Manitas de Plata

French Gitano flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)

Person human Q1507654

Facts

26 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: August 7, 1921
Date of death: November 5, 2014, November 6, 2014^[9]
Place of birth: Sète
Place of death: Montpellier
Country of citizenship: France^[13]
Ethnic group: Gitanos catalans de França^[14]
Occupation: guitarist, tocaor, singer, composer
Child: Josep “Manéro” Baliardo, Tcha Baliardo^[11]^[12]
Sibling: Hippolyte Baliardo^[32]
Genre: flamenco^[17]
Official website: www.manitasdeplata.fr^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French^[29]
Birth name: Ricardo Baliardo^[30]
Described by source: TheGuardian.com^[28]
Different from: Baliardo^[31]
Family name: Baliardo^[19]
Given name: Ricardo^[20]
Instrument: guitar^[27]
Member of: Los Baliardos^[15]
P14750: DFB0-1A87-2A11-1B46-63F8
Place of burial: Hérault^[10]
Pseudonym: Manitas de Plata^[21]

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Record label: Columbia Records^[18]
Relative: José Reyes, Diego Baliardo, Jacques “Paco” Baliardo, Tonino Antoine Baliardo^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

en Manitas de Plata fa مانیتاس د پلاتا ja マニタス・デ・プラタ ru Манитас де Плата zh 曼尼達斯·德·普拉塔

🔖 Identifiers · 46

ISNI: 0000000081053294
VIAF cluster ID: 27068125
Library of Congress authority ID: n92094222
GND ID: 13461738X
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000070152
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11914276t
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 50436
DDB person (GND) ID: 13461738X
Described at URL: elartedevivirelflamenco.com
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 13461738X
Discogs artist ID: 133057
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Manitas-de-Plata

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Encyclopædia Universalis ID: manitas-de-plata
Europeana entity: agent/base/162174
Evene ID: manitas-de-plata-3155073
FAST ID: 310047
Fichier des personnes décédées ID (matchID): TrKlVKJRNSBJ
Film.ru person ID: manitas-de-plata
Find a Grave memorial ID: 138383780
Freebase ID: /m/0bq90r
GTAA ID: 142145
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: manitas-de-plata
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 21595801
IMDb ID: nm0210987
IdRef ID: 027006123
KANTO ID: 000209946
Kinobox person ID: 188550
Last.fm ID: Manitas+de+Plata, Manitas
MusicBrainz artist ID: ee99eb64-8a0c-4256-82e9-2bdc617fe8c1
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 49722
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000044812
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007406865405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810623418505606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1703986
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 100310613
Prabook ID: 2258620
Radio France person ID: manitas-de-plata
Rate Your Music artist ID: manitas_de_plata
SACEM Museum artist ID: 26401
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 188937
Songkick artist ID: 346301
TMDB person ID: 2046363
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000083447
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJr7WWBYHTtPHJ6gvjB3wC
Yale LUX ID: person/ed521cbd-8f5f-41c0-9920-548d270cdb85
ČSFD person ID: 399695

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🔗 Connections

Mb:parent 2

Josep “Manéro” Baliardo, Tcha Baliardo

Occupation 2

singer, guitarist

← Cast member 2

Caravan to Vaccarès, D'où viens-tu Johnny?

Country of citizenship 1

France

Described by source 1

TheGuardian.com

Genre 1

flamenco

Given name 1

Ricardo

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

guitar

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

French

Mb:member of band 1

Los Baliardos

Place of birth 1

Sète

Place of burial 1

Hérault

Place of death 1

Montpellier

Record label 1

Columbia Records

Relative 1

Tonino Antoine Baliardo

Sex or gender 1

male

← Mb:sibling 1

Hippolyte Baliardo

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Summary

Manitas de Plata was born on August 7, 1921^[1], in Sète^[2]. He died on November 5, 2014^[3], in Montpellier^[4]. He worked as a guitarist^[5], tocaor^[6], singer^[7], and composer^[8].

FAQs

Where was Manitas de Plata born?

Manitas de Plata's place of birth was Sète^[2].

Where did Manitas de Plata die?

Manitas de Plata died in Montpellier^[4].

What did Manitas de Plata do for work?

Manitas de Plata worked as a guitarist^[5], tocaor^[6], singer^[7], and composer^[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Manitas de Plata — place of birth (P19): Sète. Fichier des personnes décédées mirror. Retrieved 2023-09-23. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Manitas de Plata — place of death (P20): Montpellier. Fichier des personnes décédées mirror. Retrieved 2023-09-23. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Manitas de Plata — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-09. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Manitas de Plata — country of citizenship (P27): France. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Manitas de Plata — child (P40): Josep “Manéro” Baliardo. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Manitas de Plata — child (P40): Tcha Baliardo. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Manitas de Plata — occupation (P106): guitarist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Manitas de Plata — occupation (P106): tocaor. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Manitas de Plata — occupation (P106): singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Manitas de Plata — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Manitas de Plata — place of burial (P119): Hérault. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Manitas de Plata — genre (P136): flamenco. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Manitas de Plata — ethnic group (P172): Gitanos catalans de França. daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Manitas de Plata — record label (P264): Columbia Records. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Manitas de Plata — member of (P463): Los Baliardos. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Manitas de Plata — date of birth (P569): August 7, 1921. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-07. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Manitas de Plata — date of death (P570): November 5, 2014. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-08-14. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Manitas de Plata — date of death (P570): November 6, 2014. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2020-01-21. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Manitas de Plata — family name (P734): Baliardo. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Manitas de Plata — given name (P735): Ricardo. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Manitas de Plata — pseudonym (P742): Manitas de Plata. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Manitas de Plata — official website (P856): http://www.manitasdeplata.fr. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Manitas de Plata — relative (P1038): José Reyes. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Manitas de Plata — relative (P1038): Diego Baliardo. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Manitas de Plata — relative (P1038): Jacques “Paco” Baliardo. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Manitas de Plata — relative (P1038): Tonino Antoine Baliardo. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Manitas de Plata — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Manitas de Plata — described by source (P1343): TheGuardian.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Manitas de Plata — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-12. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Manitas de Plata — birth name (P1477): Ricardo Baliardo. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Manitas de Plata — different from (P1889): Baliardo. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Manitas de Plata — sibling (P3373): Hippolyte Baliardo. wikidata.org.

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