BIOGRAPHY

Toni Mora was born in Madrid  (Spain) where he began his musical studies at a young age studying classical guitar at the Reina Sofía Conservatory.

In 2004 he receives a scolarship to study in The Netherlands where he  completed a 4 years Bachelor Program in Jazz Guitar Performance and Teaching at the Conservatory of Rotterdam (CODARTS) obtaining the higest grade. He had the chance to participate in Masterclasess with some of the most recognized figures within the Jazz World such us Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, Jonathan Kreisberg, Jeff Ballard, etc. During those years he has worked with many different projects and performed with musicians such as Hans Van Osterhout, Miguel Rodriguez, Marc Cuevas, Tomás Merlo,  Gianni Gagliardi, Santi Colomer, David Gonzalez, Juan Galiardo, Cesar la Torre, Pere Loewe, Victor Jimenez, Arturo Serra, Tito Alcedo , Pepa Niebla, Jimmy Weinstein, Jose Manuel León, David León, Tuur Moens, Marcos Varela, John Abercrombie, Dick Oatts, Sotirys Dnouvas in Clubs and Festivals all acroos Europe and abroad.

 

Toni Mora has also participated in several albums as a sideman such as  the Lovro Ravbar´s album "Rush Hour", Michel Vrydag, Maping Roots 1, Pepa Niebla Quintet "Reinassance" Atomos "Lets make a Circle" Kim Joonghyuk "Time Remembered" and Maria Cavaes "My Self" where he also worked as Composer and Arranger.

In 2014 he moved to Brussels, where he is currently based, and where he has completed a Master program in Jazz guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with distinction.

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Since then he is an active musician of the Brussels Jazz scene where he is leading his own Quartet and has been working with musicians such as Pit Dahm, Boris Schmidt,  Sal La Rocca, Alex Gilson, Armando Luongo, Noam Israeli, Jasen Weaver, Marco Bardoscia, Maayan Smith, Maxime Moyaerts,  Jean Paul Estevenart and Alex Koo among others

 

Toni Mora recorded his first album as a leader under the title "Beyond Words" which was released under the label Unit Records on the 16th of June of 2017.

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The new Album" Space Folklore " has just been published under the Belgian label Hypnote Records on May 20th 2022.