Regino Sáinz de la Maza

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Memorial plaque in Madrid

Regino Sáinz de la Maza y Ruiz (born September 7, 1896 in Burgos , † November 26, 1981 in Madrid ) was a Spanish guitarist , composer and music teacher .

Life

Sáinz de la Maza got his first guitar when he was 10 years old. He was initially tutored by Eugenio Rodríguez Pascual . In 1910 his family moved to San Sebastián , where he learned from Luis de Soria . In Bilbao he was trained by the Tárrega student Hilarión Leloup . He later moved to Barcelona and befriended Miguel Llobet and Andrés Segovia . In Madrid he became a student of Daniel Fortea .

In 1920 he played for the first time in Madrid and gave over 90 concerts in South America a year later. He received a gold medal from the Universidad de Buenos Aires . His friend Antonio José composed for him and several concerts in France, Germany and Great Britain followed. In 1930 he married the daughter of the writer Concha Espina . In 1935 he became professor of guitar at the Madrid Conservatory . On November 9, 1940, he played in Barcelona for the first time publicly the Concierto de Aranjuez , dedicated to him by Joaquín Rodrigo , which was awarded under César de Mendoza Lassalle . In the same year he performed the work again under Jesús Arámbarri .

In 1955 he published the book La Guitarra y su historia . In 1958 he became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando . On May 24, 1958, the city of Burgos made him an honorary citizen. His younger brother Eduardo Sáinz de la Maza (* 1908) was also a guitarist and student of Daniel Fortea.

student

literature

  • Hannu Annala, Heiki Mätlik: Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers . Mel Bay, Pacific 2007, ISBN 0-7866-5844-4 , p. 127 f.
  • Wolf Moser : "I've always had a good star ..." Conversation with Regino Sáinz de la Maza in Madrid. In: Guitar & Laute 3, 1981, 3, pp. 14-19.

Web links

Commons : Regino Sainz de la Maza  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolf Moser (1981), p. 14 f.
  2. ↑ Wolf Moser : “My music has a content of what I've lived through ...” Conversation with Eduardo Sáinz de la Maza. In: Guitar & Laute 2, 1980, 2, pp. 8-13
personal data
SURNAME Sáinz de la Maza, Regino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sáinz de la Maza y Ruiz, Regino (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish guitarist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgos
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1981
Place of death Madrid