Paco Peña: 'Hendrix was polite and an amazing personality'
Paco Peña's Irish concerts include an appearance at Cork Opera House.
Paco Peña is widely regarded as the world’s finest flamenco guitarist. He’s performed in the great concert venues, including Carnegie Hall and at Sydney Opera House, a personal favourite. He once did a seven-week season in London’s West End, the longest ever run for a flamenco show. Remarkably, he never had formal guitar training. Born in Córdoba, Spain in 1942, he taught himself, picking up the guitar for the first time aged six, and performing professionally by age 12.
“There was a guitar in the house,” says Peña. “We were nine children, but only two of us were males. My brother was a lot older than me. He was second from the top, and I was second from the end. He had a guitar and he liked to play and make up songs.
