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LAGOYA, Alexandre

Alexandre Lagoya and his wife Ida Presti, during their 1964 tour of Southern Africa.

Born in Alexandria, June 21, 1929
Died in Paris, Aug 24, 1999

  • Lagoya was a Greek-born French guitarist. He was part of a guitar duo with his wife Ida Presti.
  • Lagoya taught at the Paris Conservatory from the late 1960s to the mid-90s.1

Sources

  1. John W. Duarte, “Lagoya, Alexandre,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 5, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000043117.

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