PEPE JUSTICIA
José Moreno Justicia, ‘Pepe Justicia’ was born in the province of Jaén. At the age of 12 he began to play the guitar in a self-taught way. From the age of 15 he performed with singers from his homeland in Andalusia, in Peñas and Flamenco Festivals, until he moved to Madrid at the age of 19 to enter the professional environment.
From that moment until the present day, he has been performing in Spain and abroad, accompanying flamenco singers and dancers, and later as a concert performer and with his own group.
In 1984 he returned to Andalusia, residing in Granada and later in Jerez de la Frontera, where he continued his career as a soloist or with artists from Jerez as a concert guitarist and with his own group. He also accompanies the most outstanding singers and dancers of Jerez.
He has recorded several Cd's with his own compositions and has collaborated in recordings of different types of music from Classical to Jazz or Pop. Since 2006 he has been a teacher at the Conservatorio Superior de Danza de Málaga.
Pepe Justicia has a long professional career. Since 1979, when he decided to dedicate himself exclusively to the guitar, he has been performing in Spain and abroad.
He has performed in the main flamenco venues in Madrid (Florida Park, Los Canasteros, Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid,...) as well as in Andalusia and the rest of Spain.
Outside Spain he performs in Germany, United Kingdom, France, Holland, Portugal, Andorra, Italy, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Mexico, United States, Venezuela, Caribbean countries, Montecarlo, Morocco, Dubai, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania...
Pepe Justicia has collaborated with many flamenco artists and musicians of different styles. Within the flamenco world he has shared the stage with artists such as Chocolate, Enrique Morente, Rancapino, Turronero, Chano Lobato, El Capullo de Jerez, Perro de Paterna, Curro de Utrera, Gabriel Moreno, La Tati, Mariquilla, Carmen Cortes, Joaquín Grilo, Felipe Campuzano, Gerardo Núñez, Manolo Sanlucar, Nina Corti and a long etcetera.
His musical activities have not only been limited to flamenco, but, interested in other forms of expression, he regularly collaborates with Jazz musicians (Henry Kneuer, Chano Domínguez, Tito Alcedo, J. A. Galicia...), Folk, Pop or Classical (Pepe Justicia regularly collaborates with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Baden-Baden performing among other works the Concierto de Aranjuez) and also in theatrical productions.
Throughout his career, Pepe Justicia has won several awards, including the following:
- Jerez de la Frontera 1987 - FIRST NATIONAL PRIZE FOR FLAMENCO GUITAR.
- Jerez de la Frontera 1999 - FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLAMENCO GUITAR PRIZE
- Hospitalet de Llobregat 1989 - FIRST NATIONAL PRIZE FOR FLAMENCO GUITAR
- Madrid 2003 - NATIONAL CRITICS AWARD FOR BEST FLAMENCO GUITAR DISC OF 2002
To know more about Pepe Justicia, you can follow hit at his social networks:
Instagram: @pepejusticia
Facebook: Pepe Justicia
YouTube:@pepejusticia8242
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