Clara (Cuqui) Nicola (22 March 1926 – 14 July 2017) was a prominent Cuban guitarist and professor.Periódico Cubarte. Noticias. Homenaje a Cuqui Nicola.http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/periodico/noticias/61297/61297.html

Academic background

Clara (Cuqui) Nicola studied

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with her mother Clara Romero de Nicola, a renowned guitarist and founder of the modern Cuban Guitar School, and graduated at the Municipal Conservatory of Havana.Giro, Radamés. Leo Brouwer y la guitarra en Cuba. Editorial Letras cubanas. La Habana, Cuba, 1986. P.41-43. She also participated under her mother’s direction in the activities of the “Sociedad Infantil de Bellas Artes”, junior branch of the cultural organization “Pro-Arte Musical.”.

Work

After the Cuban Revolution in 1959, Clara (Cuqui) Nicola collaborated with her brother

Isaac Nicola Isaac Nicola Romero (11 April 1916 in Havana, Cuba – 14 July 1997) was a prominent Cuban guitarist and one of the founders of the modern Cuban Guitar School. He was also brother of Clara (Cuqui) Nicola. Academic formation Isaac Nicola bega ...

and other guitarists and professors, such as Marta Cuervo, in the implementation of a unified method for all the music schools in Cuba. She made a valuable contribution to the development of a national pedagogic system for the guitar. Cuqui Nicola worked as a professor at the Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte (ENIA). Among her many disciples were the Cuban jazz guitarist

Carlos Emilio Morales Carlos Emilio Morales (November 6, 1939 – November 11, 2014) was a Cuban jazz guitarist. Selected discography *''Irakere'' (1979) *''Havana Jam'' (1979) *''The Legendary Irakere in London'' (1987) *''Homenaje a Beny Moré'' (1989) *''Misa Negra'' ...

, and composer Edesio Alejandro. She worked also as adviser for TV programs such as “Aficionados en TV” from 1967 to 1968.

Recognitions

“Cubadisco de Honor” Award in 2012

Death

Cuqui Nicola died on July 14, 2017, after suffering a Cardiac arrest. She was 91. She died on the 20th anniversary of her brother

's death.

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