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Sabicas was born in Pamplona, Spain, and began playing guitar at the age of five and made his performing debut two years later.His early style was influenced by Ramón Montoya, to whom he was related on his mother's side of the family. [2]
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).
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 ]
In 1995 her flamenco album Guitar Passion (1994) was awarded Female Pop Album of the Year at the Billboard International Latin Music Conference, and was named Best Female Latin Pop Album by Billboard Magazine. [2] [8] In an interview, Charo has said, "Around the world I am known as a great musician. But in America I am known as the cuchi-cuchi ...
Juan Habichuela (né Juan Carmona Carmona; 1933 – 30 June 2016) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist who began his artistic life as a dancer, and later learned guitar from his father and from a guitarist from Granada known as Ovejilla.
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.
Throughout his life-time, Valdés-Blain and his wife Joan maintained a close friendship with Carmen Amaya, who is arguably considered to be one of the greatest flamenco dancers of all time. [7] In 2002, they were interviewed in the documentary Carmen Amaya: Queen of The Gypsies , about Amaya's life and art. [ 8 ]