Melon Jimenez

Melón Jiménez is a flamenco guitarist, musician and composer. Settled between Madrid and Jerez de la Frontera, he began to play the guitar at the age of 4, stimulated by his father Miguel Jiménez, a flamenco guitarist from Jerez and disciple of master Rafael del Águila, who also taught guitarists such as Moraíto Chico or Paco Cepero. Melón Jiménez, was born as a real flamenco and he proves it with his guitar, which sounds original and different, walking between tradition and avant-garde. In 2011 he takes over from guitar master Pepe Habichuela to embark on an international tour with sitarist and grammy winner Anoushka Shankar, daughter of the great sitar master Ravi Shankar. With her, Melón Jiménez tours the stages of the main music festivals around the world interpreting the pieces of her album ‘Traveller’ published by the prestigious record company Deutsche Grammophon. There are countless collaborations of Melón Jiménez with prestigious music stars such as ,Jorge Pardo,Pitingo, Robi Draco Rosa, Mulatu Astatke, Estrella Morente, Armando Manzanero, Ketama, Javier Colina, Tino di Geraldo, Richard Bona, among others.