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          Manitas de Plata

          Spanish flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)

          Manitas de Plata

          Manitas de Plata in 1968

          Birth nameRicardo Baliardo
          Born(1921-08-07)7 August 1921
          Sète, France
          Died5 November 2014(2014-11-05) (aged 93)
          Montpellier, France
          GenresFlamenco
          OccupationMusician
          InstrumentGuitar

          Musical artist

          Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 November 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver"), was a French[1]flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France.[2]

          Life and career

          Baliardo was born in a gypsy caravan in Sète, southern France.[2]

          Nicknamed Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver" in Spanish), he agreed to play in public only ten years after the death of Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt, in 1953.[3]

          Baliardo attained fame in the United States after a photography exhibition in New York, organized by his friend