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Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (in Algeciras, Cádiz on December 21, 1947), is a
Spanish composer and guitarist. He is recognized as a virtuoso Flamenco guitarist all over the world,
sometimes called one of the greatest guitarists of all time, in any genre.[citation needed] He is a
leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style, and is one of the very few flamenco guitarists who
have also successfully crossed over into other genres of music. He enjoys, and has been a successful
musician in, many styles such as classical, jazz and world music. He is the winner of the 2004 Prince
of Asturias Awards in Arts, and is the uncle of Spanish pop singer Malú.

Paco was born Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, a city in the province of Cádiz, at the
southernmost tip of Spain directly in front of the Rock of Gibraltar. The youngest of the five
children of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez, and brother of flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and
flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras, he adopted the stage name Paco de Lucía in honor of his
Portuguese mother, Lucía Gomes.

Until asked to perform and interpret Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez in 1991, de Lucía was
not proficient at reading musical notation. As a flamenco guitarist, de Lucía claimed in Paco de
Lucía-Light and Shade: A Portrait that he gave greater emphasis to rhythmical accuracy in his
interpretation of the Concierto at the expense of the perfect tone preferred by classical guitarists.
Joaquín Rodrigo declared that no one had ever played his composition in such a brilliant manner.  
Since de Lucia was not able to read music, he worked on his interpretation of the concerto with
Narciso Yepes.

-- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: January 15, 2009
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco_de_Lucia)
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