{"id":3723,"date":"2013-06-21T18:24:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardamomo.es\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2013-06-21T18:24:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T18:24:14","slug":"ni%c3%b1o-miguel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardamomo.com\/en\/ni%c3%b1o-miguel\/","title":{"rendered":"El Ni\u00f1o Miguel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis post is dedicated to the memory of a great flamenco guitarist.<\/p>\n

It is possible that you may not have heard of him since there was a time in which he fell into oblivion. Until recently, I did not know of the existence of Ni\u00f1o Miguel; It was by chance, looking for videos of some guitarists on youtube that I read a comment about his \u201cDuende\u201d and Mastery, and I began to inquire about the master and to hear the few recordings that I found, my soul was touched forever by the love aroused in her.<\/p>\n

The past 23rd of May, Ni\u00f1o Miguel died in Huelva due to pneumonia. I felt a profound sadness, a vast loss, and with the passing of time, the need to share with you his music and a bit of his history to keep him alive among us.<\/p>\n

Ni\u00f1o Miguel learned to play with his father, Miguel ‘ el Tomate’, and as a child accompanied his father in parties and Flamenco gatherings, leaving those who listened to him dazzled. In the 1970s, his way of playing caused a sensation, and it is said that Paco de Luc\u00eda once said “right now in the world of guitar, Ni\u00f1o Miguel is the only one who is able to shadow me” openly acknowledging that the way Ni\u00f1o Miguel played influenced him.<\/p>\n

He was considered one of the great interpreters of flamenco, possessor of a revolutionary gift that would mark a before and after in the history of the guitar; his art was known across the world.<\/p>\n

In 1973, he won the prize of honour in the 2nd national contest of guitar in Jerez de la Frontera, and Spanish Television devoted a special in its ‘Roots’ program when he was only 21 years old. His two albums, ‘Ni\u00f1o Miguel guitar’ (1975) and ‘Different’ (1976), recorded in the studios Phillips and republished in 1999 under the title “Historical Recordings. Flamenco is Universal. Ni\u00f1o Miguel” revolutionized the world of flamenco.<\/p>\n

He did not appear frequently on stage, and soon the gods became jealous of him, keeping him away from the limelight, forcing him to give away the beauty of his music to whoever would listen, passing years giving lessons of mastery at squares, streets and bars.<\/p>\n

Despite all vicissitude, in 2005 he appeared in the collective work ‘Flamenco Andalusia, Spain and Humanity’ next to Manolo Sanl\u00facar, Paco de Luc\u00eda and Tomatito, and that same year in Seville in the “Flamenco at its Purest” concert, with Agujetas de Jerez and Diego de Mor\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

In 2007 premiered Beno\u00eet Bodlet y Chechu G.Berlanga\u2019s documentary “Huelva Flamenca” where Ni\u00f1o Miguel plays “El Emigrante” and a “Alegr\u00eda”, and in the 2009 in the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva premiered the documentary dedicated to the figure of Ni\u00f1o Miguel, with files and interviews with Paco de Lucia, Tomatito, Rafael Riqueni, Juan and Pepe Habichuela, Juan Carlos Romero, Enrique Morente, Archangel, Ni\u00f1o Josele, Antonio Mesa and the family of Miguel, directed by Annabelle Ameline, Beno\u00eet Bodlet and Chechu G.Berlanga, whose name “The Shadow of the Strings” was chosen by Ni\u00f1o Miguel himself.<\/p>\n

In 2011 Ni\u00f1o Miguel returned to the stage in his hometown, in a tribute concert organized by the cantaor Archangel, and in Seville at the Central Theatre, where tickets were sold out and where he managed to excite the public\u2019s emotions with his way of playing, so deep and heartfelt.<\/p>\n

Ni\u00f1o Miguel has been admired by all the great guitarists who have heard him, and without leaving Huelva, he was among the best performers and most famous of all times.<\/p>\n

One of the greatest interpreters of flamenco has left us, leaving us the gift of his music, full of feeling and sensitivity that only the truly greats possess.<\/p>\n

Below, few videos with his music<\/p>\n

 
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