Ernesto Chuecos

Ernesto Chuecos was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where he began playing the traditional Venezuelan instrument called the “cuatro” at the age of seven and classical guitar at the age of ten. He studied with Fredy Reyna, Aldo Lagrutt, Cesar Garcia, Romulo Lazarde, Darío González and Luis Zey. He’s lived in Prague since 1994, where he studied classical guitar with Štěpán Rak and Milan Zelenka at the Music Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU). He also played bossa-nova with Yvonne Sanchez and now dedicates himself primarily to arranging Venezuelan songs.