Draft:Ramiro A. Malagon Melendez

Ramiro Malagon - Guitarist, Composer and educator. He was born on October 7, 1965 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He completed his primary studies at the San Ramón Nonato School in Juana Díaz. He took his first guitar lessons with the Juanadino teacher Jorge Roche.

In 1987 he moved to San Juan where he studied at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, obtaining a bachelor's degree in Musical Education with a concentration in classical guitar, under the tutelage of the distinguished professor Leonardo Egúrbida. He was president of the Conservatory's Student Council, a guitar teacher and cuatro at the Loaiza Cordero Institute for children with visual impairments, at the Humacao Children's Rondalla, and in the Conservatory's Extension and Continuing Education Program. He was also a theory and music theory teacher in the Special Strings Program for children at the Conservatory. He also distinguished himself as a teacher of guitar, cuatro, music history, theory and music theory, and director of the plucked string ensemble at the Ernesto Ramos Antonini School of Music in Hato Rey.

As a musician he has stood out playing and recording with different artists such as Wilkins, Pedro Fernández, Luisa Maria Guell, Ángel “Cuco” Peña, Kanny García, Jose Negroni, Luis Enrique, Chucho Avellanet, Antonio Caban Vale, Black Guayaba, Juan Carlos Vega, Millito Cruz, Vico C. Among others.

Ramiro is also co-author with Juan Carlos Vega of the book "Brief History of the Music of Puerto Rico"and his guitar is on the soundtrack of the movie "La Llamarada", by Enrique Laguerre, winner of an Emmy Award in 2016.

Since 1999 he has lived in Davie, Florida and is a music teacher in Palm Beach County Public Schools in the city of Boca Raton.

Ramiro is dedicated to sharing knowledge and inspiring the next generation of musicians. With a teaching career that spans 27 years, Ramiro has empowered countless students to discover their own musical voices. Through workshops, private lessons, and masterclasses, Ramiro fosters a love for music and a commitment to excellence in every student.

Discography

I Finally Found Someone (2024) Woderwall (2024) Guitar Theraphy (2024) Flowers (2024) Perdido de Amor (2024) Christmas Time is Here (2022) I’ll Follow the Sun (2020) December 1963 (2020) LA Trulla que te Ofreci (2008)