Juanjo Garcia — Singer and Actor
Juanjo Garcia was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, on Spain´s Mediterranean coast. He currently divides his time between Barcelona and San Francisco, California.
From an early age Juanjo dedicated his life to tennis, music and acting; and as a teenager and young adult had a successful run as a professional tennis player.
During his teenage years, Juanjo and his family moved to the Principality of Andorra (located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains between Spain and France), where he studied a wide range of acting and theater. He returned to his origins in Catalonia in his early twenties and has since devoted himself full-time to music and acting.
Juanjo appeared on the popular Spanish television series “” playing a paramedic and developed a loyal fan base which has continued to support him as a recording artist. His song “Dos Gotas de Agua” (Two Drops of Water), is a song he composed for the same television series () which helped launch his album onto the Spanish music scene.
Juanjo’s strong stage presence, along with his gift of interpretation, his sensitivity to melody and his creative lyric writing has launched his career into Spain’s Adult Contemporary music genre.
Since the release of his first album, his songs can be heard on Spanish radio, on television, and the Internet. His website receives tens-of-thousands of visitors each month and many fans have submitted their own music videos featuring his songs.
His album contains eleven songs of love and passion, family advocacy, social criticism and personal challenge, with lyrics full of poetry and varied melodies.
Without doubt, the best barometer of the success of his songs can be witnessed in the numerous concert engagements around Spain. In a short time, Juanjo Garcia has performed on national television, outdoor concerts, select discos, current restaurants, charity events, record/CD stores and showcases; and has conducted a high frequency of media interviews on national, regional and local television talk shows, radio station interviews, newspapers and magazines —taking him from Barcelona to Madrid, Valencia, the Basque country to Andalusia and on to Extremadura and back to Catalonia.
Juanjo has four music videos to date. The most recent for his song “Tan Sólo Tú, Tan Sólo Yo” which was released in the Spring of 2013. He will be back in San Francisco in the Fall of 2013 to work on another project.