Eduardo Niebla

Hailed by The Guardian for his 'exquisite' guitar playing and lyrical, poignantly poetic style, Eduardo Niebla is one of the outstanding guitarists of today. Technically brilliant, fantastically creative and full of passion and verve.

During his career Eduardo has collaborated with musicians from all over the world including Lol Coxhill, George Michael, Craig David, the Dante String Quartet, Indian maestro Nishat Khan and Rajasthani gypsies in Jaipur.

His concert appearances have included: the Cairo Jazz Festival, the Tbilisi International Jazz Festival Georgia, the Jaipur Festival India, the Odessa Jazz Carnival Ukraine, the San Isidro Fiesta Madrid, the Olympic Games Greece, Glastonbury and the Brecon International Jazz Festivals, as well as concert tours to South Africa, Jordan, Lebanon, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Spain, Ireland and throughout the UK.

Eduardo’s career started from very humble beginnings – born in Tangiers Morocco to Andalucian parents in 1955, the 7th of 11 children and mythically the 7th son of the 7th child. In 1960 after political tensions the family became refugees and settled in Girona, Spain where Eduardo grew up. At 18 he formed the cult symphonic rock band “Atila”, whose albums are now serious collectors’ items, and was rated alongside Paco de Lucia as one of the best guitarists in the Hispanic Peninsula. In 1975 he moved to Paris, where he performed in several exhibitions of conceptual art with the painter Jaume Xifra. In 1978 he reached London, initially as a stepping stone to fly to America, but never left and has since been regarded as one of the outstanding guitarists of his generation.

He currently lives in North Yorkshire where he has his recording studio.