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Biography
Mark Taylor is an international recording artist and performer
specializing in flamenco and Spanish classical music. He performs
throughout the west coast as a soloist as well as in ensemble with such
notable flamenco dance companies as “La Tania”, “Sangre Brava”, “Las
Ramas” and Aire Flamenco in venues
such as the Kuumbwa Jazz Center (Santa Cruz), Cal Neva’s “Sinatra
Theater” (Lake Tahoe) The Cowell Theater (San Francisco) The Hults
Center (Eugene, Or.) The Las Vegas Guitar Society, The Healdsburg
Guitar Festival, The Petaluma Summer Music Festival, The Stony Point
Concert Series, The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and the Santa
Barbara Flamenco Festival.Mark began his study of classical guitar in 1980 at the Santa Rosa Junior College earning a music degree and was awarded the first Julia Harp Scholarship for music performance at Sonoma State University. He received private instruction with Kirby Wilkerson, and Phillip Roshegar, and master classes with Vladimir Mikulka, and Deborah Marrioti. He has performed in many renaissance and baroque chamber ensembles yet it was his love of Spanish music that inspired him to travel to Spain.
Mark studied flamenco guitar extensively in Spain over a period of 15 years learning the art of solo guitar as well as accompaniment of song and dance style. He has studied in Seville, Granada, Jerez, and Madrid with such great artists and teachers as Mario Escudero, Carlos Heredia (Seville), “El Carbonero” (Jerez), Roman Martin, and at the famous Amor de Dios dance studio (Madrid). He returned to the U.S. to form “Aire Flamenco” music and dance company with singer Jaime del Rio, and maintains a busy teaching and performing schedule. He has taught workshops at The Healdsburg Guitar Festival (published in “Acoustic Guitar” magazine), La Tania’s “Flamenco in the Redwoods” (Mendocino), The Las Vegas Guitar Society, and The Taos Flamenco Dance Company. He has been Interviewed on RNE, Spanish National Radio (Madrid). And KQED San Francisco Public Radio on Forum hosted by Michael Krazny.
Mark Taylor’s combined experience in classical and flamenco guitar makes him a strong and dynamic performer of the classical repertoire while providing an approach to flamenco that is rhythmically vibrant, passionate and true to the essence of the many styles and forms he interprets. Taylor also performs in a variety of flamenco ensembles with guitars, percussion, flute, laud and voice as well as dance performances with his “Aire Flamenco” dance company.
With over half a million plays, Mark was the #1 flamenco artist on the original MP3.com. Now available on CD, his three recordings: Pena y Alegria, Caminos Flamencos, and Flamenco Classico, reflect his passion and dedication to the music and culture of Spain.
About Flamenco Music by Mark Taylor
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