Emilio Maya was born in the Granada village of MolvÃzar to a Gypsy family. At the age of 8 years he began to play guitar and at 12 he won first place at the Flamenco festival in Lanjarón, where he was the youngest guitarist. In 1980 he began to pl [+]Emilio Maya was born in the Granada village of MolvÃzar to a Gypsy family. At the age of 8 years he began to play guitar and at 12 he won first place at the Flamenco festival in Lanjarón, where he was the youngest guitarist. In 1980 he began to play in Flamenco clubs throughout Andalusia, accompanying various flamenco dancers and singers.
In 1984 Emilio moved to Seville, and joined the company of Curro Vélez in El Arenal, sharing the stage with artists such as Carmen Montoya, Lalo Tejada, El Lele, Juan Manuel Flores, El Toro.
In 1987, Emilio collaborated with the celebrated jazz percussionist Frank Holder, which led him to play alongside the group Fairport Convention at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Emilio also collaborated with the director Manfred Wafender, for his film about the music of Miles Davis, for the BBC.
In 1990, Emilio formed his own group 'Grupo Maya', which performed at the Teatro Isabel La Católica in Granada alongside such great artists as José Mercé, Aurora Vargas, Juan Habichuela, etc. From this moment on he began to tour more and more outside of Spain, performing with Nono GarcÃa in France, Belgium and Holland, and becoming known as one of the most respected flamenco guitarists of Andalusia, collaborating not only with flamenco artists but many other styles of music, Arabic, Jazz, classical.
In 1997 he accompanied the great flamenco artist Enrique Morente to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Federico GarcÃa Lorca. Meanwhile his own group 'Grupo Maya' was also performing at the International Festival of Music and dance in Granada.
Other collaborations include accompanying the flamenco singers: la Nitra, Chonchi Heredia, Estrella Morente, Marina Heredia, and dancers: Juan RamÃrez, Juan Andrés Maya, Ana Calà y Fuensanta La Moneta. Abroad he has performed in Brazil with the dancers Antonio Canales and Juan de Juan on their 2001 tour.
Demonstrating a flair for music outside of flamenco he has worked with the jazz artists Jorge Pardo, the percussionist Rubén Dantas, la Orquesta Andalusà de Tetuán from Morocco and the Orquesta Andalusà from Tangiers, and performed at the Institute of Arab Studies in Paris with whose collaboration he made the CD "Al Kantara".
In 2003 Emilio performed at the
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