What is Paco Peña?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Paco Peña | image = Paco Peña in 1984.jpg | caption = Paco Peña in the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, Córdoba. Photo: Paul Magnussen | image_size = | landscape = Yes | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Francisco Peña Pérez | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|06|01}} |birth_place =[[Córdoba, Spain]] | death_date = | instrument = [[Guitar]] | genre = [[Flamenco]], [[Instrumental music]] | occupation = [[Composer]], [[Guitarist]], [[Dramatist]], [[Mentor]] | years_active = 1967–present | label = | associated_acts = [[John Williams (guitarist)]], Inti-Illimani, Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company, [[Eduardo Falú]] |website = {{url|http://www.pacopena.com}} }} '''Paco Peña''' (born 1 June 1942) is a Spanish [[flamenco]] [[composer]] and [[guitarist]]. He is regarded as one of the world's foremost traditional [[Flamenco]] players.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pacopena.com/newsreviewssolo.html |title=Paco Peña |access-date=2014-03-09 |archive-date=2008-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807161125/http://www.pacopena.com/newsreviewssolo.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Born in [[Córdoba, Spain]] as Francisco Peña Pérez, Paco Peña began learning to play the [[guitar]] from his brother at age 6 and made his first professional appearance at 12. Encouraged by his family, he left home and began performing throughout Spain as part of a government-sponsored [[folk music]] and dance program. This led to calls from professional Flamenco companies in [[Madrid]] and the [[Costa Brava]], where Peña established himself as a highly regarded accompanist to Flamenco dance and singing. Seeking a new challenge,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pacopena.com/interviews1.html |title=Paco Peña |access-date=2014-03-09 |archi