Flamenco Legend Pepe Habichuela Dies
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The guitarist had been away from the stages for two years; “His music will continue to sound where flamenco continues to tell who we are,” said Spain’s president, Pedro Sánchez.
Flamenco is in mourning after the loss of the patriarch of the Carmonas, a genius who revolutionized the touch and brought the gypsy art to the top.
The guitarist José Antonio Carmona, known as Pepe Habichuela (Granada, 1944), died this Tuesday at 82 years of age in Madrid after two years off stage for a disease. The musician was awarded the medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 2018 and the government granted him last February the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X El Sabio, and described him as «one of the most influential figures of contemporary flamenco guitar». Pepe Habichuela was…
Havia actat en nombroses occasiones a Barcelona, entre altres, per la Mercè del 2022
Flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela, an influential figure and member of a prominent dynasty, died Tuesday at the age of 82.
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