BIO
“An artist who not only masters the colours, range and technique of the instrument, but who tells a story, captivates, and reveals that with sound one can paint countless images” (Xavier Seguí, Menorca Es Diari).
Winner of both First Prize and the Audience Award at the 58th Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition, his career has been further distinguished by top prizes at major international competitions, including the Andrés Segovia International Guitar Competition, the Fernando Sor International Guitar Competition, the Juventudes Musicales de España Permanent Competition, the Ciudad de Guimarães International Competition and the Changsha International Guitar Festival, as well as numerous audience awards that attest to his strong impact in performance.
He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as the Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (RTVE), the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, the Córdoba Orchestra, the Youth Orchestra of the Community of Madrid, the Castellón Orchestra and AUKSO Orchestra, collaborating with conductors including Christian Karlsen, Salvador Vázquez, Martin Pantaleev, Jordi Francés, José Luis Temes, David Fernández Caravaca, Beatriz Fernández, Juan Pablo Valencia, Marek Moś and Maximino Zumalave.
His international activity has taken him to leading venues and festivals across Europe, the United States, Latin America and Africa, including Kings Place in London, Indiana University, Teatro Monumental in Madrid, Cape Town City Hall, Uppsala Concert & Congress Hall, Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito in the Dominican Republic, Auditorio de Galicia and Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, among others.
His recording project Crystal, awarded the Melómano de Oro, redefines the album format through a unified conception in which improvisation underpins and connects the entire musical discourse. Critics have highlighted an approach in which technique ceases to be an end in itself and is placed at the service of a deeper musical idea, consolidating a singular artistic statement that transcends the traditional repertoire and positions the guitar within a realm of living creation.
“Álvaro Toscano displayed sensitivity and elegance in his approach to Rodrigo’s Concierto. Lively and spirited in the opening allegro, he delivered eloquent flourishes with a subtle flamenco touch, showcasing his aptitude for color and virtuosity.”
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SCHEDULE
January 9 | Madrid, Spain (“Crystal” Presentation on Radio Clásica)
January 26 | Vitoria, Spain (Masterclass)
January 27 | Vitoria, Spain (Solo Recital)
March 5 & 6 | Córdoba, Spain (Masterclass)
May 14 | National Academy of Music, Sofia, Bulgaria (Solo Recital)
May 26 | Jaén, Spain (Solo Recital)
June 25 | Clasclas Festival, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 24–28 | Elche, Spain (Masterclass)
July 29 | Elche, Spain (Solo Recital)
August 3 | Granada, Spain (Solo Recital)
August 6 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 8 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 10 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 13 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 15 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 17 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 20 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 22 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 24 | Vienna, Austria (Solo Recital)
August 30 | Benicàssim, Spain (Solo Recital and CD Release)
September 30 | Lucena, Córdoba, Spain (Solo Recital)
October 10 | The Hague Guitar Society, Netherlands (Solo Recital)
November 2 | Sala Turina, Seville, Spain (Solo Recital)
November 7 | Guadarrama, Spain (Escuela Bolera & Spanish Guitar)
November 24 | Socuéllamos, Spain (Luigi Boccherini Quintet)
Aquí tienes la traducción completa de todos los años formateada de manera clara y coherente para tu web:
2025
February 3 & 4 | Masterclass at Conservatori Superior de Música de Jaén, Spain
February 15 | Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain
February 20–26 | Masterclass at Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Córdoba, Spain
April 10–14 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Solo Recital & Masterclass)
April 17 | London, England (Masterclass)
April 18 | London, England (Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar)
April 19 | London, England (Solo Recital)
April 25 | CEDRO AWARDS 2025 (Solo Recital)
April 26 | Toledo, Spain (Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar)
