Pablo Sáinz Villegas (born 16 June 1977) is a Spanish

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ist. He was born in

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in La Rioja Province and began his musical studies there before going on to an international career. Among his awards was the 2008 Critical Eye Award in classical music. In 2018, he was signed by the

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label. His first recording for Sony was ''Volver'' with

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, a collection of Iberian and Latin American songs. The production also involved arranger conductor and pianist Nazareno Andorno.Cullingford, Martin (1 February 2018)
"Sony Classical signs new guitarist"
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''. Retrieved 15 October 2018 Villegas has been based in New York City since 2001.

Discography

* 2004: ''Guitar Recital'' * 2013: ''Histoire du Tango'' - with

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* 2015: ''Americano'' * 2018: ''Volver'' – with

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) * 2020: ''Soul of Spanish Guitar'' (Sony Classical) * 2023: ''The Blue Album'' (Sony Classical)

References

External links

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Artist's page
at

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