• Source: Paco Serrano

      • Paco Serrano (Francisco Miguel Serrano Cantero) is a Flamenco guitarist from Córdoba.
      At the age of 12 he was studying at the Flamenco Academy of Merengue de Córdoba (the teacher also of Vicente Amigo and José Antonio Rodríguez), his sister Luisa learning dance with Merengue's wife Concha Calero at the same location. For recreation, he accompanied the dance of his sister, and the singers in the Peña Flamenca de Córdoba.
      Following a TV appearance in 1980 with his teachers' troupe, he served his apprenticeship as accompanist to many major flamenco singers, such as Fosforito, La Niña de La Puebla, Juanito Valderrama, Chano Lobato, El Chocolate, José Mercé, Luís de Córdoba and Carmen Linares.
      The late '80s and early '90s saw him winning several national prizes, culminating in both the Premio Manolo de Huelva for accompaniment and the Premio Ramón Montoya for solo guitar at the Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco.
      In 1996 he graduated with a Master's Degree in Music from Rotterdam Conservatory, giving him the formal qualifications necessary to take up the position of Professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Córdoba, which he still holds.


      Awards and prizes


      1989 Premio Radio Nacional de España
      1990 Gold Insignia of the Peña Flamenca de Córdoba
      1991 1st prize at La Unión (Premio Bordón Minero)
      1991 Gold Insignia of the Peña Flamenca de Murcia
      1992 1st prize for accompaniment at Concurso Nacional de arte flamenco de Córdoba (Premio Manolo de Huelva)
      1992 1st prize for solo guitar at Concurso Nacional de arte flamenco de Córdoba (Premio Ramón Montoya)
      1995 Madroño Flamenco of the Peña Flamenca de Montellano (Seville)
      2002 Fiambrera de Plata prize of the Ateneo de Córdoba


      Partial discography




      = As an accompanist

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      1983 Mi verdad by Antonio de Patrocinio
      1984 Amor a mi tierra by Curro Díaz
      1984 El metal noble by Joaquín Garrido
      1984 Tierras del Sur by Antonio de Patrocinio
      1987 Jodar canta by Various Artists
      1988 Dejadme vivir by El Chaparro
      1988 Córdoba en su cante by Various Artists
      1990 Corazón de encina by Cándido de Quintana
      1990 Flamencos de Córdoba by Various Artists
      1992 Dos mundos cantan by El Perro de Paterna & Enrique Orozco
      1993 La Unión by José Mercé & El Chocolate
      1994 Confederación andaluza de Peñas by Joselete de Linares
      2001 Me duele, me duele by Marina Heredia


      = As a soloist

      =
      1999 Mi camino
      2012 Catarsis


      Sheet music + video


      1993 La Guitarra Flamenca (Encuentro Productions)


      Flamenco Guitar Teaching


      2012 Manual de la guitarra flamenca (Guitart)
      2015 Online flamenco guitar lessons at onlineflamenco.com


      References


      Guitar International magazine, July 1988
      Classical Guitar magazine, September 2003
      Classical Guitar magazine, November 2012
      Cordobapedia

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