This superior instrument strengthened his opinion of the guitar's potential as a serious musical profession. Some years before his enrollment at the conservatory, TГЎrrega acquired an extraordinarily loud and resonant guitar, from the Seville luthier Antonio Torres. The latter he was taught by Emilio Arrieta who convinced him to pursue a career in the guitar rather than the piano. Here he received a thorough instruction in theory of music, harmony, the piano, and composition. TГЎrrega impressed by the new Torres guitarДЄge 22 saw the budding Spanish musician entered into the conservatory in Madrid, under the sponsorship of a wealthy merchant, Antonio Canesa. This running away was repeated on several occasions over the following childhood years, once to join a band of gypsies in Valencia, but his father always sought him out and brought him home!Дo you have your own video to submit to ? Click here to enrich our site with your performance Following this the 10-year old TГЎrrega, took it upon himself to build his own musical career, making his own concert tour of sorts, by running away and playing in coffee houses and restaurants in Barcelona.

As we have seen, this TГЎrrega did, however the lessons stopped shortly after their beginning, when Arcas left for another concert tour abroad. He advised TГЎrrega's father to send him for lessons in Barcelona. Before his lessons with JuliГЎn Arcas, both of his teachers, Eugeni Ruiz and Manuel GonzГЎlez were blind.ДЇrancisco TГЎrrega's lessons with JuliГЎn Arcas were the consequence of the concert player, during a tour of the region in 1862, hearing TГЎrrega playing. Francisco met with the misfortune of partially losing his eyesight due to an infection. The young TГЎrrega was thus accomplished at the guitar and piano at an early age. This was partly because in 1862, when he began lessons, the guitar was overshadowed by the piano in musical stature. His father was a guitarist, playing various styles including flamenco, though when the young Francisco went for lessons with JuliГЎn Arcas, his father insisted he also be taught the piano. This maestro was born in Villareal, in the province of CastellГіn, Spain.

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