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Clara (Cuqui) Nicola (22 March 1926[1] – 14 July 2017) was a prominent Cuban guitarist and professor.[2]

Academic background

Clara (Cuqui) Nicola studied guitar with her mother Clara Romero de Nicola, a renowned guitarist and founder of the modern Cuban Guitar School, and graduated at the Municipal Conservatory of Havana.[2][3] She also participated under her mother’s direction in the activities of the “Sociedad Infantil de Bellas Artes”, junior branch of the cultural organization “Pro-Arte Musical.”.[2][4]

Work

After the Cuban Revolution in 1959, Clara (Cuqui) Nicola collaborated with her brother Isaac Nicola and other guitarists and professors, such as Marta Cuervo, in the implementation of a unified method for all the music schools in Cuba. She made a valuable contribution to the development of a national pedagogic system for the guitar.[3][5]

Cuqui Nicola worked as a professor at the Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte (ENIA).[6] Among her many disciples were the Cuban jazz guitarist Carlos Emilio Morales,[7] and composer Edesio Alejandro.[2]

She worked also as adviser for TV programs such as “Aficionados en TV” from 1967 to 1968.[8]

Recognitions

“Cubadisco de Honor” Award in 2012 [9]

Death

Cuqui Nicola died on July 14, 2017, after suffering a Cardiac arrest. She was 91.[10] She died on the 20th anniversary of her brother Isaac Nicola's death.

See also

• Classical Guitar in Cuba
• Music of Cuba

References

External links

• Cuba, the Cuban guitar school. Marta María Ramíhttps://web.archive.org/web/20121113135516/http://www.redsemlac.net/reports/SEMlac/Reports07.htm
• Isaac Nicola. Hijo y padre de la Escuela Cubana de Guitarra. Jesús Dueñas Becerra.http://www.uneac.org.cu/index.php?module=noticias&act=detalle&id=6424

На других языках

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[es] Clara (Cuqui) Nicola

Clara Bienvenida "Cuqui" Nicola Romero (La Habana, Cuba, 22 de marzo de 1926 - Ibídem, 13 de julio de 2017) fue una destacada guitarrista y profesor cubana.[1]

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