He later founded the world's first university course on flamenco guitar, at the Rotterdam conservatory of music. It was not long before Pena was touring the world, both as a soloist and an accompanist with performances at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Royal Albert Hall in London and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Initially the star attraction in the Restaurante Antonio in Covent Garden, Pena's performances generated so much interest among a British public previously uninitiated in Flamenco that he soon found himself sharing concerts with artists such as Jimi Hendrix, and made his solo debut at Wigmore Hall in 1967. However, dissatisfied with life on the coast and seeking a new challenge, he moved to London in the late 1960s to become a soloist.
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This led to call-ups from professional Flamenco companies in Madrid and the Costa Brava, where Pena established himself as an highly-regarded accompanist to Flamenco dance and singing. Encouraged by his family, he left home and began performing throughout Spain with a government-sponsored folk music and dance program. He is regarded as one of the world's foremost traditional Flamenco players.īorn in Córdoba, Spain as Francisco Peña Pérez, Paco Pena began learning to play the guitar from his brother at age 6 and made his first professional appearance at 12. Paco Peña (born 1 June 1942) is a Spanish flamenco guitarist. Since de Lucía was not able to read music, he worked on his interpretation of the concerto with Narciso Yepes. Joaquín Rodrigo declared that no one had ever played his composition in such a brilliant manner. As a flamenco guitarist, he claimed in Paco de Lucía-Light and Shade: A Portrait 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. Until asked to perform and interpret Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez in 1991, de Lucía was not proficient at reading musical notation. 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. Through his wide discography he has advanced the technical and musical boundaries of his instrument.
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In 1995, he recorded with Bryan Adams the hit song and video "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman" on the soundtrack for the movie Don Juan DeMarco. He has released several albums encompassing both traditional and modern flamenco styles.
De Lucía's own band, the Paco de Lucía Sextet (which includes his brothers Ramón and Pepe) released the first of its three albums that same year. Coryell was later replaced by Al Di Meola, and since 1981, the trio has recorded three albums. 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. His 1976 album Almoraima was a success and featured notable tracks such as Almoraima and Río Ancho, the latter track of which has been covered by other guitarists such as Al Di Meola.
Between 19, he enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with fellow New Flamenco cantaor (Flamenco singer) Camarón de la Isla. In 1964, he met Madrileño 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. In 1961, he toured with the flamenco troupe of dancer José Greco. In 1958, at age 11, he made his first public appearance on Radio Algeciras, and a year later was awarded a special prize in the Jerez flamenco competition. In Algeciras, and generally in Andalusia, it is a custom to name boys (especially if they have the same first name) by adding the mother's name in order to properly identify them, such as "Paco de (la) Carmen," "Paco de (la) María," and so on. The youngest of the five children 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. Paco de Lucía was born Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, a city in the province of Cádiz, at the southernmost tip of Spain directly in front of the Rock of Gibraltar.
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