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===Early life===
===Early life===
The youngest of four siblings, he was born to a [[Valencia, Spain|Valencian]] father and a [[Basques|Basque]] mother. He spent his first years in Barcelona, only returning there in 1994 after a long exile; his family had had to flee to [[France]] after the [[Spanish civil war]] due to his father's membership of the anarcho-syndicalist [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]] union. They lived in [[Paris]] until the beginning of the German occupation of France, when his father was arrested and deported to an internment camp for Spanish [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican]] prisoners. His mother took their four children back to [[San Sebastián]] to find work, and they lived together in her family's ancestral home in [[Aduna]], [[Guipuzkoa]], until he was 14.<ref>{{cite web
The youngest of four siblings, he was born to a [[Valencia, Spain|Valencian]] father and a [[Basques|Basque]] mother. He spent his first years in Barcelona, only returning there in 1994 after a long exile; his family had had to flee to [[France]] after the [[Spanish Civil War]] due to his father's membership of the anarcho-syndicalist [[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]] union. They lived in [[Paris]] until the beginning of the German occupation of France, when his father was arrested and deported to an internment camp for Spanish [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican]] prisoners. His mother took their four children back to [[San Sebastián]] to find work, and they lived together in her family's ancestral home in [[Aduna]], [[Guipuzkoa]], until he was 14.<ref>{{cite web
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===Connection with the Basque Country===
His Basque mother and the period of his childhood spent on his mother's birth farm influenced Ibáñez to have an intense relationship with Basque artists and intellectuals such as [[Imanol Larzabal]], [[Xabier Lete]], [[Jorge Oteiza]] and [[Bernardo Atxaga]], and to participate as well in the movement [[Ez Dok Amairu]].

He has sung and recorded in the Basque language such as the album ''Oroitzen'' (1999), a recording made with Imanol Larzabal.


==Discography==
==Discography==
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*Canta Brassens (1979)
*Canta Brassens (1979)
*Por Una Cancion (1990)
*Por Una Cancion (1990)
*Oroitzen (1999)
*Oroitzen, with [[Imanol Larzabal]] (1999)
*Canta a Jose A Goytisolo (2002)
*Canta a Jose A Goytisolo (2002)
*Fue Ayer (2003)
*Fue Ayer (2003)
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{commons category|Paco Ibañez}}
{{commons category|Paco Ibáñez}}
* [http://www.aflordetiempo.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.aflordetiempo.com/ Official site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721152050/http://www.music-city.org/ Music City] ([https://archive.today/20130113050129/http://music-city.org/discography.php?artist=Paco+Ibanez Complete discography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721152050/http://www.music-city.org/ Music City] ([https://archive.today/20130113050129/http://music-city.org/discography.php?artist=Paco+Ibanez Complete discography]

Latest revision as of 02:48, 12 June 2024

Paco Ibáñez
Background information
Born (1934-11-20) 20 November 1934 (age 89)
Valencia
OriginSpanish
Genresfolk singer
Instrumentguitar

Francisco "Paco" Ibáñez (born 20 November 1934 in Valencia) is a Spanish singer and musician. He never composed his own lyrics, but used famous poems, like those of Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda, Rafael Alberti or Miguel Hernández. He also sang compositions from Georges Brassens.

Life

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He went to France in 1952 and recorded his first album in 1964. During the events in France of May 1968, he performed in the Sorbonne and became known as a rebel artist.

Early life

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The youngest of four siblings, he was born to a Valencian father and a Basque mother. He spent his first years in Barcelona, only returning there in 1994 after a long exile; his family had had to flee to France after the Spanish Civil War due to his father's membership of the anarcho-syndicalist CNT union. They lived in Paris until the beginning of the German occupation of France, when his father was arrested and deported to an internment camp for Spanish Republican prisoners. His mother took their four children back to San Sebastián to find work, and they lived together in her family's ancestral home in Aduna, Guipuzkoa, until he was 14.[1]

Connection with the Basque Country

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His Basque mother and the period of his childhood spent on his mother's birth farm influenced Ibáñez to have an intense relationship with Basque artists and intellectuals such as Imanol Larzabal, Xabier Lete, Jorge Oteiza and Bernardo Atxaga, and to participate as well in the movement Ez Dok Amairu.

He has sung and recorded in the Basque language such as the album Oroitzen (1999), a recording made with Imanol Larzabal.

Discography

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  • Paco Ibanez Vol.1 (1964)
  • Paco Ibanez Vol.2 (1967)
  • Paco Ibanez Vol.3 (1969)
  • A Flor de Tiempo (1978)
  • Canta Brassens (1979)
  • Por Una Cancion (1990)
  • Oroitzen, with Imanol Larzabal (1999)
  • Canta a Jose A Goytisolo (2002)
  • Fue Ayer (2003)

Live

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  • En el Olympia (1969)
  • A galopar (1991)

References

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  1. ^ ""Aún estoy en el camino" • ELPAÍS.com". Archived from the original on 10 July 2018.
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