FOR those who love guitar music, particularly flamenco jazz and spellbinding six string sounds that border on classical and pop, then Eduardo Niebla is a must.

His range is quite staggering, and the fleet fingered virtuoso and composer presents his amazing repertoire of stunning flamenco jazz with guitarist Matthew Robinson at Ulverston's Coronation Hall, on Friday, February 8 (7.30pm).

Born in Tangiers, Morocco, in 1955 to Andalucian parents, in 1960 political unrest forced the family to move and they settled in Girona, Catalunya Spain. It was a hard upbringing but having taught himself to play the guitar it became Eduardo’s refuge, and he started accompanying his sister Pilar reading poetry on the radio and creating teenage bands. At 18 he formed the cult symphonic rock band Atila and turned professional, moving to Paris in 1975 where he collaborated with conceptual artist Jaume Xifra. In 1978 Eduardo moved to London to follow a solo career, starting out as a member of Mother Gong. During the 1980s he met legendary producer Tom Newman, who lent him his first recording equipment, and saxophonist Lol Coxhill, who he performed with at Ronnie Scotts. With Lol and a host of other top classical, jazz and pop musicians, he formed his new band, recording his fifth album Towards the Sun.

It was an extremely exploratory period for Eduardo, composing orchestral works and music for film, as well as collaborating with poets and writers Fran Landesman and Mike Horivitz. He also met kindred spirit Antonio Forcione and together were repeatedly named as the best guitar duo on the European circuit. They supported Barclay James Harvest on their 1990 European stadiums tour and released five albums from 1984-1992.

Fast forward to 2010-2011 and commissions continued for Eduardo with an invitation by the highly regarded Dante String Quartet to perform in Cornwall; together they performed Eduardo’s works for guitar and string quartet. In 2017 Eduardo was commissioned to write a new composition for his Hull City of Culture 2017 project From Tree to Sea celebrating the East Riding region. Eduardo’s latest compositions are featured on his Las Olas de Niebla album (2018), dedicated to his brother, the acclaimed artist Jose Niebla.

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