08/15/2026
Artist Highlight for August’s Flamenco Intimo at Charade!
Gerardo Morales G MORALES is a guitarist, Drummer/percussionist, composer and recording artist from Los Angeles who began playing music at the of twelve years old. He began studying cajón with Peruvian cajónero Zarandonga and Latin percussion with Ricardo Tikki Pasillas. He has traveled the world as a professional musician, performing alongside such artists as Black Eyed Peas, Cristina Aguilera, Kanye West,, with Grammy Winner Flamenco dancer Nino de los Reyes and Latin Grammy winner Flamenco guitarist Virtuoso Antonio Rey. He was privileged to teach several master workshops for percussion at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA.
His early music studies began at Pasadena City College, The Pasadena Conservatory and later Conservatorio Profesional de Música Cristóbal de Morales in Sevilla, Spain. He studied privately with Kenton Youngstrom of the (Colburn School of Music) and Adam Delmonte of (USC) Ron Berman (Occidental college). He continued his studies with highly regarded Flamenco guitarists of Madrid (Spain) El Entri, Kilino Jimenez, Jesus de Rosario, and Antonio Sanchez, nephew of the great Paco de Lucia. He recently returned from studying with Granada’s very own José Fermín Fernández .
He has released three contemporary collaborative albums - Dreaming Awake (G Morales), and Burning Star (Burning Star, artist collective) G Morales Ep. Gerardo has performed with many popular artists including members of the Carlos Santana Band, Linkin Park, Los Rakas, Anderson. Paak, Marcus Miller, Talib Kwali, Jurassic 5, Rakim, Raekwon, Cypress Hill, System of a Down, Saul Williams, , Ozomatli, Mos Def, KRS One, Kamasi Washington and numerous other worthy acts. He is an essential member of LA’s Subsuelo, and under his direction produces Classical, Flamenco, Latin, Hip Hop, R&B, and Pop shows throughout the country.
G Morales has worked on films including Toy Story 3, Little Fockers, and Think Like a Man.
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