May 9 | MADRILEÑA (Featuring Cristina Cazorla, Nacho Carnota & Mariví Blasco)
June 6 | Córdoba, Spain (Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar)
June 29 | Tenerife, Spain (Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar)
July 4 | BBVA Foundation, Madrid, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 9 | Córdoba Guitar Festival, Spain (“Concierto del Sur” by M. Ponce with the OJC)
July 19 | Socuéllamos, Ciudad Real, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 21 | Ciutadella, Menorca, Spain (Solo Recital)
August 15 | El Barraco, Ávila, Spain (Solo Recital)
September 11 | Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, South Africa (“Concierto de Aranjuez”)
September 19 | Málaga, Spain (Solo Recital)
September 26 | Cáceres, Spain (Solo Recital)
December 3 & 4 | Castellón, Spain (CD Recording)
December 30 | Ateneo de Madrid, Spain (With Cristina Cazorla)
2024
January 21 | International Fashion Week, Seville, Spain (Solo Recital)
February 21 | Ateneo Musical Mirandés, Burgos, Spain (Solo Recital)
March 18–20 | Professional Conservatory of Music of Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain (Masterclass)
March 28 | Washington D.C., USA (Solo Recital)
April 2 | Indiana University, USA (Solo Recital)
April 12 | Casa de Granada, Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, Madrid, Spain (With Cristina Cazorla)
April 17 | “Rafael Orozco” Higher Conservatory of Music, Córdoba, Spain (Lecture / Q&A)
May 17 | Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Spain (“Concertino Op. 72” by Salvador Bacarisse with RTVE Symphony Orchestra)
May 23 | Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, Spain (“Concierto de Aranjuez” by Joaquín Rodrigo with the ROSS)
May 25 | Madrid Guitar Festival, Spain (Solo Recital)
June 2 | Juan March Foundation, Madrid, Spain (Solo Recital)
June 3 | Juan March Foundation, Madrid, Spain (Solo Recital)
June 4 | Tampere, Finland (Solo Recital)
June 5 | Tampere, Finland (Uppsala Guitar Quartet)
June 11–16 | Tour with the Córdoba Orchestra (“Concierto de Aranjuez” by J. Rodrigo)
June 17 | MADRILEÑA, Madrid, Spain (Featuring Cristina Cazorla, Nacho Carnota & Mariví Blasco)
June 19 | Úbeda Festival, Jaén, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 25 | Petrer, Alicante, Spain (Uppsala Guitar Quartet)
August 1 | “La Playlist de Julio Romero”, Córdoba, Spain (With soprano María Alonso)
August 3 | Yátova, Valencia, Spain. “Mediterráneo Eterno” (With soprano Mariví Blasco)
August 10 | Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, Castropol, Asturias, Spain (With Cristina Cazorla)
August 21 | Noches del Castillo, La Herradura, Granada, Spain (Solo Recital)
September 8 | Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain (“Concierto de Aranjuez” by J. Rodrigo with JORCAM)
September 13 | Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Spain (“Concierto de Aranjuez” by J. Rodrigo)
September 14 | Puente Genil, Córdoba, Spain (“Concierto de Aranjuez” by J. Rodrigo with the OQC)
September 15 | Pedroche, Córdoba, Spain (“Concierto de Aranjuez” by J. Rodrigo with the OQC)
October 8 | Teatro Lux, Guatemala City, Guatemala (Solo Recital)
October 10–13 | San José, Costa Rica (Solo Recital & Masterclass)
October 14 | National Theatre, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Solo Recital)
October 22 | ESMUC (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya), Barcelona, Spain (Solo Recital)
November 6 | Seville International Guitar Festival, Spain (Solo Recital)
November 30 | MADRILEÑA, Mejorada del Campo, Spain (Featuring Cristina Cazorla, Nacho Carnota & Mariví Blasco)
December 12 & 13 | Masterclass at Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears, Spain
2023
February 21 | Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, Spain (Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, with Cristina Cazorla)
April 13 | Princess of Girona Foundation Awards at Gran Teatro, Córdoba, Spain
April 14 | Planneo Flamenco Festival, Plaza de Capuchinos, Córdoba, Spain
April 26 | Performance at CEDRO Awards 2023, Spain
May 19 | Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, Madrid, Spain (With Cristina Cazorla)
May 21 | Centro Niemeyer, Avilés, Asturias, Spain (Solo Recital, “La Guitarra Mística”)
May 27 | Santa Maria A Nova Church, Noia, Spain (Morning) (With violinist Nacho Carnota)
May 27 | Santa Maria A Nova Church, Noia, Spain (Afternoon) (With violinist Nacho Carnota)
May 28 | Liceo de Noia, Galicia, Spain (With violinist Nacho Carnota)
July 2 | Espacio Ronda, Madrid, Spain (Directed by Ángela Belmar)
