Bio
Eliécer Izquierdo was born in the Republic of Panama, in Central America. From a very young age he was influenced by a great diversity of music between salsa, bolero, rock, jazz and Latin American folklore in general.
He studied classical guitar at the National Institute of Music of Panama with the great guitarist Teresa Toro.
At the age of 18 years old he began his professional career playing with Rómulo Castro and Grupo Tuira, a group of the renowned singer-songwriter Rómulo Castro, and from there he began to work with some of the finest musicians in Panama, such as Dino Nugent and Marden Paniza.
Eliecer has performed at festivals, such as the Panama Jazz Festival, where he shared stage with artists such as Chucho Valdés and Luba Mason. He has also had the opportunity to perform at international festivals in Venezuela, Bolivia and Costa Rica.
Some of the artists he has played with include the jazz legend Carlos Garnett, Babito Do Carmo (Brazil), Mauro Senise (Brazil), Frank Delgado (Cuba), Gerardo Alfonso (Cuba), Guillermo Anderson (Honduras), Samuel Hernández (Puerto Rico), among others.
He currently working with his own jazz fusion project, with which he recorded his first production “Panorama”. Along with his project, he had the opportunity to open the concert of virtuoso bassist Richard Bona at the National Theater of Panama.