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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Arjona, Miguel Angel Blanco
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Other form(s) of name
Angel Blanco
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Description area
Dates of existence
1978-
History
Angel Blanco was born in 1978 in Monterrey, Mexico.
He is a Mexican guitarist and musical researcher. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in Music from Bishop's University and has three postgraduate degrees from the prestigious McGill University in Canada. He stands out for his career as a guitarist and promoter of avant-garde performance techniques within the acoustic and electric guitars, as well as his incursions into electronics and vocal-percussive experimentation. He has performed in forums and universities in North America, Germany, Peru and the Caribbean, including the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, the Fórum Internacional de las Culturas in Monterrey, the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, the State University of New York, the Center for New Music in San Francisco, Queen's University in Canada and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. He has received several grants from Mexico and Canada's public institutions, e.g. ICOCULT, FONCA and McGill University, including the highly competitive Recording Production Grant from the state of Nuevo Leon's Ministry of Culture (CONARTE).