Alfredo Juan Falú (born October 10, 1948) is an
Argentine classical guitarist and composer.
He was born in
Tucumán in 1948, and his uncle,
Eduardo Falú
Eduardo Falú (July 7, 1923August 9, 2013) was an Argentine folk music guitarist and composer.
Life and work
Eduardo Falú was born in El Galpón, a village near San José de Metán in the province of Salta, in 1923. His parents, Fada and Juan ...
, was by then a well-known
folk guitarist. A
psychoanalyst by profession and adherent of left-wing
peronism during the 1970s, Falú was forced into exile after losing his brother, Lucho, to Argentina's notorious "
Dirty War
The Dirty War ( es, Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina ( es, dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina, links=no) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as ...
."
He returned to
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
after 1983 and later began teaching at the
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first ...
Music Conservatory. He received, among other awards, the 2005
Konex Award
Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex Awards, are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation honouring Argentine cultural personalities.
History and purpose
Konex Awards are granted by the Konex Foundation, created in 1980 in Argentina. The pur ...
for best folklore group together with
Liliana Herrero. Falú continues to perform in solo concerts and with other prominent figures in Argentine folklore.
He is the brother of architect and social activist
Ana Falú,
disappeared
An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person by a state or political organization, or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organi ...
student activist , and lawyer and politician Dr. Jose Ricardo Falú.
References
External links
Official Homepage
Argentine classical guitarists
Argentine male guitarists
1948 births
Living people
Argentine people of Syrian descent
People from Tucumán Province
Argentine composers
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