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Amancio Prada Was Born In Dehesas In The Province Of León In 1949. He Studied Sociology At The University Of The Sorbonne In Paris And It Was In That Same City That He Studied Harmony Composition And Guitar Under Michel Puig And Silos Manos. After His Debut There Playing Alongside Georges Brassens In December 1973 Amancio Prada Performed On Radio Television And At Various French Universities. He Recorded His First Record In France VIDA E MORTE 1974 Life And Death . On Returning To Spain In 1975 He Recorded His Second Record Dedicated To ROSALÍA DE CASTRO And Settled In Segovia Where He Was To Devote Himself Completely To Composition. The Results Of This Period Were CARAVEL DE CARAVELES Carnation Of Carnations CANCIONES DE AMOR Y CELDA Songs Of Love And From The Cell LEILA DOURA And CÁNTICO ESPIRITUAL Spiritual Canticle . The St. John Of The Cross Cántico Espiritual Marked The Start Of A Series Of Recitals Beginning In The Teatro Español In Madrid In February 1982. During That Year He Also Recorded CANCIONES Y SOLILOQUIOS Songs And Soliloquoys On Agustín García Calvo´s Poems And Started A Concert Tour Which Took Him To The Main North American Universities. In The Next Few Years And Following His Presentation In Barcelona´s Palau De La Música Milan´s Piccolo Theatre And Paris´s Odeon He Recorded DE LA MANO DEL AIRE Hand In Hand With The Air 1984 And DULCE VINO DE OLVIDO Sweet Wine Of Oblivion 1985 . His Appearance In Madrid´s Teatro Real In The First Annual Festival De Otoño Confirmed Once More The Unanimous Critical Acclaim That Had Been Greeting His Performances Up To That Point. The Critics Drew Attention In Particular To The Depth Of His Work And His Unusual Artistic Orientation Or As Edward Rothstein Put It In The New York Times The Flexibility Of His Timbre And His Dramatic Capacity On Stage. In 1986 He Gave The First Performance Of SONETOS DEL AMOR OSCURO Dark Love Sonnets F. García Lorca In The Teatro María Guerrero In Madrid Under The Direction Of Lluis Pasqual And Started Work On His Next Album A DAMA E O CABALEIRO The Lady And The Gentleman 1987 On The Neo-Troubadour Poetry Of Alvaro Cunqueiro. He Then In Collaboration With The Writer Manuel Vicent Composed The Songs For The Record NAVEGANDO LA NOCHE Navigating The Night 1988 . In 1990 He Recorded A Double Album Titled TROVADORES MÍSTICOS Y ROMÁNTICOS Troubadours Mystics And Romantics And Presented Its Contents Together With The CÁNTICO ESPIRITUAL At The IVth Festival Of Sacred Music In Maastricht And In The Auditorio Nacional De Música As Part Of The XIIIth Season Of Chamber And Polyphonic Music. This Was The Start Of A Concert Tour Which Was To Take Him To More Than 80 Spanish Cities In 1991. In 1992 In Collaboration With Luis Fuente´s Ballet Company He Added To His Repertoire The New Show "Canciones En Danza" Songs In Dance . 1994 Saw An Edition Of EMBOSCADOS Ambushed An Oratory On A Long Poem Of Prada´s Own For Two Solo Voices And Chamber Group. In 1997 He Recorded ROSAS A ROSALÍA Roses To Rosalía With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Of Galicia And Joined By Singers And Actors Amelia Muge Ginese Ortega María Del Mar Bonet Marisa Paredes María Dolores Pradera Martirio Nuria Espert And The Pandereiteras De Baio A Percussion Group This Album Once Again Pays Homage To The Galician Poetess Rosalía De Castro Who Had Been The Inspiration For His First Songs. 3 POETAS EN EL CÍRCULO Three Poets At The Circle Cunqueiro Lorca And García Calvo 1998 Is His First Live Concert Recording Made During The Concerts Taking Place In The Círculo De Bellas Artes In Madrid. DE MAR E TERRA EMI 1999 Is His Personal View On The Oral Tradition. His Most Recent Album ESCRITO ESTÁ It's Destiny EMI 2001 Which Provides The Title And The Contents Of A New Recital Amancio Prada Carries On His Permanent Search For Emotion And Beauty. Words And Music Bound Together And Held Up By The Melodic Arch. His First Cd-Book SONGS FROM THE SOUL EL EUROPEO-KARONTE 2003 Is Entirely Devoted To Saint John Of The Cross´s Text. The Recording Includes The Latest Version Of The SPIRITUAL SONG And Five New Poems Set To Music By Amancio Prada Night The Fountain The Flame I Live Not Within Myself And A Carol All Of Which Are The Work Of Saint John. Its Edition Commemorates The 25th Anniversary Of The First Version Of SPIRITUAL SONG And Its First Performance In The Church Of San Juan De Los Caballeros Segovia On Easter Saturday In 1977. In March 2004 He Has Published His Second Disc-Book SONNETS AND SONGS FROM FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Círculo De Lectores A Compilation Of All His Compositions Inspired In The Unparalleled Poetry Of Lorca. The Result Is An Exquisite Record Where We Find The Convergence Of The Two Artists. The Three Last Songs Pay A Homage To Paco Ibáñez. The First Theme A Mercedes En Su Vuelo Is Released For The First Time. HASTA OTRO DÍA CHICHO April 2005 Disc-Book Released By The Joaquín Díaz Foundation Is Dedicated To His Friend Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio. At The End Of 2005 ROSALÍA SIEMPRE Is Released A Tribute To The Poetic Works Of Rosalía De Castro Always Present Along His Music Career. HUELLAS DE SALAMANCA 2005 Disc-Book Released By The Salamanca City Hall Fundación Municipal Salamanca Ciudad De Cultura And Salamanca Plaza Mayor 2005. It Was Recorded Live During The Concert In The Liceo De Salamanca Theater To Celebrate The 250th Anniversary Of The Plaza Mayor. Amancio Prada Has Taken Part In Numerous National And International Festivals And Among Other Cities Outside Spain He Has Given Concerts In Rome Stockholm Geneva Buenos Aires New York Lisbon Caracas Oporto Chicago Mexico City Rabat Cologne Utrecht Ravenna Atenas Brussels Medellín... read less