Andrés Segovia

Andrés Segovia (1893–1987) was a Spanish music educator, composer and teacher.

Also recorded as Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Andrés Segovia Torres.

Born at Linares in 1893, died at Madrid in 1987.

In detail

Andrés Segovia studied at Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Granada. Evangelos Asimakopoulos, Liza Zoi and Evangelos Boudounis are recorded as having studied under Andrés Segovia. the recorded working language is Spanish.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music.

Membership is recorded of Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias.

Work by Andrés Segovia is recorded in the collections of print collection of the national Library of BAnQ.

Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Léonie Sonning Music Prize and Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal.

Sources

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