Fernando Martín de Argenta Pallarés (4 July 1945 – 3 December 2013) was a

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writer, journalist, musician and presenter of

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and

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. Born in

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, the son of conductor and pianist

Ataúlfo Argenta Ataúlfo Exuperio Martín de Argenta Maza (19 November 1913 – 20 January 1958) was a Spanish conductor and pianist. Biography Argenta was born in Castro Urdiales, Cantabria, one of the two children, and the only son, of the local stati ...

, Argenta completed advanced studies in music at the

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, he combined activity with the Bachelor of Law from the

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. In his youth, he was a member of the rock band Micky and The Tonys, which he left in 1965 to fulfill the military service. In 1976, Argenta began working at

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(RNE), the station that ran the program ''Popular Classics''. In 2003, 2004 and 2006, he was the commentator of

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in the

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held in

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(

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), Lillehammer (

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) and

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(

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), respectively. Fernando Argenta died of pancreatic cancer on 3 December 2013, aged 68, in

Boadilla del Monte Boadilla del Monte () is a Spanish town and municipality located in the west of the Community of Madrid, inside its metropolitan area. It has the second highest level of income per capita in all of the country of Spain. In 2017, it had a popula ...

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.Muere Fernando Argenta, la voz de 'Clásicos populares' y 'El conciertazo'

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