer .

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Barcos grew up first in Canada and in his native city; In 1963 he moved to Los Angeles , where he continued to attend school. He later received his musical training there in composition (with Rowan Taylor, Lionel Greenberg and Paul Glass) and in classical and jazz guitar (with Howard Heitmeyer, Pat McCauley and George Van Eps ). In 1970 he returned to Colombia, to have lived in Switzerland since 1974. In 1975 and 1976 he studied composition and orchestration at the Basel Music Academy (with Gerald Bennet). He also worked as a guitarist in several local groups.

In 1976 he founded a quartet with the saxophonist and flutist Jean-Luc Barbier , for which he wrote and arranged most of the repertoire; the quartet toured Switzerland and was also recorded by Radio Suisse Romande ( there is also a composition by Barcos on Barbier's own album Donostia ). Since 1977 he has been teaching guitar in the jazz department of the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique in Geneva; He also directed the school's CPM Jazz Band from 1978 to 1988. Since 1980 he has also taught harmony and jazz history at summer seminars in Latin America.

Since 1979 he has also composed for the theater (especially for the Théâtre du Grütli in Geneva) and television. In 1985 he founded the group Guacango with Daisy Auvray , which appeared from trio to nonet formation until 1995 and performed in Swiss jazz clubs and at the Montreux Jazz Festival and other festivals in Switzerland and France. Later the albums Pictures of Love (1999) and Souffle de vie (2001) were created in a duo with Daisy Auvray Barcos . In 2009 he founded his Jazz Guitar Quartet . He also wrote chamber and choral music. His music is shaped by the cultures of South and North America and Europe.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Jean-Luc Barbier joue les compositions de George Barcos
  2. ↑ portrait
personal data
SURNAME Barcos, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian jazz guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Bogotá