Titles by: JUAN DE LA MATA
JUAN DE LA MATA
Mr. Juan de la Mata was born on February 28, 1918, in Madrid, Spain. He started to study the flamenco guitar at the age of six, and at age eleven acted in the Spanish theatre in Madrid. He graduated with a "professor" degree at the Real Conservatory of Music and Poetry of Madrid. He participated in more than forty movies, composing the music for his performances. His first trip abroad was to Portugal, and for more than a year, performed in theatre, radio, television, and the Gran Casino of Estoril. Mr. Juan and Mrs. Maria de Borbon invited him to perform as a soloist for the debut of their son Juan Carlos, currently the Majestic King Juan Carlos I of Spain. In New York, Mr. de la Mata had the pleasure of meeting the genius and master of the flamenco guitar "Sabicas" (Agustin Castellon Campos 1907 -1990), with whom he worked and performed for more than thirty years.