July 7 | Córdoba Guitar Festival, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 13 | Serenates d´Estiu, Capdepera, Mallorca, Spain (Solo Recital)
August 5 | Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain (Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, with Cristina Cazorla)
September 7 | Costume Museum (Museo del Traje), Madrid, Spain (Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, with Cristina Cazorla)
September 21 | Teatros del Canal, Madrid, Spain (Premiere of “Madrileña”)
September 22 | Teatros del Canal, Madrid, Spain (Premiere of “Madrileña”)
September 28 | Uppsala, Sweden (“Concierto Andaluz” by Joaquín Rodrigo with Swedish Chamber Orchestra)
September 29 | Uppsala, Sweden (Uppsala Guitar Quartet)
November 19 | “Concertino Op. 72” by Salvador Bacarisse with Ciutat D´Eivissa Symphony Orchestra, Ibiza, Spain
December 16 | Spanish Guitar Society, Madrid, Spain (Solo Recital)
2022
January 13 | León, Spain (Solo Recital)
February 19 | Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain (Solo Recital)
March 4 | Reus, Tarragona, Spain (Solo Recital)
April 6 | Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain (Solo Recital)
April 26 | CEDRO Awards 2022, Spain (Solo Recital)
April 29 | Association of Dance Professionals in the Community of Madrid, Spain (Solo Recital)
May 15 | Martorell, Barcelona, Spain (Solo Recital)
June 9 | Chicago, Illinois, USA (Solo Recital & Masterclass)
July 12 | Teatro Principal, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 13 | San Francisco Church, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 14 | “Concerto Op. 99 No. 1” by M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco with Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
July 15 | Liceo de Noia, A Coruña, Spain (With Nacho Carnota)
July 24 | Peregrinos Musicales Festival, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 27 | Calella de Palafrugell, Girona, Spain (Solo Recital)
July 28 & 29 | Elche, Alicante, Spain (Masterclass)
August 12 | Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania (Solo Recital)
August 14–16 | Târgu Mureș, Romania (Solo Recital & Masterclass)
September 10 | Centro Flamenco de Madrid, Spain (With dancer Cristina Cazorla)
October 14 | Sorolla Museum, Madrid, Spain (With violinist Miquel Muñiz)
October 22 | Casino de Madrid, Spain (With dancer Cristina Cazorla)
November 4 & 5 | Elda, Alicante, Spain (Solo Recital)
November 11–15 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Solo Recital & Masterclass)
December 15 | Almuñécar, Granada, Spain
December 16 | Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Spain
2021
April 23 | Caja Badajoz Cultural Center, Mérida, Spain (Solo Recital)
June 3 | Cáceres Musical Association, Cáceres, Spain (Solo Recital)
June 6 | Cajasol Foundation Theatre, Seville, Spain (Synestha Guitar Duo)
June 25 | Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, Perro Paco, Madrid, Spain (With dancer Cristina Cazorla)
July 3 | Ribeira Sacra Guitar Festival, Monforte de Lemos, Spain (Synestha Guitar Duo)
July 10 | Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, Perro Paco, Madrid, Spain (With dancer Cristina Cazorla)
July 21–25 | “José Tomás Villa de Petrer” International Guitar Festival, Spain (Eurostrings Guitar Competition)
August 9 | Cádiz, Spain (Solo Recital)
August 15 | Cervantes House Museum, Valladolid, Spain (Solo Recital)
August 17 | Casa de la Juventud, Córdoba, Spain (Synestha Guitar Duo)
September 24 | Valls, Tarragona, Spain (Solo Recital)
September 25 | Moià, Barcelona, Spain (Solo Recital)
September 26 | La Bisbal d’Empordà, Girona, Spain (Solo Recital)
September 27 | Sarajevo International Guitar Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Solo Recital)
October 3 | Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real, Spain (Solo Recital)
October 14–16 | Uppsala International Guitar Festival, Sweden (Solo Recital & Masterclass)
October 20–24 | London International Guitar Festival, England (Solo Recital & Masterclass)
November 3–7 | Novum Generatio International Guitar Festival, Romania (Solo Recital & Masterclass)
November 25 | Spanish Bolera School & Spanish Guitar, Perro Paco, Madrid, Spain (With dancer Cristina Cazorla)
December 18 | Lugo, Spain (Solo Recital)
MEDIA
VIDEOS
RECORDINGS
Crystal is born from fragility: from the silence that transforms into sound. Between form and its dissolution, the guitar draws a suspended, transparent, and vulnerable space.
Horizon is born from a century of memory: from the romantic guitar awakening its infinite colors. Between the lyricism of Sor, the delicacy of Tárrega, and the nobility of Ponce, the instrument shapes an intimate, noble, and transparent atmosphere.