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JUAN CAMACHO LEÓN

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Juan Camacho León

Born in Chiclayo, Peru, started his musical studies in piano at the age of 8 at the Conservatório de Música (Music Conservatory) in his home town. At age 11, he started studying Classical Guitar, having finished his studies at the Escuela Superior de Música of Lambayeque (Superior School of Music of Lambayeque). He studied under the instruction of Maestro António Miñano Bardales and took a training course with japanese Guitarist Ryuhei Kobayashi in Ecuador.
Between 1987 and 1993, Juan Camacho León was appointed as a Professor at the Conservatório Superior de Música de Chiclayo (Superior Conservatory of Music of Chiclayo), where he taught Guitar, Harmony, and Choral Arrangament.
Composer, arranger and improviser .At the same time, he conducted studies of Violoncello, Double Bass and Clarinet, the piano being his second instrument.
In 1989 he won the First Prize at the First National Classical Guitar Competition organized by the Juventudes Musicales del Perú in Lima, having performed numerous concerts, as a soloist throughout his country (Peru) and in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil of Ecuador.
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Classical Guitar, Jazz Guitar

In 1993 Juan Camacho León was invited to become a Guitar Professor at the Conservatorio de Horta (Regional Conservatory of Horta) at Azore Islands (Portugal), and gave concerts in the majority of the Azores islands.
Juan Camacho León has participated in masterclasses with Roland Dyens, David Starobin, David Russell, Costas Cotsiolis, Eduardo Isaac, Roberto Aussell , Hopkinson Smith, Ricardo Gallén , Joaquin Clerch, Carles Trepat y Jesús Castro Balbi . Parallel to his masterclass studies, he has kept up an active life playing Jazz since 1994, and in 2000 has particpated in the International Jazz Festival of Faro..
He was a Professor at the Academia de Lagos (Academy of Lagos) during the years of 2009 and 2017 having not only realised concerts in this city (Lagos) but also in its municipalities such as Lisbon, Braga, Albufeira, Portimão and Faro.
He completed the fifth year of Classical Piano studies in 2004 at the Beja Conservatory and the Bachelor of Music at the Universidade de Évora (University of Évora) in 2006.
Teacher, Musician

Piano

In 2008 he recorded a disc with music for flute and guitar with the peruvian flutist César Peredo at the city of Lima, Peru with the composers Mauro Giuliani and Astor Piazzolla’s original works for flute and guitar.
In August 2013 he performed two important Jazz concerts in Taiwan-China. And during the years 2014/2015 he has been performing recitals and concerts as a soloist in the area of Classical Music and Jazz.
During the 2017/2019 period he worked as a Professor at the Escola da Bemposta-Portimão (School of Bemposta – Portimão).
He is currently a Professor at the Academia de Música Portimão (Portimão Academy of Music) and at the Conservatório Regional Baixo (Alentejo Baixo Alentejo Regional Conservatory).

“Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.”

Louis Armstrong

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Students

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Guitar concerts

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Piano Concerts

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Awards

Professional experience

SUPERIOR CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OF CHICLAYO - TEACHER

January 1987

Between 1987 and 1993, Juan Camacho León was appointed as a Professor at the Conservatório Superior de Música de Chiclayo (Superior Conservatory of Music of Chiclayo), where he taught Guitar, Harmony, and Choral Arrangament. Composer, arranger and improviser .At the same time, he conducted studies of Violoncello, Double Bass and Clarinet, the piano being his second instrument.

FIRST NATIONAL CLASSICAL GUITAR COMPETITION - FIRST PRIZE

July 1989

In 1989 he won the First Prize at the First National Classical Guitar Competition organized by the Juventudes Musicales del Perú in Lima, having performed numerous concerts, as a soloist throughout his country (Peru) and in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil of Ecuador.

DISC - MUSIC FOR FLUTE AND GUITAR

October 2008

In 2008 he recorded a disc with music for flute and guitar with the peruvian flutist César Peredo at the city of Lima, Peru with the composers Mauro Giuliani and Astor Piazzolla’s original works for flute and guitar.

“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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