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José Guardia, one of the son of the charanguista, said that his father will be kept at home in the district of Chorrillos in Lima, without special ceremony, and that the funeral will be held tomorrow.
"The Peruvian charango is in mourning, my sincere condolences to the family of one of the greatest charango players in the country, and to whom the Order of the Sun has been awarded," wrote the Minister of Culture, Patricia Balbuena.
Guardian, close friend of the famous writer José María Arguedas, who dedicated his own name to one of his greatest novels, "Todos las sangres" (1964), was born in the city of Pauza, department of Ayacucho, in the center of the Andes of Peru, in a family of musicians.
Despite this condition, the family insists that he does not devote himself to music, so he has to learn on a self-taught basis and has to leave home to devote himself professionally to this stringed instrument, used especially in Andean music.
With his band "La Lira Paucina", Guardia records more than 60 albums in Peru and Mexico and offers concerts in many countries of America, Europe and Asia. His musical career, in which he also developed as a singer, lasted nearly seven decades.
In addition, he has trained several of Peru's leading charango players, such as Manuel Prado.
"I have never refused to teach the little that I know, there are those who tell me not to teach, not to be stupid and not to do it because later they will move me, but I tell them that there is still traditional music in the new generations, and that is what older people are for, to teach them, "he said once . .
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