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P ' R E S 1 I T I 1924-1967 ELEF ELEFTH THER ERIA IA KOTZ KOTZ
Hosphal
ago, ago, in
year year
in
Me ,great
gU~'1aris~and musician natu nature re .. bu the ~ 'C 'C r a . 1 1
mo m1
ClaUide Monlagr1.on,
Pr
eag died from
ay ] 9 2 4 ill Suresnes, , a S U b U . ifif b th o l l a rg rg no no l . . Yvetae M J ol W
Monlagnol]
thollght
tlJial
sounded
Heil rather m u c , and him.slel.f him.slel.f of~ell played th acc{ acc{}r }rdi dion on al S uunn da da y es as Impressed by
with it, late late (inc (incid id ~HaU ~HaU P,Ot ~mbili:QIl
M. Mo
' 1 llll rr rr o u g h S e g o v ia ia ' S her natural
af er
c ho ho o
he had bu
LlO iutroduce
i~ 10 his child
it).
major sh Wh as sjxye.ars old, '011 full~ full~sj sjze ze instmcumenl, :mosHy recordiags. helping her d ev ev e o p 10 learn di cipl ciplin ine. e. Th w{),rk
w he he n
YOUmlg
Sind then h e ui c t c e and solfege. Her l]JnIl1SM~1 and dedjca1ion began musicality mi e su su l h e p la la ye y e d in p U lb lb l ~ o r i l f irir s time w,hell w,hell she -l first Ap 1 91 91 5 a t : J S a l.l. l C h o p i n -P -P l ey ey e l aris aris Alre Alread ad pJaying ma m-
a th th e
wi
W a rrnn in in g
nO
following day [ater th traces
play in
C on on c de ou H e c i c l o fa fa d m i e i
AljJBOllse Daadet,
Ber oz P re re s
il
rs
i-I.
heard
yeats ld des Ccncerts Societe
lJ
Crn,ose~ based
b e c om om po p o se se r
romance
l'ilwn
th perf perfor orme me who g u a r (amd a l ~ h g l I D i t , < J r
d u riri n ~ x m m .e . e m Q ra ra t o J i n h is is bi bi r h p a ccee , g ra ra ccee fu fu l a le le D w a c on o n qu qu e n g e ve ve ry ry on on e
wa
sJle
Bernard her e ccbb ni ni qr qr u of the most
CO;rlCl:,\ff,
avot avot mn
wrot wrote; e; 'A
nsh Ma
'impecc·able style'; and!
Or!
PreSS!} s~id: 'Ida f'resti
most pl'QdjgiQUS guitar irta irtaos osc' c' mi himself himself si'. si'.ii iidi, di,whee w hee sh wa
.s guitarist', Her c o n c e r t
play
w o eonsecudve years. g re re w S h e ve ve n played in
spoque commented
the
disobedience cotlild
childhood'.
played
.O
it/" Presti
Ec utes utes .... ....An A n inbo inborn rn feelin feelin ,. au extrao extraordi rdinar nar 0.11 yt .. Ma
Emil Emilio io Pujo Pujo i!"!m935; h av av e fll!1hing
is
!'!It
alle alle ~Cli g ov ov i
an
other
Broq a, Mala Malats ts Fort Fortea ea S O T , n c u d e p ie ie ,c ,c e s by Ba.oh. Broq M o t ,e ,e ,n ,n o T o rr rr ob o b a P ag a g a ni ni a a n A l e n z , Together with L h , e f i ,v ,v e r e c o rd rd i n g '!'! ! she m a Gr
b e w ee e e n 1 93 93 4 < l n d1 d1 9 3 6 if wWi na na
le
c on on c
guilaris~of that Gu ta is
appear-ed in ][938 ie 'RhyUi.fil> mags mags ine, ine, here here Sharpe, tOUll'llel'1ling ofl.en-discllssed 'pGSsibiHty Segovi vi exis existe te some somewh wher er guItil guItili:d i:dst st tba Sego Spain, n, armo armoun unce ced: d: 'That in Spai an
me wh
only
me
ra
nor l1.eaxd Id Pres Presti ti live, t r u e .
.jo
am obvicu obvicu
Or'
mp
nt
tna(
played varkmseoncert
oued oued virt virtuo uosi sity ty and.sens and.sensit itiv ivit ity, y, Neve Never. r. Ulle-ge
sease o f s ty ty l e dignity in the Spanish repertoire! beco become me stro strong nger er in
th youn youn virt virtuo uoso so
with withou ou
rofe rofe
Ida
ga
yorc:mg lQA.
guitar that earned fllIH of diff diff cult cultie ie
,thall'ac~.eris.tiC:5,
hara hara teri teri ti was
made later,
~Jl
mI ea
19 0s
mag ne the :purmty
Moor Mooris ish; h; fr
she has
Mo
co Sevilla
.AlhQmbm
end, AS.l!tdas
is
800-fFee;.
playing is natu natura ral, l, el tic, tic, in rubma, ritenuto the
Her all ill
the phenomenal tile tile musi music. c.
