Clara (Cuqui) Nicola

Clara (Cuqui) Nicola (b. Havana, Cuba 1926) is a prominent Cuban guitarist and professor.[1]

Academic background

Clara (Cuqui) Nicola studied guitar with her mother Clara Romero de Nicola, a renowned guitarist and founder of the modern Cuban Guitar School, and graduated at the Municipal Conservatory of Havana.[1][2] She also participated under her mother’s direction in the activities of the “Sociedad Infantil de Bellas Artes”, junior branch of the cultural organization “Pro-Arte Musical.”.[1][3]

Work

After the Cuban Revolution in 1959, Clara (Cuqui) Nicola collaborated with her brother Isaac Nicola and other guitarists and professors, such as Marta Cuervo, in the implementation of a unified method for all the music schools in Cuba. She made a valuable contribution to the development of a national pedagogic system for the guitar.[2][4]

Cuqui Nicola worked as a professor at the Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte (ENIA).[5] Among her many disciples we can mention the famous Cuban jazz guitarist Carlos Emilio Morales,[6] and composer Edesio Alejandro[1]

She worked also as adviser for TV programs such as “Aficionados en TV” from 1967 to 1968.[7]

Recognitions

“Cubadisco de Honor” Award in 2012 [8]

See also

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Periódico Cubarte. Noticias. Homenaje a Cuqui Nicola.http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/periodico/noticias/61297/61297.html
  2. 1 2 Giro, Radamés. Leo Brouwer y la guitarra en Cuba. Editorial Letras cubanas. La Habana, Cuba, 1986. P.41-43.
  3. ↑ La Guitarra de Pro-Arte Musical: una herencia identitaria cultural. Irina Pacheco Valera. http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/periodico/print/articulo/16795.html
  4. ↑ Ramirez, Marta Maria. Cuba: The Cuban Guitar School. SEMlac reports 7. http://www.redsemlac.net/reports/SEMlac/Reports07.htm
  5. ↑ Cubanosfamosos.com. Olga Díaz Sampera. http://cubanosfamosos.com/olga-d%C3%ADaz-sampera
  6. ↑ Ecured. Carlos Emilio Moralesw.http://www.ecured.cu/index.php/Carlos_Emilio_Morales.
  7. ↑ El blog de Pedraza Ginori. Mis programas de televisión (1). http://elblogdepedrazaginori.blogspot.com/2013/02/mis-programas-de-television-1.html
  8. ↑ Radio Cadena Habana. Homenaje a grandes de las cuerdas.http://www.cadenahabana.cu/2012/05/22/homenaje-a-grandes-de-las-cuerdas/
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