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Amancio Prada
12+ albums
bierzomedievalspanishfolkjewish
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Amancio Prada was born in Dehesas, in the province of León, in 1949. He studied Sociology at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris, and it was in that same city that he studied harmony, composition and guitar under Michel Puig and Silos Manos. After his debut there, playing alongside Georges Brassens, in December 1973, Amancio Prada performed on radio, television and at various French universities. He recorded his first record in France, VIDA E MORTE (1974) [Life and Death]. On returning to Spain in 1975, he recorded his second record, dedicated to ROSALÍA DE CASTRO , and settled in Segovia, where he was to devote himself completely to composition. The results of this period were CARAVEL DE CARAVELES [Carnation of Carnations], CANCIONES DE AMOR Y CELDA [Songs of Love and from the Cell], LEILA DOURA, and CÁNTICO ESPIRITUAL [Spiritual Canticle]. The St. John of the Cross Cántico Espiritual marked the start of a series of recitals beginning in the Teatro Español in Madrid in February 1982. During that year he also recorded CANCIONES Y SOLILOQUIOS [Songs and Soliloquoys], on Agustín García Calvo´s poems, and started a concert tour which took him to the main North American universities. In the next few years, and following his presentation in Barcelona´s Palau de la Música, Milan´s Piccolo Theatre and Paris´s Odeon, he recorded DE LA MANO DEL AIRE [Hand in hand with the Air] (1984) and DULCE VINO DE OLVIDO [Sweet Wine of Oblivion] (1985). His appearance in Madrid´s Teatro Real,
