| Pedro Sierra (b. L’Hospitalet,
Barcelona, 1966). Guitarist and producer Pedro
Sierra's introduction to flamenco came accompanying
bailaora Flora Albaicín. His career took off
again in Madrid in the mid-eighties. He played accompaniment
to bailaor Javier Barón and for cantaora Carmen
Linares, with whom he recorded several albums. He also
worked in the studio with artists such as Parrita, María
Vargas, La Susi, El Cabrillero and La Tobala (the cantaora
from Seville to whom he's married). In the early nineties
he moved to Seville, where he started to combine solo
guitar work with accompaniment. Farruco, Manuela Carrasco,
Mario Maya, Israel Galván and Manuel Soler are
just some of the big name flamenco artists he's played
for.
Pedro Sierra's solid reputation is
also backed up by several awards, including the Premio
Nacional de Guitar de Jerez (1991) and the City of Badajoz
International Guitar Award (1993).
In 2001 he released a solo album entitled
‘Decisión’, featuring Potito and
Cepillo, among other artists. He returned to the recording
studio to record with other artists, as on ‘Jerez-Xerez-Sherry’
by La Macanita, ‘Cantaores’ and ‘La
luna en el río’ by Carmen Linares, ‘De
pura cepa’ by Paco Cepero, ‘Azúcar
candé’ by Chano Lobato... the list goes
on. On some recording projects he also acts as producer,
as with La Tobala's albums, the latest of which is ‘Azul’
(2004). Pedro Sierra, who gave a solo performance at
the 2004 Festival Bienal de Flamenco in Seville, released
on December 2005 his second album 'Nikelao'. |