Carlos Castilla

Background

About Carlos Castilla

Colombian-American guitarist, Carlos Castilla, is the co-founder of the guitar-piano duo, Duo Guitiano, along with Cuban-American pianist Amanda Virelles. Carlos holds a Bachelor of music from Los Andes University at Bogotá-Colombia where he studied with Maestro Jaime Arias Obregón, a Master and a Doctorate degree in Guitar performance and pedagogy from the University of Southern Mississippi, with Dr. Nicholas Ciraldo. Before coming to the United States, Carlos worked as a guitar professor at Universidad del Atlántico in his native Barranquilla, Colombia, where he also founded and directed the Philharmonic Society of Barranquilla (SOFIBA), institution that organized and promoted a vast array of cultural events in the community. Carlos is a devoted and very active pedagogue and performer and teaches all guitar courses at Fayetteville State University, North Carolina State University, Coastal Carolina Community College and also runs a private studio.