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Hector Pimentel

Hector Pimentel is of Portuguese/Mexican decent, and a lifelong resident of New Mexico. He held his first guitar at the age of eight and gave his first recital at the age of twelve. The eldest of twelve children, he was born into a family that is very much involved in the art of making some of the worldÆs finest hand-crafted guitars. Strongly influenced by classical-guitar legend Andres Segovia, Pimentel has himself become a world-class master of the Spanish classical guitar. He is also a recording artist, instructor and performer of instrumental music from New Mexico.

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Hector Pimentel 7/17/01: Hector Pimentel

Classical guitarist Hector Pimentel, a New Mexico treasure, is internationally acclaimed as a classical guitar virtuoso.

Hector Pimentel

Classical guitarist Hector Pimentel, a New Mexico treasure, is internationally acclaimed as a classical guitar virtuoso.