Julio Santillan & Sofia Tosello at Terraza 7 Live Music

Julio Santillán is a Barcelona-based composer and guitarist originally from Tucumán, Argentina. His compositions combine elements from his home land folk music, jazz improvisation and classical music. As a composer/arranger he has produced music for documentary films, theater, recordings and live performances for artists around the world.

Recently, Argentinian virtuoso guitarist Victor Villadangos, has included guitar studies from Julio’s Book Cinco Estudios Criollos in his latest CD Guitar Music from Argentina vol. II (Naxos). Julio also produced Colombian singer Marta Gomez’s “Cantos de Agua Dulce”, “Entre Cada Palabra” (Chesky Records) and “La Ronda”- Women of Latin America, “Paula Ausente” – Women of the World (Putumayo Records)...

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Julio Santillán is a Barcelona-based composer and guitarist originally from Tucumán, Argentina. His compositions combine elements from his home land folk music, jazz improvisation and classical music. As a composer/arranger he has produced music for documentary films, theater, recordings and live performances for artists around the world.

Recently, Argentinian virtuoso guitarist Victor Villadangos, has included guitar studies from Julio’s Book Cinco Estudios Criollos in his latest CD Guitar Music from Argentina vol. II (Naxos). Julio also produced Colombian singer Marta Gomez’s “Cantos de Agua Dulce”, “Entre Cada Palabra” (Chesky Records) and “La Ronda”- Women of Latin America, “Paula Ausente” – Women of the World (Putumayo Records). He has recorded and performed with many musicians from Argentina, Boston and New York including Oscar Stagnaro (Paquito D’Rivera), Livingston Taylor, Raúl Carnota, Quique Sinesi, Juan Falú and Sandra Mihanovich. Mr. Santillán has shared the stage with important artists such as Mercedes Sosa, John Mayer, Pablo Ziegler (Astor Piazzolla), Paquito D’Rivera, Bonnie Raitt, Tania Libertad, Diana Krall and Leon Gieco.

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