Ricardo Miño

Spanish flamenco guitarist Ricardo Miño Alvarez artistically known as Ricardo Miño. Please, do not confuse with flamenco pianist [a657413]. He was born in Seville in the Triana district in the year 1949. His youth developed between the studios and the cathedral of Seville, later joining the Escolanía de said city directed by Ángel Ursalay. Earned by the flamenco music that pervades the Triana environment, he started playing the guitar at the age of ten and took lessons from the neighborhood teacher Esperanza González. Already a professional at the age of twelve, he started his first tour with the company "Así canta Andalucía" led by Pepe Marchena and the Niña de la Puebla, still a child, starting at the "Circo Price" theater in Madrid at to finish touring all the capitals and provinces of Spain, including France and Morocco. Afterwards he accompanied the artists of the time, including the legendary Pastora Pavón "Niña de los Peines" and Pepe Pinto in the famous "variety companies".