Javier Vaquero is a Catalan multi-instrumentalist who plays Flamenco, acoustic & electric guitar alongside banjo, mandola & ukulele. Although specialising in Flamenco Fusion, Javier is equally at home with Jazz, Blues, Rock, Latin, Afro and Traditional Flamenco.

Having played with many outstanding musicians on the national scene (Carles Benavent and Jorge Prado inter alia) , Javier has also performed at festivals both national and international (e.g. Girona Jazz, Kaluga "World of Guitar" and Moscow's Flamenco Festival)

Winner of the 2nd Yamaha Guitar Hero competition organised by Yamaha Ibérica and I.M.T (Madrid Institute of Music & Technology), he has likewise been rated by "Acordes de Flamenco" magazine as one of Catalonia's prime Flamenco exponents.

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