Alexandre Lagoya (June 21, 1929 – August 24, 1999) was a classical guitaris… Read Full Bio ↴Alexandre Lagoya (June 21, 1929 – August 24, 1999) was a classical guitarist. His early career included boxing and guitar, and as he cites on the sleeve of his 1981 Columbia album, his parents hoped he would outgrow his predilection for both.
Lagoya was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a Greek father and an Italian mother. By 1955, when he married the French guitarist Ida Presti, his career had already begun. On the sleeve of his 1981 record with Columbia, Lagoya pays deep tribute to Presti and admits that after her premature death he was unable to play for years. He returned to the guitar as a teacher, tutoring among other famous guitarists the Canadian virtuoso Liona Boyd (who claims in her autobiography that she was also his lover). In the early 1980s at the advanced age of 52 he burst back on the international scene with a record for Columbia and an international tour.
Lagoya played a variety of works for guitar, performing concerts and recording albums, often collaborating with Presti and also with other musicians. Lagoya was also a successful teacher. He taught at the Paris Conservatory, and in Canada, and developed a new method of hand positioning which he believed helped people learn to play the guitar better. He also added the use of the little finger to plucking and claimed to have invented a method for maximizing the sound coming from the classical guitar.
Concerning the right hand, Alexandre Lagoya preferred the technique of plucking from the right side of the nail, and he believed it gave a more powerful sound.
Lagoya was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a Greek father and an Italian mother. By 1955, when he married the French guitarist Ida Presti, his career had already begun. On the sleeve of his 1981 record with Columbia, Lagoya pays deep tribute to Presti and admits that after her premature death he was unable to play for years. He returned to the guitar as a teacher, tutoring among other famous guitarists the Canadian virtuoso Liona Boyd (who claims in her autobiography that she was also his lover). In the early 1980s at the advanced age of 52 he burst back on the international scene with a record for Columbia and an international tour.
Lagoya played a variety of works for guitar, performing concerts and recording albums, often collaborating with Presti and also with other musicians. Lagoya was also a successful teacher. He taught at the Paris Conservatory, and in Canada, and developed a new method of hand positioning which he believed helped people learn to play the guitar better. He also added the use of the little finger to plucking and claimed to have invented a method for maximizing the sound coming from the classical guitar.
Concerning the right hand, Alexandre Lagoya preferred the technique of plucking from the right side of the nail, and he believed it gave a more powerful sound.
Asturias
Alexander Lagoya Lyrics
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Charlotte Jolivet
Un grand guitariste et un grand homme, d'une extrême gentillesse... j'ai eu l'immense honneur de le rencontrer lorsque j'étais enfant, et en garde un souvenir émerveillé. Son talent m'accompagne encore et toujours
hdholl
The most expressive interpretation of 'Asturias' there is. Alexandre Goya: a sadly underrated guitar virtuoso.
Segundo Sominson
Uno de los mas grandes de la historia sin dudas ! Don Alexandre Lagoya .
Roberto Martinez
Imprescindible en la historia de la guitarra. Gran Maestro Lagoya!!!!
Corinne Bizien
Il est et restera toujours le plus grand à mes yeux. Il est et sera toujours en vie. Il était d une gentillesse inouï
Leah Walkens
merci Alexandre Lagoya qui nous fait encore rêver
rufino sanchez
Por muy bueno que haya sido Lagoya, encuentro que, según mi modesto entender, comete el mismo error que Segovia en la parte que yo llamo la "definición" (en los truenos), porque en ese pasaje pierde también el ritmo. Sigo quedándome con la versión de J. Williams.
Françoise Curzi
MERCI MAGNIFIQUE
Servicar Harley
c'est au top meilleur version
allanco
superbe interprétation...