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[2] [3] Guitar Player magazine ranked him as one of the "50 Best Acoustic Guitarists of All Time". [4] His music has risen to #1 on the Billboard charts and is generally classed as Latin jazz and world music, with elements of samba, bossa nova, Middle Eastern, classical guitar, flamenco, and shred guitar.
Paco de Lucía was born on 21 December 1947 [5] as Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, [6] province of Cádiz, in southern Spain.He was the youngest of the five children of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez Pecino and Portuguese mother Lucía Gomes; [7] his brothers include flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras (now deceased).
His performances helped popularize flamenco guitar music worldwide. [7] Montoya is credited with having transformed flamenco guitar music into a separate music style, beyond being a traditional dance accompaniment. [2] He adapted flamenco to other genres of music to create his own recognizable style, becoming an international star. [2]
Spanish flamenco guitarists (56 P) Pages in category "Flamenco guitarists" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Garcia's performances incorporate flamenco styles that range from free-flowing Alegrías and tangos to the emotive tientos and soleas. [4] Talking of a 2009 performance with Spanish guitarist Eduardo Niebla and India tabla-player Dharmesh Parmar, a critic noted that he contributed Arabic influences to the performances. [5]
Michael Laucke (/ ˈ l ɑː k /; 29 January 1947 – 2 December 2021) was a Canadian classical, new flamenco and flamenco guitarist and composer. Starting at the age of thirteen, Laucke gave professional snooker demonstrations and his winnings allowed him to take trips from Montreal to New York City to study the classical guitar with Rolando Valdés-Blain.
Pepe Romero was born in Spain, the second son of celebrated guitarist and composer Celedonio Romero, who was his only guitar teacher.His first professional appearance was in a shared concert with his father at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Seville, when Pepe was only seven years old, [1] [2] playing a gavotte by Bach and Sevilla by Albéniz. [3]