César Amaro
César Amaro (born October 25, 1948 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † July 31, 2012 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan guitarist and teacher.
The Uruguayan, who worked as a solo guitarist as well as in a guitar duo and together with an orchestra, was a student of Abel Carlevaro , a cousin of his uncle Hector Carlevaro , from the age of eleven . Amaro, who specializes in interpreting the works of the Paraguayan composer Agustín Barrios , has also made an international appearance. For example, he performed in the Argentine cities of Buenos Aires ( Teatro Colón and Teatro San Martín ), Córdoba and Rosario as well as in various European countries, such as Romania, Italy, Bulgaria, France, Switzerland, Poland and Spain. In the course of this he took part in various festivals, such as the Festivale Internazionale delle Nazione in Rome , the Festival de Cinémas et Cultures de L´América Latine in Biarritz, France and the 29th International Guitar Festival in Tel Aviv . He also recorded numerous records. The labels that have released these include Tacuabé , AgArAbAi , Orfeo , Edimur and Gemecs . He also performed the TV show "La guitarra y sus intérpretes" at Televisió Nacional del Uruguay for eleven years . Amaro also worked as a lecturer. In this role he worked at the music academies in San José and Rocha . Since 1992 he has also been chairman of the Centro Guitarrístico del Uruguay . From 2005 to 2006 he was the artistic director of the "Festival Internacional Agustín Barrios" in San Juan Bautista , Paraguay .
Awards
- 1987: Honorary diploma from the Centro Cuitarrístico del Uruguay
literature
- Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, Montevideo 2007, p. 24 - ISBN 978-9974-675-00-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ El mangoreano uruguayo César Amaro falleció ayer (Spanish) on www.ultimahora.com from August 1, 2012, accessed on August 30, 2012
- ↑ Homenaje a la guitarra popular ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El País, December 9, 2003, retrieved February 20, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amaro, César |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 2012 |
| Place of death | Montevideo , Uruguay |