Classic Flamenco: Rafael Riqueni

Flamenco Attitude

He emerged in the eighties as a major force in the way the flamenco guitar was developing after the revolution of Paco de Lucia. He played some brilliant duets, was admired as a perfectionist, and became a major artist for the label Nuevos Medios. Marcos has great memories of Rafael Riqueni both from Spain and England. But even though he's a maestro of the flamenco guitar, Riqueni was very interested in classical music...You can hear our musical choices spread across the podcast on Spotify.