Juan Garcia De La Mata

Juan Garcia de la Mata, flamenco guitarist, was born on February 28, 1918 in Madrid. Known as Juan de la Mata. He started to study his flamenco guitar at the age of six and when he was only eleven, he gave his first concert in a theater in Madrid. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid. He has participated in more than 40 films composing the soundtracks. In 1959 in New York he met the great guitar genius "Sabicas", with whom he worked for over 30 years as a second guitarist in all his concerts.