Obras originales para guitarra (1996)

Regino Sainz de la Maza y Ruiz (7 September 1896 26 November 1981) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. Sainz de la Maza was born in Burgos. (...) At 18, he performed at his first concert at the Teatro Arriaga of Bilbao. He later moved to Barcelona, where he worked as a concert musician. There, he befriended Miguel Llobet and Andrés Segovia. In 1920, he played for the first time in Madrid. A year later he toured South America, giving 90 concerts. On 20 May 1920, he was awarded a Golden Medal by the National University of Buenos Aires, where he became friends with composer Antonio José Martínez Palacios, who dedicated some guitar compositions to Sainz de la Maza. He toured Europe, giving concerts in France in 1926, in Germany in 1927 and Great Britain in 1928. Five years later he toured South America for the second time, with concerts in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. (...) Sainz de la Maza performed for the last time in Italy, on 9 July 1979, aged 82. He died in Madrid two years later.