Francisco Amat Rodríguez (born April 22, 1950), better known as Pancho Amat, is a Cuban musician specialized in the

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. In 1971, he became a founding member of Manguaré, which would become one of the leading ensembles within the

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movement. He later played in

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. Currently, he is the leader of his own group, El Cabildo del Son. In 2010, he won the National Music Award given by the Cuban Music Institute.

Biography

He obtained his degree in

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from the

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in 1971 and studied classical guitar at the

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Conservatory. Also in 1971, he founded Grupo Manguaré, which he directed for more than 15 years. He has workedin trios, quartets, ensembles, charangas, even making arrangements for symphonic orchestra. He has collaborated with artists such as

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, Oscar D'León, Pablo Milanés, Rosana, Ry Cooder, Silvio Rodríguez, Víctor Víctor, Yomo Toro, and Víctor Jara, and worked with Spanish rocker

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on the Juan Perro project. He has toured the United States, Europe and Japan with different groups of Cuban music. In 1995, he released ''Son Por Tres'', which won the National Critics' Award at Cubadisco. His second production, ''De San Antonio a Maisí''. was awarded the Best Traditional Music Album Award Cubadisco 2002. Pancho Amat is a follower in Cuba of the work of famous tres players such as Arsenio Rodríguez. In November 2012, he was selected for the opening of the sixteenth version of the DR Jazz Festival, along with important figures of the Caribbean strings such as guitarist Juan Francisco Ordóñez and "cuatro player" Pedro Guzmán, among others.

References

External links

*http://tradicionalesdelos50musicacubana.com/in-cuba-pancho-amat-is-called-the-tres/ *https://www.discogs.com/artist/800623-Pancho-Amat *https://playingforchange.com/videos/pancho-amat-introduces-the-tres-cuban-guitar/ Tres players 1950 births Living people Cuban guitarists People from Artemisa Province {{Cuba-musician-stub