Andrés Segovia (1893-1987)

Segovia was a Spanish guitarist. He has started to play at the age of 6. He made his first concert in 1916, and became known with his Paris concert in 1924. He helped the people of his time by imagining today's guitar woth better sound. The Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos himself dedicated his Twelve Etudes to him in 1928. In 1958, he won a Grammy Award for his album Segovia Golden Jubilee. In 1981, he was awarded the title Marques de Salobrena. He died in Madrid

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