Juan Diego Flórez

Peruvian tenor

Juan Diego Flórez worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.

The record lists Juan Diego Flórez as Peruvian tenor.

Juan Diego Flórez was born at Lima in 1973. His recorded nationality is Peru. He trained at Curtis Institute of Music and Music Academy of the West.

Amplification, television and the album as an art form defined this period, and the record industry reached its greatest scale.

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He worked as opera singer and musician.

The instruments recorded are voice.

His work is classed as opera.

A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.

The honours record reads: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎ (2007), Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit (2013) and Medal of Honor of the Congress of the Republic of Peru.

That the work came out of Peru shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

Juan Diego Flórez is still performing or recording, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.

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