Alirio Diaz
Alirio Diaz was a Venezuelan guitarist known for his expression, clarity, and flawless technique. His other contributions include arrangements of Venezuelan folk music for guitar, recordings, and literary works. He was born in 1923 in La Calendaria, a small rural town in Western Venezuela. He came from a large family with three sisters and seven brothers, and they were raised by their father. As a boy, he helped with the garden and livestock, and played the cuatro and the guitar. Diaz was taught how to read and write by his uncle, who also gave him his first guitar lessons. Since there was no public school system established during his childhood, the responsibility to educate children was typically left to the elders of the family. At the age of 16, Diaz ran away from home to find a better education, and to escape his abusive father. He walked 30km to the town of Carora and stayed with one of his older brothers who worked as a typographer. For the next few years, Diaz learned the profession from his brother and eventually started working with him at the state printing office. He also went to a school in Carora and finished the sixth grade. After his graduation he studied music theory with Laudelino Mejías in Trujillo, and he also learned how to play the saxophone and the clarinet. In 1945 he moved to Caracas and became a student of Raul Borges at the Escuela Superior de Música José Ángel Lamas. Five years later, he won a scholarship from the Venezuelan Ministry of National Education which allowed him to travel to Madrid to continue his education. In Madrid, he studied guitar with Regino Sainz de la Maza, and gave his first recital at the Biblioteca Nacional. The following year, he began lessons with Andres Segovia at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy. After three years of intense study and practice, he began working as Segovia's assistant and substitute at the academy and he started giving recitals at the most prestigious venues in Europe. As Diaz's reputation grew, composers began dedicating works to him including Rodrigo's Invocacion y Danza, Lauro's Concerto for guitar and orchestra, and many others. By 1965 Diaz became the guitar professor at the Accademy Chigiana, which was Segovia's former position. His contributions to the guitar repertoire include several arrangements of Venezuelan folk music. He was also active as a writer for Venezuelan periodicals, and he completed his autobiography in 1984, Al divisar el humo de la aldea nativa. Diaz passed away in Rome in July of 2016.
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The Guitar Artistry of Alirio Diaz
Classical - Lançado por HORTUS em 11/01/1991
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Mudarra, Narvaez, Sanz & Others: Works for Guitar
Alirio Diaz, Zagrebački Solisti, Antonio Janigro
Classical - Lançado por Artemisia em 01/02/2019
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The Legend of Alirio Diaz, Vol. 2 (1956-1960)
Classical - Lançado por IDIS em 05/03/2013
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Concierto de Aranjuez para Guitarra y Orquesta
Classical - Lançado por Promarket em 03/07/2020
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Alirio Díaz, Vol. 1: Lauro Guitar Concerto
Alirio Diaz, Jascha Horenstein, Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Classical - Lançado por DOREMI em 09/11/2010
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Récital de guitare No. 1 (Mono Version)
Classical - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1958
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Five Centuries of Spanish Guitar
World - Lançado por Music Manager em 19/11/2017
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The Legend of Alirio Díaz, Vol. 2
Classical - Lançado por IDIS em 08/04/2016
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Five Centuries Of Spanish Guitar Music
Classical - Lançado por Legacy International em 01/01/2006
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Guitarra de Venezuela
Flamenco - Lançado por HIFI Records em 06/07/1990
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The Best of Alirio Diaz
World - Lançado por Legend World Music OMP em 21/06/2010
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Récital de guitare No. 2 (Mono Version)
Classical - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1959
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L'anthology de la guitare, no. 6 (Mono version)
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1963
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The Legend of Alirio Díaz, Vol. 3
Alirio Diaz, Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela, Rodrigo Riera, Jascha Horenstein
Classical - Lançado por IDIS em 05/01/2018
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Milán, Molinaro, Barrios & Others: Guitar Works (Live)
Classical - Lançado por Artemisia em 22/01/2021
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Guitarra de Venezuela
Flamenco - Lançado por HIFI Records em 06/07/1990
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