Virginia luque biography
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ARTIST BIO
Virginia Luque plays classical and flamenco music in a Spanish romantic style, combining extraordinary technical virtuosity with beautiful tone and musicianship.
Ms. Luque has recently recorded Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. She has been awarded First Prize at several international competitions, including the “Manuel de Falla” Competition for Classical Guitar in Granada, Spain, and has received the Lincoln Center Scholarship among other awards.
Concerto performances have included the Concierto de Aranjuez with the New York Virtuosi Orchestra, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Riverside Symphony, the Seoul Symphony Orchestra, the Izmir Symphony Orchestra, Antalya Symphony Orchestra and she has premiered her own concerto with the Alexandria Symphony.
Recitals have included Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, The Metropolitan Opera House, The Frick C
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Virginia Luque
Virginia Luque | |
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| Born | Violeta Mabel Domínguez (1927-10-04)October 4, 1927 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | June 3, 2014(2014-06-03) (aged 86) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation(s) | actress, singer |
| Years active | 1943-1976 |
Virginia Luque (born Violeta Mabel Domínguez; 4 October 1927 – 3 June 2014) was an Argentinetango singer and film actress. She made nearly 20 appearances in tango films of Argentina between 1943 and 1976.[1]
Born in Buenos Aires, she began her career in film in 1943 in La guerra la gano yo, later appearing in Arriba el Telón o el Patio de la Morocha (1951). She starred alongside Arturo de Córdova in La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde, a 1949 Venezuelan–Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen, which entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Death
[edit]Virginia Luque died on 3 June 2014 from natural causes in her native Buenos Aires, aged 86.
Selected filmogr
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Virginia Luque
Virginia Luque | |
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| Born | (1927-10-04)October 4, 1927 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | June 3, 2014(2014-06-03) (aged 86) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1943-2012 |
| Spouse | Lionel Godoy |
Virginia Luque (born Violeta Mabel Domínguez 4 October 1927 – 3 June 2014) was an Argentine tango singer and movie actress. She appeared in 20 tango movies between 1943 and 1976.[1]
Luque was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She began her career in 1943 in La guerra la gano yo. She appeared in many movies, her famous one was Arriba el Telón o el Patio de la Morocha (1951). She also starred in La Balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde (1949).[2]
Luque died on June 3, 2014 from natural causes at the age of 86 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.