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Category: Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Pedro Ricardo Miño

Angel Romero April 10, 2017 No Comments Flamencoflamenco pianoPedro Ricardo MiñoSpainSpanish music

Flamenco musician Pedro Ricardo Miño is one of a growing number of pianists who are taking Flamenco in new directions. Pedro Ricardo Miño is the…

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Artist Profiles: Pedro Aznar

Angel Romero April 9, 2017 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicjazz-rockPedro Aznarpopprogressive rockworld music

Composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer, Pedro Aznar is one of the most prestigious and respected artists to emerge from South America in recent times.…

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Artist Profiles: Pedram Khavar Zamini

Angel Romero April 9, 2017 No Comments IranIranian musicPedram Khavar ZaminiPersian classical musictombak

Pedram Khavar Zamini, one of the world’s leading Iranian tombak players, has been living in France for few years now. Tombak is the main percussion…

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Artist Profiles: Pato Banton

Angel Romero April 8, 2017 No Comments Pato BantonReggaeUnited Kingdom

From Birmingham, England, singer Pato Banton is one of the modern stars of reggae. In a career that included a spiritual sabbatical, he returned to…

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Artist Profiles: David Carmona

Angel Romero April 8, 2017 No Comments David CarmonaFlamencoflamenco guitarGranadaSpainSpanish music

David Carmona Fernández was born in Granada in a well-known gypsy family of flamenco performers called Fernández de Íllora. Some of the best known artists…

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Artist Profiles: Parno Graszt

Angel Romero April 6, 2017 No Comments Gypsy musicHungarian musicHungaryParno GrasztRoma music

During the last decades the name of Parno Graszt (White Horse in the Roma language) became the equivalent of authentic Hungarian Gypsy music. The band…

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Artist Profiles: Paquito D’Rivera

Angel Romero April 6, 2017 No Comments clarinetCubaCuban musicJazzPaquito D'Riverasaxophonewestern classical music

Born in the island of Cuba, Paquito D’Rivera began his career as a child prodigy, playing both the clarinet and the saxophone with the Cuban…

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Artist Profiles: Paco de Lucia

Angel Romero April 4, 2017 No Comments Flamencoflamenco guitarPaco de LuciaSpainSpanish music

Paco de Lucía was one of the greatest guitarists in the world. He was born Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, a port city in the…

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Artist Profiles: Pablo Ziegler

Angel Romero April 2, 2017 1 Comment ArgentinaArgentine musicPablo Zieglerpiano

The internationally acclaimed Argentine pianist and composer Pablo Ziegler has been hailed as one of the world’s leading proponent of the nuevo tango. A classically…

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Artist Profiles: Pablo Mainetti

Angel Romero April 2, 2017 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicbandoneónPablo Mainetti

Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Pablo Mainetti is one of the best-known and most respected bandoneon players in the world. He completed his studies of…

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