Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Paco Peña
- Toques Flamencos (Music from the Student Repertoire)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Spain
- Active from
- 1942-06-01
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 63,406
- Total plays
- 381,193
Tags
Flamencoguitarspanishclassical guitarspanish guitar
Paco Peña (1942 - ) is a 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 1960's 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 con
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francisco
- Family name
- Peña
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Córdoba
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- flamenco
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Fontana Records
- Official website
- www.pacopena.com
- Image
- Paco Peña in 1984.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1942-06-01
- birth name
- Francisco Peña Pérez
- second family name in Spanish name
- Pérez
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0