Lagoya Duo,
means sonority
technique
Thes overwhehned, Thes
12
me Emilio
a .o .o y l n g digElity of her Bach, OIl!
do n,ot
These
char charac acte teri rist stic ic in
year
for, all these y e a r s and
even when when he .r'Ilofller
Prance, near Marsei Marseille lle ..She never stopped] play playin ing, g, whil whil tending to he iitt iittle le EW zabe zabe (pos (pos ibly ibly play playin in Pujo Pujol' l' G!l.ajira,.a fa.vourite at u re r e pa pa t n g f o c o nc nc er er t h e a re re a by her her longer daily and play until three in the Wj~1nor nor with withou ou frie frie d. th gitanos, Wj~1 10 sing ,a in
ear
since
for
.,I
talk about. Henry Rigaud,
In
and
ar found later, and
the
liked to
.pe
1 99- 0 5
giaano
the last public ic singer. sang in publ the human voice that she gave, whea p,illlrashtg. down
agoya,
i.11
wall specially,
(,Ii'
contreehan: guitarand started
wriaren
playing: an
rapido'f to the
Lagoya,
Alexandre
to talk talk abou abou write phrases or ho e, Late Later. r. mayb mayb [he able
composer.
next day, irnagiaarion. 'f ing' papers
put the things and lively duo spontaneous ,d"AviicJ. OJ e, sq Da Rythmique, Six Emde dr~ Ma'til1, tc he would a1' rnodestly: 'I
instrument',
War,
Alldre m fo fo r
aficionados
guitar
Cathedral
visi visiti tifl fl
th
nearby
uitare. MallY. baing in
play.
Pres Presti ti hers hersel el
ne
there
Iffila.t
admi admire re w e n t 10 later marr marrie ied, d, an with wh D u o P re re st s t i-i- La L a g oy oy a . n01 child prodigy possessing at to ay u ge ge • u e enviable even some he
IDL1Sic
udie udienc nc
em-hies
enrie
astonish pl
Wilh
small intr ([OlUIl \~iLh parliclillarly .ra ured in lLaly. Holland, Germany, .) Mo nol only pl,3iying AIMnwz,c,ulaHi) In inrreducing composers never, .0)' at y. govi govian an repe repert rtoi oire re Emil Emilio io Pujol. alia, J. Reus C(JIU, Pre ti
husband
guit
'i
Aranjuez Concerto ia
marriage
brill,
guit guitar ar to
uc
virtue: 0..
with
hc broadcast live on radio.. IT la a rg rg e following.
life early thir thirti ties es afte afte ~ler
of m , e r
th
order to l ag ag o y ,a ,a . T il i l e s ac a c r ifif ie ie c W O F k with music.
to
c o n u n u e in They
th in France,
duowith Alexandre
created rh
011. The
ro nd d, 011
Lageya.
the
'I if
illHiaHy
they
duos nowa nowada days ys the list is th existing duos c lu lu d (hi, article). lffile e a r. (001{ place at m i l e m u s i c r. l) l) ' D u o c o n c e rt rt s festival .o AixAix-en en-P -Pro rove venc nce, e, Fran France ce on 1956 It July 1956 lO
iill
tlulJJ
partnership togethes,.'
deve develo lope pe
.i
in
play
exelusively
the world stil! far from being when when she 'll'agicany died. with
0.1"
:mo
work
fo
gluitars
n:dre
Mo
Castejnuo Simonotetc. The orld. introducing large follo.wing ol' WJ!I'5 un ni ou in "Dynamic' hingtori Po TOHoba,
Pr ti-Lagoya new pupils It Comb Combat at Pari Paris) s)
W , l1 l 1 c lili l • h e ' after teaching
Bu
the
n g .... I
in the
P re re s
Uwh
1A
no
like
ea h.
Paris in bega bega to l e a c h with 111llL'ermruLiollald' d'
ln
herself is touc touchi hing ng more moread ad he pupils pupils reacti reactions ons their expressions j' remembrance, after the m! nwhilc on tour, pupils play, Her teaching was, according 10 one Of
an h ra ra s n g first woul woul no work work.· .·Fi Fing nger erin in •s a'b th sligbte Imperfections and would ice She grace trivial Pre ti \! '8 DO only II mi ut 'the 'Ibe more Olll!:! loved and a d m i r e d tinu tinue. e.
others
LO
'She 'She
face difficulties', Wi
courage Impressed by Iter Timothy
why.
accept an convincaig way, would impose dr u m would simply explain
fingers, etc.), Wby
011'
Dot dictatorial',
fameu
'fauaque,
il
it, together witll other playing (trills, three erth erth re as corr correc ect' t' w a y , grea grea Skitri
taught gifted m u s i c a l personality, would nl guid guid ng him al he liked her in "I viei l'J'faUre viei ecol ecole' e' c,opying mi a ss ss is is t and g u id id e happy and stunned
She
ow
idea ideas. s.', ',
make her
the guitar
than any 50[11 o~ pecH:dJy depa depart rted ed 'Sbe 'Sbe understand could music' June 19',67). 'Or,ea.m, pure, marvel marvellou lou artist artist {Daniel USUI'. June 1'9(
gr ates ates uita uitari ri very sheri
of this this century' {Aka {Aka Ito, Ito, 19 4). "For "For
1 i s unlikely
during OUI lifetime' Alexandre Lagoya emoalonal as io at of ztre ztre peof peof unda undaes es he geni geni ever ill moved and to: the best guitarist in g i ne n e xp xp lili ca ca bl b l e" e" . I fH fH ;1 ;1 xp x p Ji J i ca ca . b l a s w e l as s o m m t I in the: Waty av (org (orgou oueD eD her, 10'
mi forgotten
11apP' 11apP' to see ma young
her? hear hear o~her How little
the g r
just one
d O llll e t o bee! believe o f h e c eenn i u ry ry .... O h e years,
life gu
c cm c m p os o s i o na na , a s
quicldy
e llll a s h e s o
~ours
recordings (apan from. reco record rdin ings gs ther ther exist for th ra io}, io}, music and guitar lover.
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I,egendary g e n iu iu s . 15 he e'
1992 Elef ElefUi Uier eria ia Kotz Kotzia ia