Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía (born December 21, 1947) in Algeciras,Spain, is recognized as flamenco legend all over the world. He is a composer and guitarist, and leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style. Not only

Paco de Lucía (born December 21, 1947) in Algeciras,Spain, is recognized as flamenco legend all over the world. He is a composer and guitarist, and leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style. Not only skilled in flamenco, he is one of the very few flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music, such as jazz, classical, and world music. He is the winner of 2004 Prince of Asturias Awards in Arts.

De Lucía was born Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, a city in the province of Cádiz, in the southernmost tip of Spain and Europe, the youngest of five children. The son of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez, and brother of flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras, he adopted the stage name Paco de Lucía in honor of his Portuguese-born mother, Lúcia Gomes.