Paco Peña
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Paco Peña (born 1942) is a Spanish flamenco guitarist.
Born in Córdoba, Spain as Francisco Peña Pérez, he began learning to play the guitar at age 6 and made his first professional appearance at age 12. In the late 1960s he moved to London. Peña was soon 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. He founded the world's first university course on flamenco guitar, at the conservatory of music of Rotterdam.
[edit] External links
- Paco Peña's website
- Music Conservatory and Dance Academy of Rotterdam.
- Rotterdam´s World Music and Dance Centre
- Paco Peña biography and discography
- Flamenco Forum
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