First, I would like to thank Alejandro Hurtado García His friendship. Also, his availability, attention, and collaboration in granting me an interview, or rather, a wonderful conversation about what we are both passionate about. Thank you, Alejandro, for delighting us with your guitar and for being there for us.
Alejandro Hurtado García is a guitarist with classical and flamenco training. He was born in San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, in 1994. His parents Francis Hurtado y Juana Garcia They complete their family along with their older brother, Francisco.
His first musical experiences began at the age of nine. He was interested in classical guitar, as well as the music of the bands his brother saw in music videos. Before long, along with a good friend, Alejandro enrolled in lessons with the maestro. Marco UcedaHe is also interested in traditional music and flamencoa guitar discipline he has maintained to this day. It is his rapid musical and technical evolution that is so surprising about Alejandro.
He then enters the Vicente Lillo Cánovas Professional Conservatory of Music and DanceHe completed his studies there from 2005 to 2013. The professor studied there. Raúl Juan RuizAnd at the same time, he studies with Pedro Alarcón flamenco guitar, and modern harmony with Roberto SabaterWe also mentioned his training with David Cerreduela and with Arturo Cerreduela, El NaniFrom whom he learns the secrets of the Caño Roto guitar. His classical training leaves an extraordinary clarity of execution in his playing.
His fascination with flamenco guitar leads him to delve into the intricacies of this discipline. Therefore, and due to his inquisitive nature, he also takes courses with flamenco guitarists. flamencos the size of Manolo Sanlucar, José Antonio Rodríguez, the old man, Juan Manuel Canizares, Rafael Riqueni, Mayan Jerome, Manolo Franco o Joseph Louis MontonAmong others. He was so influenced by flamenco guitar that he enrolled in the advanced degree program in Flamenco Guitar in Córdoba. Rafael Orozco Higher Conservatory alongside teachers like Paco Serrano y Manolo FrancoBut he hasn't forgotten classical guitar, which he continues to explore with his teacher. Pablo BarónShe completed these studies with honors and received an end-of-degree award in 2017. She then enrolled in the Superior School of Music of Catalonia to pursue the Master's degree in Flamencologia. And he finishes it with the same grades.
"His hands glide across an ebony neck, creating harmonies of admirable flamenco artistry. He plays melodies that transport you from that barber's touch to the present day. Strumming, thumb picks, fingerpicking, tremolos, and arpeggios touch your soul. Not only because of his breathtaking technical precision, but also because of the delicate and gentle care he gives his guitar."
Alejandro possesses unparalleled talent. Since the age of twelve, he has won various guitar awards, accolades that reflect his extensive work developing his instrument. His technique is extraordinary: clean, flamenco, and elegant. He possesses a powerful, sensitive, and genuine expressiveness. His compositional ability is unmatched. He is a perfectly suited concert guitarist, demonstrating a sublime work ethic and a mastery of classical and classical musical language. flamenco as admirable as it is exceptional.
Despite Alejandro's inclination towards solo guitar, throughout his career he has accompanied figures of the stature of Mayte Martín, Miguel Poveda, Inmaculada Salomón, Rubén Olmo, Patricia Guerrero, Belén Maya, David Pino, Raquel Kurpershoek or Bonela HijoIn addition to performing, he made recordings with some of these artists between 2017 and 2023.
He delights audiences with his performances and concerts throughout Spain and internationally: France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Romania, the USA, and Croatia. Apart from the Flamenco New York Festival, Cordoba Guitar Festival, Granada International Guitar Festival, Circle Flamenco of Madrid, Le Temps des Guitares Festival of Puy l'Évêque in France, Suma Flamenca of Madrid, Noche Blanca of Flamenco from Cordoba, Festival Flamenco On Fire in Pamplona, the Seville Guitar Festival, the 20 Times Pablo Cycle at the Picasso Museum in Malaga, the Voll-Damm Jazz Festival in Barcelona, or the Art Biennial Flamenco of Sevilla.
In turn, it delights with works by the composer Joaquín Rodrigo such as Concert of Aranjuez, Fantasy for a Gentleman, Also your Gipsy Concert Sabicas – Cofiner, in venues such as the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Auditori in Barcelona, the Auditorio de Zaragoza, and the Gran Teatro in Córdoba. In his numerous galas, he evokes the flamenco guitar tradition with works by Ramón Montoya, Niño Ricardo, Sabicas, Mario Escudero or Manolo de HuelvaHe has even played guitars belonging to the aforementioned guitarists. Guitars of Domingo Esteso o Santos Hernández.
