Ronald Radford
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United States
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Flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
player. Born in California
California
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, he currently resides in the St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
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area. Radford is a protégé of Carlos Montoya
Carlos Montoya
Carlos Montoya was a prominent Flamenco guitarist and a founder of the modern-day popular Flamenco style of music.His unique style and successful career, despite all odds, have left a great legacy for modern day Flamenco...
, and studied classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
with Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia
Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...
. He is the only person awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study Flamenco in Spain
Spain
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, where he lived and traveled.
His performances have spanned four continents, as well as Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
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and the Kennedy Center. In addition, he has toured as a music ambassador for the U.S. State Department.