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Enrike Solinís Azpiazu was born in Bilbao in 1974. He studied guitar and early music at the Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga higher conservatory of music in Bilbao, then at the Higher School of Music of Catalonia, Barcelona. He won several prizes at international music competitions. He has been invited by ensembles including Hesperion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Concerto Vocale, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and Le Concert d’Astrée, in Europe and the United States. He also directs Euskal Barrokensemble, founded in Bilbao in 2006.
Solinís is a guitarist and player of lute and theorbo, specialized in early music. His recording Colores del Sur (2013, Glossa) presents Baroque dances for guitar, with works by Kapsberger, Murcia, Dimitrie Cantemir, Santa Cruz, Sanz, and Scarlatti. El amor brujo (2017, Alia Vox) followed, including two Scarlatti sonatas. He also recorded Elkano, the voyage around the world (2019, Alia Vox).
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