Among their solo recordings, we highlight Masters of Classical Art Flamenco brand in 2022 Sieve in 2023, and a new gem in 2025, The First CryHowever, he does the guitar transcriptions for the album Catharsis de Paco SerranoAnd the touches of the book-CD Paco de Lucena in 2023.
Through his own merits, he has won several awards: third prize at the José Tomás International Guitar Competition in Petrer in 2006, first prize at the Veo Veo Awards of the Valencian Community and third prize nationally at the Veo Veo Awards, both in 2008. And more: first prize at the XII and XVI Young Performers Competition of San Vicente del Raspeig in 2009 and 2013, second prize at the Niño Ricardo International Flamenco Guitar Competition in Murcia in 2010, first prize in 2014 at the XVI National Flamenco Guitar Competition for Young Performers of the Provincial Council of Jaén, and first prize Vicente Amigo at the Young Performers Competition flamencos of Cordoba in 2015… In 2017 he obtained the prestigious Bordon Minero of the International Festival of Cante from the Union Mines. And in 2023, the Premio expoflamenco for Best Album Flamenco.
Alejandro is a simple and friendly person. He tells me about his first professional job in the Company of Joseph Sorianoand how, with Mayte Martín, she became aware of the entire professional network within the flamencoHe explains with joy how the guitar is a working instrument, but that each guitar brings something different to his life depending on the moment. Among his guitars, he recalls one made by the luthier José Ángel ChacónThen came a Hermanos Conde in 2008, from the store on Felipe V street, the Sobrinos de Domingo Esteso from 1974 or its current Pepe Romero of 2024. But she fondly remembers one Manuel Reyes from 1987 that he gave her Payo UmbertoApart from Santos Hernández de Montoya and Manolo de Huelva.
"El Primer Llanto is a work in which he embodies everything he is: his personality, his music. He gives the guitar center stage with elements and resources he masters like no other. Without artifice, Alejandro constructs his flamenco truth—deep, rooted, and with a contemporary touch. He draws us closer to an eminently majestic musicality."
For Alejandro, the knowledge of the classical guitar within the guitarist flamenco It is fundamental, given the contribution of musical elements that aid in the performance and composition of works. Not forgetting the compositional resources it provides. In this dialogue, he refers to the compositional methods of Mario Escudero and Stephen of Sanlucar.
He mentions that for his album Master of Classical Art Flamenco, Faustino Nunez y Estela Zatania They contact the Zayas family. In turn, Carlos Martin Ballester encourages him to return to the Zayas Foundation To learn more about the guitars of Ramón Montoya and Manolo de Huelva. Then it is Rodrigo de Zayas who shows him the guitars. And they see in Alejandro Hurtado the perfect guitarist to make a recording, not only with works by the two masters, but with his guitars by Santos Hernández. Thus, on May 17, 2022, together with the Zayas family, the recording of this sublime and exquisite flamenco work begins.
SieveTheir second album is put on hold to record Master of Classical Art FlamencoBut as he continued, Alejandro poured out everything he had inside. It's an essential piece for every guitarist. flamencoThe most traditional flamenco elements are fused with technical evolution. Within this work, an accessible musical language is blended with cadences and passages of stratospheric flamenco quality.
And as if that weren't enough, in 2025 Alejandro Hurtado gives us The First CryThis work embodies his entire being: his personality, his music. He gives the guitar center stage, using elements and resources he masters like no other. Without any artifice, Alejandro constructs his flamenco truth—deep, rooted, and with a contemporary touch. He draws us into a profoundly majestic musicality.
Alejandro is a down-to-earth and approachable person. From his guitar flow rivers of music, somewhere between classical and modern. flamencoHe is able to transmit his passion for the guitar from stage to stage. His hands glide across an ebony neck, creating harmonies of admirable flamenco essence. He plays melodies that transport you from that barber's touch to the present day. Strumming, thumb picks, fingerpicking, tremolos, and arpeggios touch your soul. Not only because of his breathtaking technical precision, but also because of the delicate and gentle touch he gives to his guitar. And therefore, he gives us, his listeners. But don't miss the opportunity to visit the stage of expoflamencoWhere Faustino Nunez redact a magnificent article about The First Cry From Alejandro. Also, my dear Jose Maria Castano He conducts a wonderful interview in the Studio expoflamenco.
Simply thank you, Alejandro. ♦
