Manolo Guardia

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Manolo Guardia (born January 8, 1938 in Montevideo , † March 13, 2013 ) was a Uruguayan pianist and composer.

Manolo Guardia received his musical training from Guillermo Kolischer and Santiago Baranda Reyes . In the course of his musical career he dealt in particular with the styles of jazz and candombe . During the civil-military dictatorship in Uruguay, he lived in exile in Venezuela . There he resided in Caracas for five years . He returned to Uruguay in the 1980s. As a result of malpractice in an operation, Guardia has been paraplegic in recent years.

Guardia belonged to the jazz formation "All Jazz" of the Hot Club de Montevideo . Later he founded the first avant-garde tango ensemble in Uruguay, "Quinteto de la Guardia Nueva". He was also a pioneer of the movement of the "Candombe de vanguardia" (avant-garde Candombe) and made numerous records in this context. In 1969 he founded the chamber tango ensemble Camerata together with Federico García Vigil . This was later renamed "Camerata Punta del Este" while expanding the musical repertoire to include Brazilian music and baroque music. The ensemble produced a total of four records, which were released in Uruguay as well as Argentina , Brazil and Japan . Guardia also recorded plates with Georges Roos and Rubén Rada . In addition, his participation in various radio programs as well as Telecataplum is recorded in Canal 12 . At comedic and musical events he appeared as a narrator alongside guest artists such as Mercedes Sosa , Vinicius de Moraes and Dori and Nana Caymi . He also worked in the field of café-concerts and founded "Preludo" in this context in the 1980s. In the Teatro del Centro he organized "Mozart, Beethoven y la cucaracha". In the 1990s he also directed "Opus 3 Café Concert". Even after his paraplegia he recorded another record in 2006 with "Tangos para la mano derecha". Guardia was buried at the Cementerio del Norte in Montevideo.

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  1. ↑ Murió Manolo Guardia - El piano está solo (Spanish) on www.montevideo.com.uy of March 13, 2013, accessed on March 6, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Guardia, Manolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH 13th March 2013