Pancho Amat

Cuban musician (born 1950)

Pancho Amat
Birth name	Francisco Amat Rodríguez
Born	(1950-04-22)April 22, 1950 Güira de Melena, Cuba
Genres	Son cubano, punto cubano, guajira
Instrument(s)	tres
Years active	1971–present

Musical artist

Francisco Amat Rodríguez (born April 22, 1950), better known as Pancho Amat, is a Cuban musician specialized in the tres. In 1971, he became a founding member of Manguaré, which would become one of the leading ensembles within the nueva trova movement.^[1] He later played in Adalberto Álvarez y su Son. Currently, he is the leader of his own group, El Cabildo del Son.

In 2010, he won the National Music Award given by the Cuban Music Institute.^[2]^[3]

Biography

He obtained his degree in pedagogy from the University of Havana in 1971 and studied classical guitar at the Ignacio Cervantes Conservatory. Also in 1971, he founded Grupo Manguaré, which he directed for more than 15 years.

He has workedin trios, quartets, ensembles, charangas, even making arrangements for symphonic orchestra. He has collaborated with artists such as Joaquín Sabina, Oscar D'León, Pablo Milanés, Rosana, Ry Cooder, Silvio Rodríguez, Víctor Víctor, Yomo Toro, and Víctor Jara, and worked with Spanish rocker Santiago Auserón on the Juan Perro project. He has toured the United States, Europe and Japan with different groups of Cuban music.

In 1995, he released Son Por Tres, which won the National Critics' Award at Cubadisco. His second production, De San Antonio a Maisí. was awarded the Best Traditional Music Album Award Cubadisco 2002.^{[citation needed]}

Pancho Amat is a follower in Cuba of the work of famous tres players such as Arsenio Rodríguez.^[4]

In November 2012, he was selected for the opening of the sixteenth version of the DR Jazz Festival, along with important figures of the Caribbean strings such as guitarist Juan Francisco Ordóñez and "cuatro player" Pedro Guzmán, among others.^[5]

References

^ Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal. "Entrevista a Pancho Amat" (PDF). Diaz Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Collection (in Spanish). Florida International University. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
^ "Pancho Amat". LaHabana.com. April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
^ "Pancho Amat: Premio Nacional de la Música 2010". Cubadebate (in Spanish). December 12, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
^ "Pancho Amat: El Tres Cubano".
^ "La guitarra será protagonista del DR Jazz Festival 2012 - ElNacional.com.do". 2012-10-28. Archived from the original on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2020-05-12.

External links

http://tradicionalesdelos50musicacubana.com/in-cuba-pancho-amat-is-called-the-tres/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/800623-Pancho-Amat
https://playingforchange.com/videos/pancho-amat-introduces-the-tres-cuban-guitar/