Ricardo Gallén
Classical guitarist Ricardo Gallén was born in Linares, Jaén, Spain on March 12, 1972. He began playing the guitar at the age of four and performed in public for the first time a year later. He began studying classical guitar at the Conservatory of Music in Cordoba, Spain at the age of 10. He continued his studies at the Conservatories of Jaén, Madrid, Granada, and Cordoba. He also attended several universities to study ancient music as well as guitar. Signing to Naxos Records, he released his debut album, Guitar Recital, in 2000. The album became one of the best-selling albums for the label in 2001. Ricardo Gallén began his teaching career and served as a professor at Ramon Llull University in Spain from 2001 to 2006. He also taught at several other schools including Mozarteum University of Salzburg (2004-2009), the University of Extremadura, Spain (2005-2013), and others. In between teaching jobs, he continued to give recitals, either solo, in duets, or with orchestras all over the world. He continued his recording career with albums such as Variations Fanchon, Folies D'Espagne, Tancreddi with Mauro Giuliani (2002), Bach: Complete Lute Works (2013), Sor: Guitar Sonatas (2014), Estampas Latinas (2017), En Silencio (2018), and Guitar Sonatas with Leo Brouwer (2019).
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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En Silencio
Classical - Released by Eudora Records on 16 Mar 2018
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Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez / Concierto Andaluz (Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 2)
Ricardo Gallén, EntreQuatre Guitar Quartet, Orquesta Sinfonica Del Principado De Asturias, Maximiano Valdés
Classical - Released by Naxos on 20 Oct 2002
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Airs Varies / Reverie, Op. 19 / MERTZ
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 May 2005
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Sor: Guitar Sonatas
Classical - Released by Eudora Records on 12 May 2014
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Brouwer : Guitar Sonatas
Classical - Released by IBS Classical on 16 Aug 2019
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Bach: Complete Lute Works
Classical - Released by Sunnyside on 4 Jun 2013
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Giuliani : Variations
Classical - Released by Naxos on 15 Jun 2002
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Guitar Recital: Ricardo Gallen
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 2000
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Rodrigo: Concierto Madrigal / Concierto Para Una Fiesta (Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 5)
Joaquín Clerch, Ricardo Gallén, Orquesta Sinfonica Del Principado De Asturias, Maximiano Valdés
Concertos - Released by Naxos on 21 Jan 2003
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Estampas Latinas: Villalobos, Brouwer & Ponce
Ricardo Gallén, Joan Pàges, Ensemble Iberoamericano
Concertos - Released by Adlib Musicmx on 11 Nov 2018
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Prelude Nº 4, Op. 28
Ricardo Gallén, Pedro Mateo González
Classical - Released by Knobloch Strings - La Buhardilla Records on 16 Jun 2023
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Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Ricardo Gallén, EntreQuatre Guitar Quartet, Orquesta Sinfonica Del Principado De Asturias, Maximiano Valdés
Classical - Released by 2xHD on 4 Feb 2014
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En Silencio
Classical - Released by Eudora Records on 16 Mar 2018
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Sor: Guitar Sonatas
Classical - Released by Eudora Records on 12 May 2014
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo