BIOGRAPHY

Andrea Salcedo is a flamenco guitarist born in Jalisco, Mexico, raised in Chicago, USA, and currently based in Madrid, Spain. She is internationally recognized as the first professional female flamenco guitarist from Mexico and has been cited by the Spanish newspaper El País as an emerging international reference in flamenco guitar.

Salcedo graduated with honors from Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL), earning a Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance under Maestro Fareed Haque. She also holds an Associate in Arts from Morton College (Cicero, IL) and studied at the Merit School of Music in Chicago. Her flamenco studies began in Chicago with Spanish guitarist Jesús de Araceli, in residence with the flamenco company Soul & Duende, founded by dancer and choreographer Azucena Vega. She currently serves as an Artist in Residence at the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago.

Her professional training in Spain includes studies at the Cristina Heeren Foundation of Flamenco Art (Seville) with Eduardo Rebollar, masterclasses at the Guitar Festival of Córdoba with Manolo Sanlúcar, Juan Manuel Cañizares, and Daniel Navarro “Niño de Pura,” and advanced study at the Casa Patas Flamenco Conservatory in Madrid with José Manuel Montoya, and in Caño Roto with Aquilino Jiménez “El Entri”.

Andrea made her artistic debut in Spain at the Ellas Crean Festival 2019 and has since performed at Suma Flamenca 2020, Ellas Crean 2021 (collaborating with jazz musicians Trinidad Jiménez and Ernesto Aurignac), Jerez Off 2021, Flamenco Joven 2021, and the Arles Flamenco Festival (France, 2021). 

In 2022, she released her debut album, Fuente y Cauce de la Guitarra Flamenca, recorded and produced by renowned guitarist Jesús de Rosario, and toured the United States presenting it at venues including the Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago), Northern Illinois University, and the Mexican Cultural Institute at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C.

In 2024, she completed the Official Master’s Degree in Flamenco Music Performance at Centro Superior Música Creativa (Madrid) and performed at the Paco de Lucía Legacy Festival in New York City.

In 2025, Andrea premiered her new project, Serendipia, at Suma Flamenca 2025 in Madrid, following performances in Argentina at the III Encuentro Internacional de Mujeres Guitarristas 2025 and in Seville at the IV ciclo “Guitarra Flamenca de Mujer” at the historic Peña Torres Macarena.

Andrea continues to expand her artistic voice and is currently preparing her second album while planning additional international tours in the coming year.