Manuelcha Prado

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Manuelcha Prado

| image = Manuelcha_Prado_2013.jpg

| alias = The Saqra of the Guitar

| image_size = 250

| landscape = yes

| birth_name = Manuel Prado Alarcón

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|6|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Puquio, Ayacucho, Peru

| instrument = Vocals, guitar

| genre = Folk, andean music

| occupation = Guitarist, troubadour, composer, musician, singer-songwriter

| years_active = 1972–present

| label = Trilucero Producciones

| associated_acts = Jaime Guardia, Princesita de Yungay, Manuel Silva Pichinkucha

| website = {{URL|http://www.manuelcha.com/}}

}}

Manuelcha Prado (born 10 June 1955) is a guitarist, singer, composer, compiler and troubadour of Andean music. He is also known by many people as "The Saqra of the Guitar".{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Joshua|title=Gentleman Troubadours and Andean Pop Stars|date=19 April 2013|publisher=University of Chicago Press|location=Chicago|pages=42–44|isbn=9780226923970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1rBG6hJvTpEC}}