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Manitas de Plata
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- Musique aux doigts
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Sète, Hérault, France
Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 November 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver"), was a French flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France. Baliardo was born in a gypsy caravan in Sète, southern France. Nicknamed Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver" in Spanish), he agreed to play in public only ten years after the death of…
Known for
- Brigitte Bardot : Divine B.B.2004
- Vivement dimanche — Self1998
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
- Téléthon — Self1987
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Numéro un — Self1975
- Système 2 — Self1975
- Midi Première — Self1975
- Caravan to Vaccarès — Ricardo1974
- Flash Love — Manitas de Plata1972
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1921-08-07
- Active to
- 2014-11-05
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Manitas de Plata ("Little hands of Silver") (born Ricardo Baliardo, August 7, 1921 - November 5, 2014) was a French Gitano flamenco guitarist. He was born in a Gypsy (Gitano) caravan in Sète in southern France. He became famous by playing each year at the Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Gypsy pilgrimage in Camargue, where he was recorded live by Deben Bhattacharya. Manitas de Plata only agreed to play in public ten years after the death of Django Reinhardt, unanimously considered the king of gypsy gui
Described at
MANITAS DE PLATA -GUITARRISTAS- El Arte de Vivir el Flamenco
Literatura flamenca de grandes artistas, Programas de radio, Novedades y noticias de flamenco. Biografías de cantaores, guitarristas, bailaores, galerías fotográficas, Poesías, audiovisuales.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ricardo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Sète
- Place of death
- Montpellier
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- flamenco
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.manitasdeplata.fr
- Image
- Grand Gala du Disque in de RAI. Gitarist Manitas de Platas uit Spanje, Bestanddeelnr 921-1451.jpg
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- described at URL
- elartedevivirelflamenco.com/guitarristas244.html
- relative
- Tonino Antoine Baliardo
- date of death
- 2014-11-06
- Commons category
- Manitas de Plata
- date of birth
- 1921-08-07
- birth name
- Ricardo Baliardo
- pseudonym
- Manitas de Plata
- place of burial
- Hérault
- described by source
- TheGuardian.com
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