Born in 1976 in Caracas,Venezuela.Son of galician emigrants that returned back to Spain in 1989. Like any boy, his passion was soccer. He was skilled enough to represent Venezuela in a Youth International Soccer Festival in Colorado when he was 9 years old. In Spain, his maturing talent caught the attention of Celta de Vigo and his professional soccer career started in 1992. At the same time he became interested in music. Listening to recordings of guitar maestros like Paco de Lucia, Django Reinhardt and Joe Pass, he was captivated by the sounds and rhythms of the recordings, and an overwhelming passion to learn guitar.In 1997,he studied classical guitar at Malleusis Conservatory in Vigo. In 2000 he moved to Santiago de Compostela to study Professional diploma at Studio Escola de Musica (composition, improvisation), as well as Master classes with Pat Metheny, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jorge Pardo and Barry Harris. He was awarded a scholarship from A.I.E(Society of Artist and Performances of Spain) to attend Berklee College of Music.He graduated in 2005 "Magna Cum laude" in professional Music. Michel is a current member of "Equatorial",Alex Alvear’ most recently work based on original compositions and arrangements inspired in traditional Ecuadorian music adding jazz, bossa nova, rock and tango elements to create a new approach to Ecuadorian music, "Peru Mestizo", a Boston-based group that represents Peruvian culture through music and dance and "Gregorio Uribe y su Orquesta" 15-piece band that plays Gregorio’s original songs as well as his arrangements of Colombian traditional music. Other high lights includes "Boston Latino International Festival", "The Tito Puente Latin Music Series", "Jazz Revelation Records", Opening act "Paquito D’ Rivera" and "Tribute to Sheila E". Michel started to perform with International artist such as Mili Bermejo, Oscar Stagnaro, Mark Walker, Martha Gomez, Luisito Quintero among others. Michel’s compositions are full of influences from jazz to Latin -American music. His versatility and musicality have allowed him to work in Spain Portugal, Puerto Rico, Mexico,Washington and New York City. He recently had recorded with Kaymi,his first jazz trio project "Where the soul is hidden,Latin-American rhythms mix with jazz improvisations. He is working on his new solo project called "Guitar and Company"
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