Galvarino Cerón-Carrasco

Galo is a classically trained Chilean guitarist. Born in Antofagasta Chile in the 1960s, Galo came to Dundee Scotland in the late 1970s as a political exile with his parents and sister Ruby. As well as his native Chile, he specialises in the music of Latin American composers from Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, México, Paraguay and Cuba, including Alberto Ginastera, Astor Piazzolla, Heítor Villa-Lobos, Antonio Lauro, Manuel Ponce, Agustín Barrios, Leo Brouwer, Julio Sagreras.



Galo studied classical guitar at the RSAMD (Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama), Glasgow with professor Philip Thorne (MBE), winning the Guitar Challenge Prize (1985) and commended for the Governor’s String Prize (1986). He followed postgraduate study at Moscow’s Gnisnigh Institute.



Galo lives in Edinburgh, where he divides his time between composing and performing. He has played with many notable groups and was a founding member of the internationally renowned Salsa Celtica. Galo has recently composed music for independent theatre productions, and the National Theatre of Scotland.