Benjamín Lechuga is a guitarist/composer from Santiago, Chile. In 2005, at Age 17, he won the “Ibanez Project” guitar contest and became one of the youngest Ibanez international endorsers ever. After winning some other local guitar competitions. Steve Vai chose Benjamim’s song “Pehoe” as the worldwide winner of the “Steve Vai Scholarship” contest. The prize consisted in studyng the 1 year Guitar Higher Diploma in Europe’s leading music School: The Institute of Contemporary Music Perfomance in London, UK during 2011-2012.

During 201, his album “The Search Part 1” was nominated by the Chilean Press to “Best Metal Artist of 2014” and “Best Overall Artist” in the most important musical awards in Chile: “Premios Pulsar”.

The Search Part 3” His 3rd solo album was released during September 2017 with an European Tour including Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Slovakia, being invited to different festivals Euroblast (Germany), Prog Power Europe (Netherlands), Mountains of Rock (Germany) and doing opening acts for Marty Friedman in his Latin American tour, both in Chile and Mexico.

This album has the singularity of bringing together a modern metal band with a 6-piece wind instrument orchestra, mixing diverse styles such as prog metal, 70’s funk and jazz bringing to life a fresh an mind-blowing listening experience.

Your albums involve also involves world-class guest musicians, such as Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns ‘n’ Roses, Sons of Apollo), David Maxim Micic (BILO, Destiny Potato), Simone Grove (PLINI), Vladimir Lalic (Organized Chaos, David Maxim Micic), Cristobal Orozco (Octopus), Cristián Crisosto (Fulano), Larissa Terscenko (David Maxim Micic, Destiny Potato) among others.

PROFESSIONAL CONTACT

Website > http://www.benjaminlechuga.cl/

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