Ablóniz Miguel (1917-2001)
Egypt / Italia / More info in Enciclopedia de la Guitarra / More info in Wikipedia
Guitarist, composer, naturalized Italian, was born in Cairo and died in Milan.
English
He was born in Cairo. His father was Greek, his mother Italian. Qualified guitar teachers were not to be found in Egypt at the time of his childhood, and he began to teach himself at the age of eight. He studied the methods of such as Albert, Carcassi and Carulli, later corresponding with prominent teachers in Europe, who sent him guitar books and music. In 1933 he made contact with the French guitarist André Verdier, who had studied with Miguel Llobet. Verdier recommended the young guitarist to Emilio Pujol, but it was not until 1946, after the Second World War, that Abloniz was able to study with Pujol at the Escuela Municipal de Musica in Barcelona, Spain. His studies continued with Juan Parras del Morral. Before that, in 1945, he had travelled to Britain to hear - and meet - Andrés Segovia. Much of his concert experience had been gained during the war, both in live recitals and in radio broadcasts. Concert performance was not to be his principal activity, however, and he eventually devoted the greater part of his time to teaching and transcribing. Yet there was plenty more to his substantial career. He established a guitar School in Milan, Italy - his mother’s country - where he had settled in 1953. He taught at a number of Italian academies and colleges, and in addition spent a considerable amount of tirne each year visiting guitar courses abroad. These included Ithaca College, USA, where he was the principal teacher. At least a thousand works are said to have been transcribed by Miguel Abloniz. Together with the numerous original compositions published by Ricordi and Bèrben, they may be considered a monument to a long life well spent in the service of music and the guitar. (Colin Cooper – Classical Guitar September 2001)
Italiano
Miguel Ablóniz (1917), celebre chitarrista e compositore nato al Cairo, naturalizzato in Italia, residente per molti anni nel centro di Milano. Tra i suoi allievi vi sono molti solisti come Aldo Minella, o musicisti pop quali Riccardo Zappa.
Composizioni (76)
Antologie curate
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.1
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.2
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.3
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.4
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.5
- ANTOLOGIA PER CHITARRA
Presente in antologie
- ALBUM PER RAGAZZI Volume 2 — MILONGA
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.1 — DUE CHITARRE, EL CANT DELS OCELLS, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD, YO LE QUERÍA A MI NOVIO, ZORONGO
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.1 — OMAGGIO A FERNANDO SOR
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.1 — OMAGGIO A JOAQUÍN RODRIGO
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.1 — OMAGGIO A NAPOLÉON COSTE, and others
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.2 — EL MESTRE, EN LOS PUEBLOS DE MI ANDALUCIA, LA PLOMA DE PERDÍU LAYETA
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.3 — HAPPY BIRTHDAY YO YOU, LA FILADORA, LA PAJARERA, L'HEREU RIERA, THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.3 — STUDIO & TARANTELLA, and others
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.4 — SCHERZETTO
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.4 — JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO, LO GRANATIELLO, NU MAZZO DE SCIURE, SEVILLANAS
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.4 — PARODIA D'UN TESTAMENTO
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.5 — GRANADINAS, 'HEAV'N, HEAV'N', LA FATA DELLO SCODILLO, PER UN PIATTO DI MACCHERONI, SOLEARES
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.5 — LA VALENTINA, POR TI MI CORAZÓN
- ALBUM RICREATIVO N.5 — SAMBINHA, and others
- LA CHITARRA BRASILIANA (Metodo per lo studio del samba e della bossa nova) — GUITAR CHÔRO