Miquel Gil

Miquel Gil is one of the best known Valencian folk artist. His career started in "Al Tall" a traditional folk band from the Valencian Country. His solo career mixes up sounds from across the mediterranean with a strong Valencian foundation, rooted in the moorish influences of his native culture. After more than a hundred concerts of his CD Orgànic (Galileo-MC, 2002) and becoming a reference of Valencian folk, Miquel Gil begins a new adventure with his second soloist CD: Katà (Galileo-MC, 2004). With his previous CD (Orgànic), Miquel Gil got the following awards: • Premi Altaveu (Altaveu Award), St Boi de Llobregat, September 2002 • Premi Puig-Porret (Puig-Porret Award), Mercat de Música de Vic 2002 • Best Catalan disc of the year Award , Enderrock, 2002 • Best Folk disc Award, Enderrock, 2002 • Finalist at Premis ARC - Associació de Representants de Catalunya Katà has already been awarded with: • Premi Puig-Porret (Puig-Porret Award), Mercat de Música de Vic 2004 • Finalist at Premis ARC - Associació de Representants de Catalunya • Best Folk disc Award, Enderrock, 2005 Miquel Gil's group is: Miquel Gil: voices, guitar and percussions Cristobal Rentero: lute, gumbús, bandúrria, guitarró, dolçaina, gralla Spyros Kaniaris: guitar, bouzuki, kamancheh and lyre of Pontos David Farran: electric bass Lluís Molas / Ramon Rodríguez: Mediterranean and Oriental percussions Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.