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She was an early disciple of the renowned Spanish guitarist Francisco de Asís Tàrrega y Eixea, [2] and began her musical career in her youth. In 1907, when she was only 10 years old, she gave her first concert at the Valencia Conservatory , and soon her concert career took her to different Spanish cities, achieving fame in the region of her ...
The Old Guitarist is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso, which he created in late 1903 and early 1904. It depicts an elderly musician, a haggard man with threadbare clothing, who is hunched over his guitar while playing in the streets of Barcelona, Spain .
Antonio de Torres Jurado (13 June 1817 – 19 November 1892) was a Spanish guitarist and luthier, and "the most important Spanish guitar maker of the 19th century." [1] It is with his designs that the first recognizably modern classical guitars are to be seen. [2] Most acoustic guitars in use today are derivatives of his designs.
Name Born Country Antoine Carré: France Francesco Corbetta: c.1615–1681: Italy Francisco Guerau: 1649–1717/22: Spain Gaspar Sanz: 1640–1710: Spain Giovanni Battista Granata
Charo began playing classical (Spanish-style) guitar at the age of nine, training under the famed guitarist Andrés Segovia. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 1966, she married 66-year-old bandleader Xavier Cugat and moved to the United States with him.
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Andrés Segovia Torres, [a] 1st Marquis of Salobreña (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987), was a Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist. Many professional classical guitarists were either students of Segovia or students of Segovia's students. [1]
Settling in the Spanish city of San Sebastian, the family opened and ran a tailor shop. The breakout of the Spanish Civil War forced them to emigrate to southern France. While in France, Jesus formed the "Trio Escudero". The three members of the Trio Escudero were Mario´s father Jesus, his mother, and his aunt Milagros.