Birth name Thomas Lorenzo Years active 1989–present Also known as Tomas Lorenzo Name Thomas Lorenzo | Instruments guitar, bass, | |
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Born 11 January 1964 (age 60) ( 1964-01-11 ) Role Musician · barcelonamusic.info Genres Jazz, World music, Latin jazz | ||
Occupation(s) Composer, performer | ||
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Thomas Lorenzo (born 11 January 1964) is a guitarist, composer, record producer, and music theorist.
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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. In 1989 he was selected as a finalist at the yearly festival Muestra Nacional de Jóvenes Intérpretes del Ministerio de la Juventud Ibiza, Spain. 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, LIPA, UK, "L'Aula de Musica Moderna y Jazz del Conservatorio de Liceo" and the "Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo". He is also author of the music text book on arranging and orchestration commissioned by the S.G.A.E, El Arreglo un Puzzle de Expresión Musical 2005.
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.