Guitarist, Singer, Composer Cecilia Zabala was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1975. Throughout her career, she has expressed her musical creativity using her guitar and her voice, creating original compositions that blend sensitivity, emotion, technique and intuition. Her music draws on a rich mixture of influences, from Argentinian folklore, the contemporary language of the twentieth century, jazz, tango, and Brazilian music.

Cecilia is an active participant in the musical scene of Buenos Aires, with a variety of projects as a performer, composer and arranger. She plays as a soloist and was also a member of several different chamber ensembles, such as the guitar quartet “Cuatro en punto”, the tango group “Mala Junta”, and the duos “Las Morochas” and “Alvarezabala.” With “Alvarezabala”, she released the album “Halo de luz” -2004- (www.alvarezabaladuo.com.ar) and with “Las morochas” she released “Milonga sin palabras” -2005- (www.lasmorochasduo.com.ar) With this duet she made a tour in the U.K., playing at the National Theatre and the Lewes Guitar Festival in 2006.

Her solo recordings highlight her as an original, deep and “feminine” song-writer, a virtuoso guitarist performing the 7 strings guitar. In a tradition of guitarists and writers, her roots are from Atahualpa Yupanqui to the minimalism of Juana Molina. Zabala`s work combines traditional, classical and pop elements. Her first solo recording, “Aguaribay” (indie 2007), mixed Argentinian folklore repertoire with original instrumental and vocal compositions, creating a new sonic landscape. Special guests for this recording include Juan Falú (www.juanfalu.com.ar), Quique Sinesi (www.quiquesinesi.com) and Silvia Iriondo (www.silviairiondo.com.ar). Soon after, Zabala released “Pendiente” (MDR Records 2008) with original compositions and her arragments of works by contemporary composers. Pendiente moves away from pure folk roots to reveal unusual rhythms and unique melodies with contemporary compositions by American-Russian Regina Spektor, Marcela Biasi (Brazil), David Aguilar (México) and Diego Penelas (Argentina). Special guests included Marcelo Moguilevsky (bass clarinet), César Lerner (accordion), Luciano Dyzenchauz (double bass) and Rodrigo Quirós (percussion), among other instrument as soprano sax, violoncello and bassoon.With her second release, Zabala consolidates as an unusual creator, singer and guitarrist.

Since 2006, she has performed at international venues with her duo “Las Morochas” (UK) and as a solo artist in Germany, Switzerland, Spain. In 2008-2009, she was part of “International Guitar night," a project created by American guitarrst Brian Gore, wherein four internationally renown guitarists offer an evening of their own music, as well as collaborations among themselves. She participated in three different tours – UK, Canada, United States – the last, sharing the bill with renown guitarists Benjamin Verdery (USA), Pierre Bensusan (France) and Brian Gore (USA). In addition to her performance tours, Cecilia Zabala presents workshops and master classes focusing on Argentinian music, songwriting and arragements for guitar.

In 2010, she did her first solo tour in the United States with concerts in New Orleans, New York City and Boston. She also made a recording of her own music with two musicians from Boston, the pianist Joe Deleault (www.joedeleault.com) and the wind player Don Davis (www.myspace.com/dondavis), this album is going to be released in 2011. She also taught master classes on Argentine music for Guitar at the New York City Guitar Society and Yale University. In her forth European tour, in 2011, she introduced her music in new venues in Paris (France), Fribourg (Switzerland) and Leipzig (Germany) and she also tough master classes in Geneva (Switzerland)