Thomas Lorenzo

Thomas Lorenzo
Lorenzo performing Gran Teatro de Huelva 2004
Background information
Born (1964-01-11) 11 January 1964
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Jazz, world music, Latin jazz, flamenco
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1989–present
Labels Barcelona, Ottomani
Website www.thomaslorenzo.com

Thomas Lorenzo (born 11 January 1964) is a guitarist, composer, record producer, and music theorist.

Biography

He is the son of Spanish immigrants that left behind fascism in the 1950s to start a new life in Australian democracy. He started playing the classical guitar at the age of ten in a musical environment based on traditional Spanish music and the Australian rock and pop scene of the 1970s. When Francisco Franco, the Spanish dictator, died and democracy was reinstalled in Spain, the family returned to Barcelona.

In Barcelona he studied at the L'Aula de Musica del Conservatorio del Liceu. As a composer he has received the commission by the UK national arts lottery in 1997 to compose the suite called The Immigrant, which premiered at the Paul McCartney Auditorium in Liverpool, England.[1]

In 1992 he graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, having studied commercial arranging under the supervision of Grammy Award winner Robert Freedman. He has taught at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, L'Aula de Musica Moderna y Jazz del Conservatorio de Liceo, and the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo.[2]

He is the author of a textbook on arranging and orchestration commissioned by the S.G.A.E, El Arreglo un Puzzle de Expresión Musical 2005.

Discography

Cover art of Spanish Breeze, featuring a drawing of Thomas Lorenzo, Alphonso Johnson, Walfredo Reyes, Jr., and David Garfield
Cover art of Spanish Breeze
  • El Deseo (Ottomani, 2000)
  • Espacio, (Ottomani, 2001)
  • Juego de Almas (Ottomani, 2003)[3]
  • Spanish Breeze (Barcelona Music, 2009) with Alphonso Johnson on bass, Walfredo Reyes, Jr. on drums, Dave Garfield on piano, and engineered by Bruce Sugar.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Putx, Donat (25 September 1997). "Thomas Lorenzo lleva al Mercat de Musica Viva de Vic la suite "The immigrant"" (PDF). hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Thomas Lorenzo". All About Jazz. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Lorenzo | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Spanish Breeze - Thomas Lorenzo Quartet | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2017.


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