Enrique Luis López – BIOGRAPHY

Musical Director for Latin ensembles, Latin Guitarist & Tres player, Composer

· 2007 February, Producing CD with Latin singer, Sofia Tosello

· 2005-2006 Numerous performances at Star 64 and Crash Mansion for the Havana Rumba Dance Night

· 2005 Produced Cuban music CD at Spin Studios with his Latin Ensemble with singers Manuel Alejandro Carro and Edith Ramírez

· 2004 Performed live on WKCR tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim on Djasvan’s, “Som Do Brazil” show with singer Karina Zeviani and guitarist Rubens De La Corte

· 2004 Musical Director for Brazilian CD, “Jobim, Etc…”, with singer Yasmin Charnet and pianist David Kikoski

· Nov 2003 “Marta Töpferová”, “Sueño Verde”/”Green Dream” released on Circular Moves/Rykodisc to excellent critical acclaim (originally recorded in 2000)

· 2003 Live performances on Univision with Venezuelan singer Isabela Méndez

· 2002 Produced Bossa-Nova CD for Brazilian Singer Yashmin Charnet

· 2002 Produced Cuban Son & Guajira album with Cuban Singer, Jesús Alvarez

· 2001 Produced folkloric Dominican Music Album for IASO records, Artist: Ubaldo Cabrera, Album: “Tierra Lejana”

· 2000 Composed, arranged and recorded original Latin Music album with Marta López, “Marta & Enrique” for Rykodisc records

· 1998-2000 Faculty Member of The American Institute of Guitar, Taught Latin style guitar

· 1998 Recorded with Oscar DeLeón, “Oscar DeLeón en Nueva York”

· 1997 Resided and performed in Miami, Florida

· 1995-96 Lived and performed in Prague Czech Republic, Featured on various Television Shows, Performed in Bologna, Italy also

· 1994 Flamenco guitar studies in Sevilla, Spain under Paco Del Gastor

· 1992 BA, Music (Liberal Arts), Bard College, Classical Guitar and Music Composition, Composition Studies under Joan Tower and Daron Hagen, Performance Studies with Luis Garcia-Renárt

· 1988-1992 Accompanied flamenco dancers at Bard College

· 1884-1988 Classical/Flamenco Guitar Studies at The American Institute of Guitar. One of three guitarists featured at Carnegie Recital Hall Master class with Flamenco guitar legend Paco Peña

Mr. Lopez is based in New York City and performs an average of 250 times per year with various Latin ensembles playing the nylon string “Spanish” guitar or the Cuban “Tres” guitar. He is on the faculty of the City University of New York and teaches at Medgar Evers College.

In the last 6 years he has performed with:

Bass players:

Víctor Venegas, Juan Carlos Formell, Ray Martinez, Harvie Swartz, Víctor Sánchez, Enrique Bretón, Alex Alvear, Gustavo Amarante, Ze Grey, Jose Rodriguez, Josh Levine, Pedro Giraudo, Gustavo “Chacho” Schartz, Ehud Guy, Nelson Torres, Jennifer Vincent, Patrice Blanchard, Abraham Sienz, Ira Coleman, Leco Brandeis, Jorge Bringas, Carlo Del Pino, Orlando Marín, Alvaro Benavides, Junior Terry, Panagiotis, Gregg August, Mario Rodríguez

Percussionists:

Latin-Roberto Quintero, Willie Martínez, Renato Thoms, Emedín Rivera, Wilson “Chembo” Corniel, Neil Ochoa, Nestor Villar, Peter Basil, Manuel Alejandro Carro, Marvin Diz, Jesus Quintero, Manuel Bizeau, Papilón, Tony De Vivo, Jainardo Bautista, Tito Vásquez, Urbano Sánchez, Carlos Gómez, Guillermo Cárdenas, Igor Baró, Ihan Betancourt, Samuel Torres, Gabriel “Chinchilita” Machado, Román el Rumbero Cubano

Brazilian-Carlos “Caco” De Oliviera, Ze Mauricio, Jorge Amorim, Daniel Vieira

Drum set:

Adam Cruz, Jojo Kuo, Aaron Johnston, & Satoshi Takeishi, Jerome Morris, Emilio Valdes

Accordianist: Víctor Prieto

Brass & Woodwinds:

Juan Colón, Oscar Feldman, Luis Bonilla, Roberto Pitre Vásquez, Ross Schneider, Enrique Fernandez, Guido Gonzalez, Chris Komer, Alicia Rau, Jason Jackson (Sueño Verde CD), Connie Grossman, Sarah Plant (composer), Oscar Oñoz, Octavio Ponce, Mauricio Smith, Miguel Gandeman, Satish, Antoine Dry, Marshall Gilkes, Onel Mulet, Itai Kriss, Steve Grubman, Yosvany Terry

Violinists: Alfredo De La Fe, Jenny Scheinman, Ali Bello, Joe Deninzone, Roland Satterwhite, Eddie Venegas

Cellists: Jennifer Vincent, Eric Friedlander (Sueño Verde CD)

Pianist: David Kikoski, Marcia Castro, Uri Sharlene, Noomi Schartz, Paul Armstrong, Matt Knossos, Deanna Witowski

Guitarists:

Ruben De La Corte (Brazilian), Chris Milletari (Brazilian Jazz), Flamenco Virtuosos “Arian” & Carlos Revollar, Daniel García (Latin), Classical virtuoso Tomás Rodriguez, Paul Abler (Jazz), produced record with Dominican Merengue legend Edilio Paredes, Juancho Herrera, Aaron Halva, David Oquendo, Aquiles Báez

Singers:

Marta Töpferová (World Music)

Milady Merette-Polanco (Dominican/World)

Déborah Áviles (Cuban)

Isabela Méndez (Venezuelan)

Pola Chapelle (Italian Folk)

Sandra Rodriguez (Puerto Rican)

Los Hermanos Citrón (Flamenco)

Yasmin Charnet, (Brazilian)

Karina Zeviani (Brazilian)

Greta Panetieri (Brazilian)

Jesus Alvarez (Cuban)

Ubaldo Cabrera (Dominican)

David “Pez” Wilson (Pop/Vocal)

Edwin Pérez (Puerto Rican)

Edith Ramírez (Venezuelan)

Manuel Alejandro Carro (Cuba)

Menino (Puerto Rico)

Nanny Assis (Brazil)

Luli DeOto (Argentina)

Simone Rossi (Brazil)

Sofia Koutsovitis (Argentina)

Sofia Tosello (Argentina)

Miguel Garcia (Cuba)

Yordámis (Cuba)

Audrey Lee (Jazz)

Danny Rojo (Cuba)

Rebeca Vallejo (Spain)

Ray Rodríguez (Puerto Rico)

José Conde (Cuba)