RHYTHMIC MELODY
Articulation as a fundamental constituent element of the tango language
TIME-MARKING MODELS
The roles of the guitar in its many functions and contexts. Types of toques
Sebastián
Henríquez
GUITARRISTA | PRODUCTOR | DOCENTE
Biography
Es author of the book "The Guitar in Tango" part of the Tango Method collection (Tango Sin Fin – 2018), with reviews by Pat Metheny, César Angeleri and Berta Rojas.
Winner of the Latin Grammy 2022, in the category Best Classical Music Album, as producer of the album "Legado" by Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas.
He is guitarist of Pedro Aznar's band, of the "Quinteto Bataraz", nominated "Latin Grammy 2018" "WOMEX Selection 2016", winner of the National Fund for the Arts award and two Gardel Awards 2015; winner of the FNA award; and of Cesar Angeleri's Quartet. As a session musician he works daily with producers Juan Blas Caballero, Cachorro Lopez and Popi Spatocco.
As a session guitarist he has recorded on more than 50 albums including recordings for: Pedro Aznar, Natalia Lafourcade, Ricardo Montaner, and has performed live and recorded alongside Pedro Aznar, Guillermo Fernández, Julia Zenko, Hernán Lucero, La Bruja Salguero,
Es teacher at the Argentine Music program at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín and at the Tango and Folklore program of the Manuel de Falla Superior Conservatory of Music, the same Conservatory from which he graduated. He is part of the teaching team of "Tango for Musicians" with whom he gives international workshops every year (USA / Austria / Germany / Colombia)
FUNDAMENTAL METHOD TO LEARN TO PLAY TANGO
The Guitar in tango Sebastián Henríquez.
EXPRESSIVE MELODY
Fraseo and ornamentation as essential expressive devices
Also
milonga and vals, connecting passages, guidelines for playing in a tango ensemble, the history of the guitar in tango, tango orchestra styles, and more
8 ORIGINAL WORKS
for guitar and ensemble.
350 examples
in audio and video
DISCOGRAFIA SOLISTA
Solo. Sebastián Henríquez.
"Solo" is the first instrumental music album for solo guitar by Sebastián Henríquez.
It is an album with 10 pieces, including 3 original compositions and 7 arrangements spanning Argentine folklore, tango and Brazilian popular music.
All songs were arranged for guitar by Sebastián Henríquez. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered during February and March 2023 at Estudio Panacea by Alejandro Saro.
The cover art is a digital collage created by Sebastián Henríquez from iterations with MidJourney, an AI image generation tool.