Amancio Prada

Amancio Prada (Dehesas, Ponferrada, February 3, 1949) is a Spanish composer and singer-songwriter. His work as a composer and performer has always had a literary base that, throughout his discography, almost always monographic in content, has formed an anthological journey through peninsular poetry, from the songs of the first Galician-Portuguese troubadours (12th century). and Martín Gaite, Agustín García Calvo, Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, Manuel Vicent, Léo Ferré, Luis López Álvarez, Antonio Pereira, Juan Carlos Mestre and Amancio Prada himself.

He adapted the Spiritual Canticle of San Juan de la Cruz for voice, guitar, violin and cello, an album reissued several times. In 2015, the Spanish Radio Television Orchestra and Choir premiered the symphonic and choral version of this work directed by Fernando Velázquez, author of the orchestration.

His professional career has earned him various distinctions, including the IV Centenary Medal of San Juan de la Cruz in 1991, the Castelao Medal from the Government of Galicia, the Castilla y León Prize for the Arts in 2005, and the Grand Prize for the Sacem repertoire. 2008, Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts 2010, Tenco Prize 2010, Galician Culture Prize 2019, VII University of Seville Culture Prize 2020.

Biography

He studied Business Sciences applied to agriculture in Valladolid and studied sociology at the Sorbonne University (Paris), where he also took harmony, composition and guitar classes.

Its presentation in Paris took place during the month of December 1972 with Georges Brassens at the Theâthre Bobino. His performances take place both on radio and television, as well as in immigrant centers and universities. In France he released his first album, Vida e morte . From that moment on he began a long period of album production, with numerous performances around the world. He returned to Spain in 1975.

He has participated in a large number of international festivals such as the Saintes Early Music Festival, the Maastricht Sacred Music Festival or the Ravenna Festival, among many others.

Discography

• Life and Death (1974)
• Rosalía de Castro (1975)
• Caravel of caraveles (1976)
• Spiritual Cantic of San Juan de la Cruz (1977)
• Songs of love and cell (1979)
• Lelia Doura (1980)
• Songs and soliloquies (1983)
• From the hand of the air (1984)
• Sweet wine of oblivion (1985)
• Sonnets of Dark Love (1986)
• A lady e o horseeiro (1987)
• Navigating the night (1988)
• Troublers, mystics and romantics (1990)
• Embossed (1994)
• Roses to Rosalia (1997)
• Three Poets in the Circle (1998)
• From sea and terra (1999)
• Written (2001)
• Songs of the soul (2002)
• Sonetos and songs by Federico García Lorca (2004)

• Until another day. Canciones de Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio (2005)
• Footprints of Salamanca (2005)
• Rosary always (2005)
• zAMORa (2006)
• Artist's life. Songs of Léo Ferré (2007)
• Concert of living love (2007)
• The love that takes away the dream. Romances of the Old Kingdom of Leon (2010)
• Coplas de Jorge Manrique a la muerte de su padre (2010)
• I love you free. About poems by Agustín García Calvo (2013)
• Federico García Lorca: Poet in Galicia (2013)
• Resonances of Rosalía (2014)
• La Voz Descalza of Teresa of Jesus (2015)
• Sonnets of Dark Love, Songs and Gacelas by Federico García Lorca (2016)
• Me, with you. About poems of Antonio Pereira (2017)
• Cavalo Morto. About poems by Juan Carlos Mestre (2018)
• Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (2020)

Prizes and distinctions

• Festival de la Juventud, Alar del Rey 1969
• Youth Festival, Alar del Rey 1970
• "Estrella de Oro" Festival de Villancicos Nuevos, Pamplona 1975
• "Estrella de Oro" Festival de Villancicos Nuevos, Pamplona 1976
• Medalla Antena 3 Radio 1982
• Medalla COPE 1986
• Eleven Hoxe Wales 1987
• San Francisco Clinical Awards 1987
• Medal IV Centennial San Juan de la Cruz 1991
• Medalla Castelao 1995
• Honorary member of the Institute of Berciano Studies
• Honorary Partner of the Gallego Center of Córdoba
• Periodic Disc "Ideal" 1997 by "Rosas a Rosalía"
• Leones of the Year 1999
• Gold Medal of the Fine Arts Circle of Madrid 2001
• Trovador Prize. Festival de Alcañiz 2002
• Award of the Arts "Gil and Carrasco" 2003
• "Castaña de Oro" Award Prada a Tope 2004
• Premio Celanova Casa Dos Poetas 2005
• Premio Castilla y León de las Artes 2005 (breakable link available on the Internet Archive; see history, first version and last).
• Xarmenta Award 2006
• Golden Microphone Award 2007
• Sacem Repertory Award 2008
• Tenco San Remo 2010 Award
• Gold Medal to Merit in Fine Arts 2010
• Juglar of Fontiveros 2014
• Laxeiro 2016 Award
• Premio Opinion da Música de Raíz Andaina Senlleira 2016
• AMGU Music Award 2019
• Galega Culture Award 2019
• University of Seville 2020 Culture Award
• European Guitar Foundation 2020 Award
• Fiambrera de Plata del Ateneo de Córdoba 2023