(Diego-Alonso Audette-Aste) studied flamenco guitar with Fernando Moreno, Jose Luis Balao, Manuel Lozano "El Carbonero" (Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz), and José "Pansequito Hijo" Cortés (Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz), and studies jazz theory with David Bloom (Bloom School of Jazz, Chicago). Fernando Moreno, José Cortés, and David Bloom have been Diego's most influential teachers, helping him secure a strong technical and theoretical foundation in guitar. In 2000, Diego began performing with Chicago-based group, "Las Guitarras de España" and was featured as a guest artist on the group's albums, "Un Respiro por el Mundo" and "Cuatro por Arriba. Diego has performed in theaters, clubs, and festivals both as featured performer and as a guest of several flamenco ensembles. He currently collaborates regularly with Chiara Mangiameli, Carlo Basile, Kassandra Kocoshis, and Las Guitarras de España and has shared the stage with a variety of accomplished musicians and companies including José Cortés (Pansequito Hijo), Alfonso Cid, Vicente Griego, Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, Soleo Flamenco Dance Company, Clinard Dance Theater, Patricia Alonso, David Chiriboga, Greg Nergaard, Dawin Noguera, Colin Bunn, Victor Garcia, Javier Saume, Don Jacobs, Alfonso Ponticelli, and many others. View Complete C.V.

Professional Performances:

- Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Grainger Ballroom - Chicago, IL
- Polski Theater - Warsaw, Poland
- Collegium Nobilium Theater - Warsaw, Poland
- The Hot House Theater - Chicago, IL
- Green Mill - Chicago, IL
- Chicago Cultural Center - Chicago, IL
- Acorn Theater - Three Oaks, MI
- Prairie Arts Center - Schaumberg, IL
- College of Lake County Theaters - Grays Lake, IL
- Katerina's - Chicago, IL
- Northshore Center for Performing Arts - Skokie, IL
- Music Institute - Evanston, IL
- Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL
- Northeastern Illinois University Recital Hall - Chicago, IL
- Millennium Park - Chicago, IL
- Historic West Theater - Grand Rapids, MI
- Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, WI
- Count Bassie Theater - Red Bank, NJ
- Court Theater - Chicago, IL
- Navy Pier - Chicago, IL

In addition to performing, Diego-Alonso teaches flamenco guitar and applied flamenco guitar theory (member ) for intermediate guitarists.  Visit for his personal performance dates.