Carlos Perez is the winner of the prestigious 2006 JOAQUIN RODRIGO COMPETITION in Madrid, Spain. The Classical Guitar Magazine of England praises this outstanding musician with these acclaims: "He gets to the point of everything he plays..., A master guitarist with true star quality"

Carlos Pérez was born in Santiago de Chile and his interest in guitar playing started at an early age through his father. He graduated with top honors from the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile where he studied under Ernesto Quezada.

He has issued four CDs and recorded at several European radios. He has given recitals in more than thirty countries in North, Central, and South America as well as Europe, and has played with orchestras in England, Belgium, the United States, Spain, Russia, Portugal, Poland and Chile.His performance with Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio y Televisión Nacional de España was transmited in live for 27 countries by European Broadcasting Union.

Carlos has participated in prestigious Guitar Festivals such as: Guitar Foundation of America, Volos, Vienna, Esztergom, Bratislava, Mikulov, Fabritio Caroso, Caracas, Saltillo, Martinique and others, and has given master classes and lectures in many Universities and Schools of Music in USA (North Carolina School of the Arts, University of Cincinnati, Wake Forest University, Indiana University, and so on).

Les Editions Henry Lemoine of France, Productions d’Oz of Canada and Grenzland-Verlag Theo Hüsgen of Germany have published some of his arrangements and compositions.