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Paco de Lucía, born
Francisco Sánchez Gómez (in
Algeciras,
Cádiz on
December 21,
1947), is a
Spanish composer and guitarist, and leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style. He is recognized as a skilled
flamenco guitarist all over the world. Not only skilled in flamenco, he's one of the very few flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music. He enjoys, and has been a successful musician in, many styles such as
classical,
jazz and
world music. He is the winner of the 2004
Prince of Asturias Awards in Arts, and is the uncle of Spanish pop singer
Malú.
Biography
De Lucía was born Francisco Sánchez Gómez in
Algeciras, a city in the
province of Cádiz, at the southernmost tip of
Spain, the youngest of five children. The son of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez, and brother of flamenco singer
Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist
Ramón de Algeciras, he adopted the stage name
Paco de Lucía in honor of his Portuguese mother, Lucía Gomes.
In 1958, at age 11, de Lucía made his first public appearance on
Radio Algeciras, and a year later he was awarded a special prize in the Jerez flamenco competition. In 1961, he toured with the flamenco troupe of dancer
José Greco. In 1964, de Lucía met
Madrilenian guitarist
Ricardo Modrego with whom he recorded three albums:
Dos guitarras flamencas,
Dos guitarras flamencas en stereo, and
Doce canciones de Federico García Lorca para guitarra. Between 1968 and 1977, he enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with fellow
New Flamenco innovator
Camarón de la Isla. The two recorded 10 albums together.
In 1979, de Lucía,
John McLaughlin and
Larry Coryell formed "The Guitar Trio" and together made a brief tour of Europe and released a video recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall entitled "Meeting of Spirits". Coryell was later replaced by
Al Di Meola, and since 1981, the trio have recorded three albums under that line-up. His own band, the
Paco de Lucía Sextet (which includes his brothers Ramón and Pepe) released the first of their three albums that same year. He has released several albums encompassing both traditional and modern flamenco styles. Through his wide discography he's given rise to a new way of understanding flamenco and has advanced the technical and musical boundaries of his instrument. The University of Cadiz recognized de Lucía's musical and cultural contributions by conferring on him the title of Doctor
Honoris Causa on
March 23 2007.
De Lucía is considered a master of
rasgueados and
picados and is capable of playing with blinding speed on the
flamenco guitar.
Until asked to perform and interpret
Joaquín Rodrigo's
Concierto de Aranjuez in 1991, de Lucía wasn't proficient at reading
musical notation. As a flamenco guitarist, de Lucía claimed in that he gave greater emphasis to rhythmical accuracy in his interpretation of the Concierto at the expense of the perfect tone preferred by classical guitarists. Joaquín Rodrigo declared that no one had ever played his composition in such a brilliant manner.
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