“..a fabulous performer and collaborator…”
BBC 3
"what is great about Ignacio is not only that he has Duende but the precision and tone of his guitar playing makes him deliver his music with great resonance and feeling. His willingness to explore out of his comfort zone and reach out to other cultures and sonorities speaks to his character."
Phil Manzanera
“A flamenco guitar maestro…”
International Times, Italy
“Ignacio accrued a huge number of votes… testament to the respect he commands”
Latin UK Awards
“..exquisite musicality and effortless spontaneity”
Songlines Magazine
ARTIST OVERVIEW
Born in Buenos Aires Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde is a guitarist and music producer based in London.
Musician of the year Latin UK AWARDS 2019 winner. Made Doctor of J H Pestalozzi University and Honorary Fellow of the North & Midlands School of Music for his outstanding contribution to world music both as audio engineer and performer.
He has been presented as a soloist guitarist at the Indian National theatre and Babylon Great Theatre. Produced a wide number of audio recordings that have been released at Pixaudio, Nonclassical, First Hands Records, Orpheus, ARC Music, Naxos, Orchid Classics, Resonus and others. Graduated as Choir Master and has worked in the development of different music festivals such as Ketevan World Sacred Music Festival (India), London Strings Festival, Taqasim Oud Club, Festelon (The London Spanish Theatre Festival) and intensely with a number of performers of classical and Early Music. Collaborations with the British Museum, Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School, producing also a large number of albums at the iconic Abbey Road Studios and has worked for six years in the Latin American Baroque Festival of Buenos Aires.
Ignacio performances include collaborations with Ahmed Mukhtar Oud Master, Olcay Bayir, Lux Musicae, Flamenco Maqam, Tangolé Band, Baluji Shrivastav OBE, Gao Hong, Idrisi Ensemble, Eduardo Niebla and live appearances on BBC Radio 3, Mumbai NCPA, London Festival of Baroque Music, St George's Bristol, Stroud Green Festival, Liverpool Early Music Festival and others.
Flamenco Maqam FesTeLõn 2025
Flamenco Maqam FesTeLõn 2025
Flamenco Meets Maqam - Festelon
Flamenco Maqam - Jamboree
Flamenco Meets Maqam at Festelon, St Johns Hoxton (28th Oct 2025)
Gao Hong & Ignacio L Monteverde at Lancaster Arts (13th Mar 2025)
Navidad Nuestra - Monteverde & Idrisi Ensemble, Temple Church London (13th Dec 2024)
Mossley Hill - Flamenco Meets Maqam, Liverpool (20th Apr 2024)
Jamboree - Flamenco Meets Maqam, London (19th Jan 2024)
The Old Church - SHMS Ahmed Mukhtar & Ignacio L Monteverde, London (30th Apr 2023)
BBC Radio 3 In Tune, London (24th Apr 2023)
The Regent Hall, London (22nd Apr 2023)
Lancaster Arts - Concert Series with Goa University Choir, India (16th July 2020)
St George's Bristol - The Secrets of Andalusia (16th Oct 2019)
Liverpool Early Music Festival - The Secrets of Andalusia, Liverpool (27th Sept 2019 )
St John's Hoxton - Baluji Shrivastav OBE & Ignacio L Monteverde, London (3 Aug 2019)
La Clave Festival, Abraham Carmona & Ignacio L Monteverde, London (3 Aug 2019)
BBC Radio 3 In Tune, London (31 Aug 2019)
Mossley Hill Church - Flamenco Guitar Solos, Liverpool (13 July 2019)
Stroud Green Festival, London (15th June 2019)
London Festival of Baroque Music The Secrets of Andalusia, London (18 May 2019)
Green Note - Album Launch, London (7 Mar 2019)
Old Goa Ketevan Festival, India (23 Feb 2019)
Old Goa Ketevan festival with Ahmed Mukhtar, India (10 Feb 2017)
Mumbai with Mumbai Chamber Orquesta Concierto de Aranjuez, India (23 Aug 2015)
Babylon Festival for international Cultures and arts, Iraq (10-20th May 2016)
Babylon Festival for international Cultures and arts, Iraq (May 2015)
Crowne Plaza Auditorium, Duo with Ahmed Mukhtar, Bahrain (28 Feb, 2015)
CONTACT
STOKE NEWINGTON, LONDON, UK