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Eric Vaarzon Morel (1961), son of the art painter Wim Vaarzon Morel, was only sixteen when he studied under Paco Peña at the 7e Rencontre de la guitare in France. At nineteen, inspired by this event he left home for Spain where he lived and worked for two years. In the 1980s he travelled throughout Europe with the Swiss group “Flamencos en Route”. Playing his own flamenco compositions he has toured annually with his back up group Chanela. As a regular member of the Cuadro Flamenco he was heard for six years in theatres and on concert platforms all over Holland, Belgium, Germany and Italy. For years now Eric has been integrating Western music and flamenco into 'flamenco de hoy' (today's flamenco). The last few years he has performed in a wide variety of productions, played among others with trumpet player Eric Vloeimans, guitarists Jan Akkerman (Focus), Leonardo Amuedo, Harry Sacksioni, Jesse van Ruller and actor Gijs Scholten van Aschat. Eric played twice his own compositions at the prestigious North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam (with Bigband Codarts and Marea) group and was the supporting act when Diana Reeves sang in 2006 in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra performed Eric’s compositions in 2008/2009 in the Concertgebouw en Bimhuis, the Jazztemple of Amsterdam and the Netherlands.
Eric is a popular guest in radio- and televisionprogrammes such as De Wereld Draait Door (The World Turning Around) and Vrije Geluiden( Free Sounds).