Paco Peña
Paco Peña (* 1. June 1942 in Cordoba , Andalusia , full name Francisco Peña Pérez ) is a Spanish flamenco - guitarist , composer and teacher.
Life
Paco Peña's mother was a very good dancer in her youth, his father a Cante Jondo singer in Cabra . Paco grew up with eight other siblings, seven of them girls.
He learned to play the guitar at the age of six from his older brother, played in an ensemble at the age of nine and made his first public appearances at the age of eleven. His role model at this time was mainly the Sevillian flamenco guitarist Niño Ricardo . He went to Madrid and the Costa Brava to earn money as a flamenco guitarist. When he left his homeland in 1964, he found great recognition in London as a (solo) flamenco guitarist. His appearances have taken him to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club as well as the Royal Albert Hall in London, New York's Carnegie Hall , the Sydney Opera House and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
In 1981 he founded the Centro Flamenco Paco Peña in Calle Reloj 7 on the Plaza del Potro in Córdoba, his hometown , as a meeting place and training center . He was later appointed Artistic Director of the Córdoba International Guitar Festival . In 1985 he took up his professorship for flamenco guitar at the Rotterdam Conservatory , where he still teaches today. Paco Peña was the first flamenco guitarist to be offered a chair at a conservatory. Since it was founded in 2006, he has taught flamenco at the World Music and Dance Center (WMDC) in Rotterdam.
repertoire
It stands in the tradition of flamenco by Ramón Montoya (which he saw live while he was still alive), Niño Ricardo and Sabicas .
ensemble
He often shares the stage with other guitarists, dancers and singers as well as music groups. Peña worked with Eduardo Falú , John Williams , Inti-Illimani under Horacio Salinas and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields , among others .
Awards
In 1997 he received the Order del Mérito Civil from the hands of King Juan Carlos I in recognition of his services .
Discography
CD
- 2014 Duo Recital (with Eliot Fisk )
- 2008 A Compás!
- 2007 His Essential Recordings
- 2007 A Flamenco Guitar Recital (Live)
- 2007 Requiem for the Earth
- 2004 Fabulous Flamenco / La Guitarra Flamenca (Remastered)
- 2003 Flamenco Master: Essential flamenco recordings
- 2000 flamenco guitar
- 1999 Arte y Pasión (Live)
- 1995 The Art of Paco Peña
- 1992 Encuentro (with Eduardo Falú )
- 1988 Azahara
- 1991 Misa Flamenca
- 1990 Leyenda (Live in Cologne Inti-Illimani with John Williams )
- 1987 Fragments of a Dream (with Inti-Illimani and John Williams )
- 1986 Flamenco Guitar Music by Ramón Montoya and Niño Ricardo
LP
- 1985 Flamenco Vivo. Live in Munich (Recorded on March 15th 1981 at the Hochschule für Musik)
- 1980 Live at Sadler's Wells
- 1979 Live in London
- 1978 The Flamenco World of Paco Peña
- 1977 La Guitarra Flamenca
- 1976 Toques Flamencos (with book)
- 1975 Fabulous Flamenco!
- 1973 The Art of the Flamenco Guitar
- 1972 Flamenco Puro Live
- 1970 flamenco
- 1970 The Art of Flamenco
- 1969 Carnival (with Los Marachuchos)
- 1968 The Incredible Paco Peña
- 1966 Flamenco! (El Sali & his Ballet Espagnol)
DVD
- 1991 Misa Flamenca
- 1985 Guitarra! ( Julian Bream )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Dill: “... I am not a purist. I just love traditional flamenco ... “Interview with Paco Peña. In: Guitar & Laute 2, 1980, 4, pp. 8-12; here: p. 8
- ↑ Georg Dill (1980), p. 9
- ↑ Paco Peña opens “Centro Flamenco Paco Peña” in Córdoba. In: Guitar & Laute 3, 1981, 5, pp. 26-28
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peña, Paco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peña Pérez, Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish flamenco guitarist, composer and lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cordoba |