Javier Limón Comes to Berklee

William Herron - March 15, 2010

Javier Limón will be on campus at Berklee College of Music for two clinics in March 2010:

Flamenco Tools
Monday, March 29, 2010
1:15 p.m.
1140 Boylston Street
Recital Hall 1W

Do It Yourself: The Business of Latin Music Production
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
150 Massachusetts Aveue
Room 118

These events are free and open to the public.

Javier Limón Bio

Born in Madrid in 1973 and with roots in Andalusia, classically trained songwriter and producer Javier Limón began his career as a composer. He wrote songs for flamenco singers Enrique and Estrella Morente, Pepe and Paco de Lucía, Remedios Amaya, Vicente Amigo, and El Cigala, among others. In early 2000 he met with seven-time Goya Award–winning film director Fernando Trueba, forming a relationship that would culminate in Limón's production of Lágrimas Negras, an album by Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés and flamenco singer El Cigala. This was Limón's first contact with Latin jazz. 

Following his encounters with Trueba, Limón's sound changed substantially, and young Cuban musicians began to appear on the albums he produced, including El Pequeño Reloj by Enrique Morente, El Cantante and Tinta Roja by Andres Calamaro, and Cositas Buenas by Paco de Lucia.

Since 2003 Limón has won five Latin Grammy Awards and three Premios Amigos, including the Latin Grammy Awards for Best Flamenco Album (Cositas Buenas), Producer of the Year (2004), Best Traditional Tropical Album (Lágrimas Negras), and several industry recognitions for other albums.