David Leiva

David Leiva is a composer, guitarist and musicologist, holding a bachelor’s/master’s degree in music pedagogy, classical guitar and flamenco guitar from the Conservatori del Liceu. In addition, he has a master’s degree in musical research from UNIR and is currently in the doctoral process at the UCM, developing a doctoral thesis focused on the music of Paco de Lucía from an (ethno) musicological perspective.

Leiva holds the position of director at the Institut Flamenco of Barcelona, is a professor at the Taller de Músics and at the Master in Flamenco at the “Universidad Complutense de Madrid” (UCM), in addition to serving as artistic director of the Ciutat Flamenco festival.

David is a reference in Flamenco for his didactic work and as a transcriber, where his work as transcriber of the work of Paco de Lucía, the famous series “Treaty of Accompaniment to Cante” stands out. , among many other educational works with the highest quality.