Juan Tamariz

Juan Tamariz
Cover of Genii (2010)
Born	Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón October 18, 1942 Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Categories	Books by Juan Tamariz

Juan Tamariz (b.1942) is very well respected among magicians as an authority in the field of misdirection.

Biography

Tamariz is considered by many magicians to be the greatest living master of the art.

A celebrity of television and stage in Spain and South America, Juan Tamariz is known internationally among magicians as a true master of his art, and one who generously shares his time and knowledge, both in print and in person, with the magic community. He is the author of four critically acclaimed best-selling books in English: The Five Points of Magic, The Magic Way, Sonata and Mnemonica. Along with Arturo de Ascanio, Tamariz has spearheaded a school of thought in close-up magic that has produced FISM award-winning champions and deeply influenced the craft of magic worldwide.

Juan Tamariz performed at FISM in 2006.

Dai Vernon wrote: "(...)Tamariz, absolutely puzzled and mystified everyone with his truly marvelous card handling. No one had the slightest idea how he accomplished some of his really remarkable effects. In well over eighty years I was never so completely deceived. "

Quotes

"My main goal is to fascinate the audience into thinking that they are dreaming, even if this is only for a few seconds."

Books

• Monedas, monedas... (y monedas) (1969, CYMYS).
• Truki-cartomagia (1970, CYMYS). In collaboration with Ramón Varela
• Aprenda Usted Magia (1973, CYMYS).
• Magia en el Bar (1975, CYMYS).
• Magicolor: (la magia del cambio de color) (1977, CYMYS).
• Enciclopedia del forzaje (1980, Self Published - photocopy).
• Los Cinco Puntos Mágicos (1982,Editorial Frakson).
  • Revised (1988, Editorial Frakson).
  • Revised (2005, Editorial Frakson).
  • English Version: The Five Points in Magic (2007, Hermetic Press).
• Por arte de magia: Historia de los autómatas precedida de la historia de la prestidigitación y manipulación. (1982, Puntual).
• La Vía Mágica (1988, Editorial Frakson).
  • Second Edition, Spanish (2011, Editorial Frakson).
  • English Version: The Magic Way (2014, Hermetic Press).
• Sonata: Música Bruja Vol I (1989, Editorial Frakson).
  • English Version: Bewitched Music, Vol. 1: Sonata, translation: Donald Lehn, (1991, Editorial Frakson).
• Secretos de magia potagia. Volumen 2 de La biblioteca encantada de Juan Tamariz. (1990, Editorial Frakson).
• La sangre del turco. Volumen 3 de La biblioteca encantada de Juan Tamariz. (1990, Editorial Frakson).
• El Mundo mágico de Tamariz (1991, Ediciones del Prado).
• La magia del falso pulgar: (teoría, técnica y práctica) (1992, Producciones Mágicas Tamariz).
• Sinfonía en mnemónica mayor: la baraja mnemónica de Tamariz. Volumen 2 de Música bruja (2000, Producciones Mágicas Tamariz)
  • English Version: Mnemonica (2004, Hermetic Press).
• Por arte de verbimagia (2005, Producciones Mágicas Tamariz)
  • English Version: Verbal Magic (2008, Hermetic Press).
• El Arcoiris Mágico (2016, Gema Navarro).
  • English Version: The Magic Rainbow (2019).

Awards

Spain

• Second Prize in Congreso Mágico Nacional de Zaragoza, 1962.
• As de Cartomagia (Ace of card magic) in the first magical contest of Madrid.
• Great Prize in the IV Congreso Nacional de Magia de San Sebastián, April 1972.
• The Council of Ministers of Spain awarded him the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes (Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts), April 2011.
• The Madrid City Council awarded him the Gold Medal of the city, May 2019.

International

• 2° Price on Micromagic, with Juan Antón (routine: Los Mancos), FISM Amsterdam XI 1970.
• 1° Price on Close-up Card, FISM Paris XII 1973.
• Mention as Magician of the Year, by the Academy of Magical Arts 1992.
• Mention as Performing Fellowship, by the Academy of Magical Arts 2000.
• Special Award on Theory & Philosophy, FISM Beijing XXIV 2009.
• Mention as Master Fellowship, by the Academy of Magical Arts 2012.

References

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• Cover Genii 1993 May
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 73, No. 9, September 1993, Juan Tamariz, by Jim Krenz, page 56
• Cover Genii 1995 January
• Cover Genii 2002 October
• Cover Genii 2010 November
• Editorial Frakson: https://www.juantamariz.org/
• http://www.all-about-magicians.com/juan-tamariz.html

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