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 ne of the most attractive personalities of the guitar world, Ricardo Iznaola
pursued a brilliant, multi-faceted musical career for over forty
years. An American citizen, he was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1949,
and trained in Caracas under maestros Manuel Pérez Díaz and Alirio
Díaz, and in Madrid under the eminent master Regino Sainz de la
Maza, while studying Theory and Composition at Madrid's Royal Conservatory. Critics, colleagues and audiences in four continents acclaimed his path-breaking work as concert and recording artist, composer, teacher, lecturer, and writer. Mr. Iznaola won top prizes in ten international competitions, including the Munich International Performance Competition, the Francisco Tárrega Competition, the Alirio Díaz Competition, the Stroud International Composer's Competition, the NATS Art Song Composition Competition and the Realize Music Challenge Orchestral Composition Competition, among others.
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Maestro Iznaola is a Guitar
Foundation of America Hall of Fame inductee (2016) and winner of the
Artistic Achievement Award, for his "monumental contributions to the
development of the art and life of the classical guitar."
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