• Music.Paco de Lucía, between two loves

  • Sagas.Curro, the son of Paco de Lucía, brings the intimacy of his cousin Malú to the cinema

When a

Spanish guitar

plays,

the virtuous fingers of Andrés Segovia, Peret, Carlos Montoya or Paco de Lucía come to mind.

The latter is the protagonist of the new edition of

Blood Ties

.

When he started playing at the age of seven, he was not aware that he would become a

genius who would internationalize flamenco

.

The Algerian

died at the age of 66 of a heart attack

on February 25, 2014 in Playa del Carmen (Cancun)

while playing soccer on the beach with his

7-year-old

son Diego

.

When his name was already predestined to be one of the greatest in the history of music, he starred in a

Romeo and Juliet

made in Spain

when on January 27, 1977

he married Casilda Varela Ampuero in Amsterdam

.

The link was sneakily because her mother was against it.

Of course, no family member attended the link.

He was a commoner, poor and anti-fascist

and

she descended from a multimillionaire family of the Basque gentry

.

Without going any further, Casilda was the

daughter of Franco's Lieutenant General José Enrique Varela

-I Marquis of Varela de San Fernando granted by Franco- who participated in the coup against the Second Republic that caused the Civil War and, later, the establishment of a totalitarian regime.

His mother was

Casilda Ampuero Gandarias

, a descendant of a

wealthy Biscayan family

that founded the

Altos Hornos de Vizcaya, they

were linked to Banco Urquijo and Bilbao-Vizcaya, they owned the newspaper

Nervión

, they had shares in the Portland cement company and the luxurious Hispano- Switzerland and participated in the

construction of the railway in the Basque Country

, among other achievements.

In addition, she was the

granddaughter of José María Ampuero

, mayor of Durango.

Paco and Casilda settled in a large house in the prestigious area of ​​Mirasierra, in Madrid.

The children did not take long to arrive:

Casilda (1978), Lucía (1979) and Curro (1983).

All three are extremely discreet, simple and have cared for their father's inheritance with great affection.

Little by little, Paco was reluctantly winning the

affection of his mother-in-law

and, from time to time, they

spent the summer and Christmas holidays

in the family palace of

Etze Zuria

(Durango, Vizcaya).

His first wedding, with Casilda Varela, in Amsterdam.

After his separation from Casilda

and Camarón's death in 1992,

he bought a house in Playa del Carmen (Cancun, Mexico)

to disconnect.

In the Aztec country, he fell in love with

Gabriela Canseco

, an art restorer 22 years younger than him with whom

he married civilly and had two children

, Antonia (2001) and Diego (2007).

With his second family they lived in a

splendid palace house in Toledo

and bought a 40,000 square meter estate full of olive trees in Mallorca for almost 600,000 euros in the 90s. On the island of calm he also created his own private paradise to escape the madding crowd and try your luck in

oil production.

But he failed in that attempt.

His second marriage gave him much more peace of mind, he enjoyed fatherhood, simple things and nature.

The

cultural legacy of Paco de Lucía

, the artist Malú's uncle, is masterful.

After

meeting the great Camarón of the island

on a farm owned by the Domecq family, the chemistry between the payo and the gypsy emerged instantly.

Between 1969 and 1977 they released 9 albums, among whose best-known songs are Entre dos aguas and Esa gitana morena.

Paco loves challenges and seducing with other rhythms such as jazz,

bossa nova

,

blues

or pop rock.

Anthological were his

collaborations with great legends such as Carlos Santana, Bryan Adams or Chick Corea.

Nor should we forget how

The Aranjuez concert

or

Río wide played

.

By the way, she participated in the soundtrack of

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

by Woody Allen with the theme Between two waters, a film that earned Penélope Cruz the Oscar for best actress.

This universal guitarist who died too soon recorded 37 albums and obtained the most prestigious awards and recognitions such as the

Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts

, two Grammys, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the Universal Guitarist Award from the Cortes.

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