Clara (Cuqui) Nicola
Clara (Cuqui) Nicola (22 March 1926{{Cite web|url=http://dcubamusica.cult.cu/efemerides/marzo/|title = DCubaMúsica -}} – 14 July 2017) was a prominent Cuban guitarist and professor.Periódico Cubarte. Noticias. Homenaje a Cuqui Nicola.http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/periodico/noticias/61297/61297.html
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.Giro, Radamés. Leo Brouwer y la guitarra en Cuba. Editorial Letras cubanas. La Habana, Cuba, 1986. P.41-43. 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.”.La Guitarra de Pro-Arte Musical: una herencia identitaria cultural. Irina Pacheco Valera. [https://archive.today/20130412053234/http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/periodico/print/articulo/16795.html]
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.Ramirez, Marta Maria. Cuba: The Cuban Guitar School. SEMlac reports 7. {{cite web|url=http://www.redsemlac.net/reports/SEMlac/Reports07.htm |title=SEMlac Reports 7 |accessdate=2013-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113135516/http://www.redsemlac.net/reports/SEMlac/Reports07.htm |archivedate=2012-11-13 }}
Cuqui Nicola worked as a professor at the Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte (ENIA).Cubanosfamosos.com. Olga Díaz Sampera. http://cubanosfamosos.com/olga-d%C3%ADaz-sampera Among her many disciples were the Cuban jazz guitarist Carlos Emilio Morales,{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} and composer Edesio Alejandro.
She worked also as adviser for TV programs such as “Aficionados en TV” from 1967 to 1968.El blog de Pedraza Ginori. Mis programas de televisión (1). http://elblogdepedrazaginori.blogspot.com/2013/02/mis-programas-de-television-1.html
Recognitions
“Cubadisco de Honor” Award in 2012 Radio Cadena Habana. Homenaje a grandes de las cuerdas.http://www.cadenahabana.cu/2012/05/22/homenaje-a-grandes-de-las-cuerdas/
Death
Cuqui Nicola died on July 14, 2017, after suffering a Cardiac arrest. She was 91.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2017/07/14/fallece-guitarrista-y-pedagoga-cubana-clara-nicola/#.WkGuwXOhVnG|title = Fallece Clara Nicola, guitarrista y pedagoga cubana|date = 14 July 2017}} She died on the 20th anniversary of her brother Isaac Nicola's death.
See also
References
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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
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