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Classical Guitar
Classical Guitar
"The guitar already had ancient energy when it found me. Everything I've done since has been a dialogue with that spirit." — Oscar Rangel
With over 26 years of formal training rooted in the classical tradition, Oscar Rangel has developed a singular voice on the guitar — one that honours the weight of the repertoire while refusing to be confined by it.
His concerts are not performances in the conventional sense. They are experiences — designed, curated, and delivered with the same dramatic intention as theatre. The music speaks. The silence between notes speaks louder.
Every performance, unrepeatable.
Oscar performs in carefully chosen venues — churches, private halls, cultural spaces — where the acoustic and the atmosphere become part of the composition itself. Each programme is built around a narrative arc, drawing from centuries of repertoire and weaving in contemporary and cinematic works that reframe the classical guitar for a modern audience without diminishing its history.
Some pieces are performed in pure acoustic silence. Others unfold through live looping, electronics, and cinematic backing — different worlds of sound, unified by the same instrument and the same intention. No two nights are the same.
A career built across continents, genres, and stages.
Classical guitar as primary instrument, rooted in the European conservatory tradition.
From intimate candlelit halls to festival stages of 80,000.
Active instructor guiding students in technical refinement and artistic development.
Born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, and based in Toronto, Canada, Oscar Rangel was shaped at the intersection of Latin, European, and North American musical cultures — a confluence that continues to inform the depth, character, and sensitivity of his interpretations.
Founder of Operus, an epic metal ensemble that has performed at Wacken Open Air, and of Adlivitum Arts, an independent imprint devoted to distinctive musical creation — Rangel has also carried his musicianship to some of the world's largest stages as a touring member of Annihilator (2014–2015), appearing at Graspop, Hellfest, and Sweden Rock.
His compositional work includes the Cinematic Studies for Guitar series, a body of work built around atmosphere, narrative, and the expressive range of the instrument beyond convention. He is also an active teacher — one who approaches the craft with the same seriousness he brings to the stage.
The breadth of this path is not a contradiction, but a philosophy. A guitarist who has stood in both a candlelit church and before festival crowds of 80,000 understands music not as a category, but as a force — one that can illuminate, transform, and endure.
Selected works from four centuries of guitar literature.
La Catedral
Agustín Barrios MangoréCanarios
Gaspar SanzCapricho Árabe
Francisco TárregaThe Usher Waltz
Nikita KoshkinLibertango
Astor PiazzollaTango en Skai
Roland DyensToss a Coin to Your Witcher
Sonya BelousovaThe Dragonborn Comes
Jeremy SouleMisty Mountains Cold
Howard ShoreTubular Bells
Mike OldfieldThe Last of Us — Theme
Gustavo SantaolallaHedwig's Theme
John Williams— a partial selection —
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