Joaquín Rodrigo

Joaquín Rodrigo Marqués de los jardines de Aranjuez (Spanish, Marquis of the Gardens of Arajuez), (22 November, 1901 – 6 July, 1999) was a Spanish composer, and virtuoso

Joaquín Rodrigo Marqués de los jardines de Aranjuez (Spanish, Marquis of the Gardens of Arajuez), (22 November, 1901 – 6 July, 1999) was a Spanish composer, and virtuoso pianist, of classical music. He is best known for his Concierto de Aranjuez.

Rodrigo was born in Sagunto and was blind from the age of three as a result of a bout of diphtheria. He studied music under Francisco Antich in Valencia and under Paul Dukas in Paris. After briefly returning to Spain, he went to Paris again to study musicology, first under Maurice Emmanuel and then André Pirro.