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LUTHERVILLE-TIMONIUM, Md. (WJZ) — Manuel Barrueco knows however to marque a guitar sing. After all, the classical guitarist archetypal picked up the instrumentality six decades agone arsenic a lad successful Cuba.
“The kids successful my household were playing — my sisters, my cousins. I would conscionable beryllium determination and beryllium mesmerized by it,” Barrueco said. “I conscionable thought it was the (coolest) happening ever.”
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Barrueco, present 68, would emigrate to the United States with his household successful 1967, an acquisition helium remembers being achy arsenic a teenager.
“We were leaving everything behind, we came arsenic refugees,” Barrueco said. “The Cuban authorities conscionable took everything you had. And my sister, 1 of my sisters, was near there, and it was precise hard and precise painful.”
His household would yet settee successful Newark, New Jersey. But adjacent arsenic helium witnessed his surroundings alteration dramatically, determination ever remained 1 constant: the guitar.
“In times that I, possibly erstwhile I’ve gone done a hard signifier successful my life, the guitar was there,” Barrueco said. “It gave maine thing to bash and to ore on.”
He would spell connected to survey astatine the Peabody Institute successful Baltimore. Eventually, helium signed a grounds woody that allowed him to grounds euphony and execute astir the world.
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Barrueco’s astir caller grounds earned him his 5th Grammy nomination, a milestone lone sweetened by the information that it was his archetypal with his woman arsenic a producer.
“It’s great,” helium said. “It’s really large to bask others enjoying it.”
Now, Barrueco works to dispersed his emotion for classical guitar arsenic a teacher astatine the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, a prestigious conservatory and preparatory schoolhouse for aspiring performers.
“Somebody wrote erstwhile that euphony is what feelings dependable like,” helium said. “So, I would similar to deliberation that done euphony we tin pass feelings that you can’t with words. And possibly that is wherefore the arts exist.”
The Latin Grammy Awards is being held connected Nov. 18. Barrueco’s Grammy-nominated grounds tin beryllium recovered connected astir streaming platforms.
His euphony is disposable for acquisition connected Tonar Music. You tin learn much astir Barrueco and his travel connected his website.
Sean Streicher
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