Lyric tenor. His voice was described as the "most beautiful, most harmonious, most fascinating, softest in nuances, in a word, most angelic" of universal poetry. Born in Roncal (Navarra), on January 9, 1844, son of Mariano Gayarre and Mar a Ramona Garj n. He died in Madrid on January 2, 1890.
His first jobs were shepherding sheep and helping his parents in the . His family, like all those in the Roncal Valley, owned the house and land, hijodalgo roncal s, by right of nature and birth.
His father placed him as a clerk in a hardware store in Pamplona. He lost his job for leaving behind a music band. Later he entered the workshop of the blacksmith Quilleri, in Lumbier. He fell ill and returned to his house in Roncal. He returned to Pamplona and took a job in Pinaki's blacksmith workshop.
A coworker took him to the Orfe n that was animated by Conrado Garc a and directed by Joaqu n Maya, who was his first music theory teacher. They were captivated by his fresh voice, with its beautiful timbre. He began to sing tenor solos at the Orfeón, causing a stir among fans in Pamplona.
In the summer of 1865, the teacher D. Hilari n Eslava , author of the famous music theory method, arrived. Conrado Garc prepared an audition and Gayarre sang as a soloist. The Slavic teacher d: It is a true diamond! , moved to hear that timbre of fresh, youthful voice and extraordinary purity. Right there the future of the young Gayarre was decided, at his twenties. He examined it in music theory and was satisfied. There was a scholarship, worth four thousand reais, vacant at the Madrid Conservatory. With the collection that was made in the Orfe n and the help of D. Conrado Garc a, Gayarre went to Madrid.
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The figure of the Navarrese tenor has acquired the character of a myth. Since 1980, the Government of Navarra has organized a prestigious international singing competition that bears his name.
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