Clara (Cuqui) Nicola

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

Clara (Cuqui) Nicola - Cuban guitarist and professor.

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 we can mention the famous 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

References
  1. http://dcubamusica.cult.cu/efemerides/marzo/
  2. Periódico Cubarte. Noticias. Homenaje a Cuqui Nicola.http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/periodico/noticias/61297/61297.html
  3. Giro, Radamés. Leo Brouwer y la guitarra en Cuba. Editorial Letras cubanas. La Habana, Cuba, 1986. P.41-43.
  4. La Guitarra de Pro-Arte Musical: una herencia identitaria cultural. Irina Pacheco Valera. http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/periodico/print/articulo/16795.html%5B%5D
  5. Ramirez, Marta Maria. Cuba: The Cuban Guitar School. SEMlac reports 7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Cubanosfamosos.com. Olga Díaz Sampera. http://cubanosfamosos.com/olga-d%C3%ADaz-sampera
  7. Ecured. Carlos Emilio Moralesw.http://www.ecured.cu/index.php/Carlos_Emilio_Morales.
  8. El blog de Pedraza Ginori. Mis programas de televisión (1). http://elblogdepedrazaginori.blogspot.com/2013/02/mis-programas-de-television-1.html
  9. Radio Cadena Habana. Homenaje a grandes de las cuerdas.http://www.cadenahabana.cu/2012/05/22/homenaje-a-grandes-de-las-cuerdas/
  10. http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2017/07/14/fallece-guitarrista-y-pedagoga-cubana-clara-nicola/#.WkGuwXOhVnG
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