María Luisa Anido

Isabel María Luisa Anido González called Mimita ( born January 26, 1907 in Morón, Argentina, † June 4, 1996 in Tarragona, Spain) was an Argentine guitarist, composer and music educator. It was considered the grand dame of Latin American guitar and female Segovia.

Life

Anido was the daughter of guitarist Juan Carlos Anido and his wife Betilda González Rigaud. In her childhood, her family moved to Buenos Aires. In the parents' house perverse musicians such as Emilio Pujol, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Miguel Llobet and Josefina Robledo. She was considered a child prodigy and at the age of 10 years, she has played the Etude No. 22 in A Minor Napoleon Coste. She studied guitar with Miguel Llobet and Domingo Prat.

In 1925, she toured with Llobet and set to music by Latin America with him in 1927 duets. Music critic Robert Vidal described it as the first guitar of the 20th century. Other concerts have taken her to several European countries, including to Russia, where they became very popular. In 1952 she made ​​her solo concert at the Wigmore Hall in London. In the 50s and 60s, she then lived in Spain and Italy. She played alongside classical guitar literature contemporary Latin American composers such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Guastavino, Julián Aguirre and Fernández Esperón. She was also a significant Tárrega interpreter.

She was more than fifty years as a professor at the Music Conservatory of Buenos Aires and taught numerous Argentine guitar virtuoso. In 1987, she taught in Havana, then gave her the Havana University honorary doctorate. The Spanish master Andres Segovia was in a friendly relationship with her.

Student

• Jorge Cardoso
• Graciela Pomponio
• María Isabel Siewers
• Jorge Martínez Zárate