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Ramón Montoya (born November 2, 1880, Madrid, Spain; Died 1949), Flamenco guitarist and composer.
Born into a family of Gitano (Romani) cattle traders, Ramón Montoya used earnings from working in the trade to buy his first guitar. He began playing in the cafés de cante before he was twenty years of age.
He formed a partnership with the flamenco cantaor (singer) Chacón that lasted for more than a decade. These two were largely responsible for establishing the form…
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