Flamenco Guitar
Andrea Salcedo is a flamenco guitarist born in Jalisco, Mexico, raised in Chicago, USA, and currently based in Madrid, Spain. She is internationally recognized as the first professional female flamenco guitarist from Mexico and has been cited by the Spanish newspaper El País as an emerging international reference in flamenco guitar.
Salcedo graduated with honors from Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL), earning a Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance under Maestro Fareed Haque. She also holds an Associate in Arts from Morton College (Cicero, IL) and studied at the Merit School of Music in Chicago. Her flamenco studies began in Chicago with Spanish guitarist Jesús de Araceli, in residence with the flamenco company Soul & Duende, founded by dancer and choreographer Azucena Vega. She currently serves as an Artist in Residence at the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago.
Her professional training in Spain includes studies at the Cristina Heeren Foundation of Flamenco Art (Seville) with Eduardo Rebollar, masterclasses at the Guitar Festival of Córdoba with Manolo Sanlúcar, Juan Manuel Cañizares, and Daniel Navarro “Niño de Pura,” and advanced study at the Casa Patas Flamenco Conservatory in Madrid with José Manuel Montoya, and in Caño Roto with Aquilino Jiménez “El Entri”.
Andrea made her artistic debut in Spain at the Ellas Crean Festival 2019 and has since performed at Suma Flamenca 2020, Ellas Crean 2021 (collaborating with jazz musicians Trinidad Jiménez and Ernesto Aurignac), Jerez Off 2021, Flamenco Joven 2021, and the Arles Flamenco Festival (France, 2021).
In 2022, she released her debut album, Fuente y Cauce de la Guitarra Flamenca, recorded and produced by renowned guitarist Jesús de Rosario, and toured the United States presenting it at venues including the Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago), Northern Illinois University, and the Mexican Cultural Institute at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C.
In 2024, she completed the Official Master’s Degree in Flamenco Music Performance at Centro Superior Música Creativa (Madrid) and performed at the Paco de Lucía Legacy Festival in New York City.
In 2025, Andrea premiered her new project, Serendipia, at Suma Flamenca 2025 in Madrid, following performances in Argentina at the III Encuentro Internacional de Mujeres Guitarristas 2025 and in Seville at the IV ciclo “Guitarra Flamenca de Mujer” at the historic Peña Torres Macarena.
Andrea continues to expand her artistic voice and is currently preparing her second album while planning additional international tours in the coming year.
From Ramon Montoya to Paco de Lucia, the guitar has travelled a long way in the history of flamenco. There have been many Maestros that with their inspiration and melodies have taken the flamenco guitar to the place of prestige and popularity that it now holds in the world of music.
Andrea Salcedo presents her debut album, “Fuente y Cauce de la Guitarra Flamenca”, in which she pays homage to the greatest flamenco guitar maestros in history, the ones who took this accompanying instrument and, with their art, gave it an essential place in the most important music venues in the world.
La guitarrista mexicana Andrea Salcedo (Jalisco, 1995) intentará conquistar al público español con la interpretación del recital Fuente y cauce de la guitarra flamenca, que presentará el próximo 13 de diciembre en el Festival Suma Flamenca 2020, al lado de figuras del género como María Juncal, Estrella Morente y José Maya.
¿Qué hace una muchacha que nació en una pequeña ciudad de Jalisco y se crio entre los rascacielos de Chicago convertida en un referente internacional de la guitarra flamenca?
La guitarrista Andrea Salcedo (Jalisco, 1995) presentará un recital en la Universidad del Norte de Illinois, donde llevará lo más reciente de su repertorio y un avance de su disco Fuente y cauce de la Guitarra Flamenca, en el que realiza un homenaje a los maestros del flamenco, en el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer.
El templo de las Flamencas
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Madrid, Spain
A flamenco production celebrating women in flamenco through live performance and improvisation.
