Juan Tamariz

Juan Tamariz
Juan Tamariz in a show in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura (12 December 2001)
Born
Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón

(1942-10-18) 18 October 1942 (age 82)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationMagician
Websitejuantamariz.org

Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón (born 18 October 1942) is a Spanish magician.

Tamariz is considered to have pionereed close-up card magic. American stage magician Ricky Jay once said he considered him to be a magician people will remember,[1] and he was referred to as "the greatest and most influential card magician alive" by David Blaine.[2] Tamariz performed at FISM in 2006 in Stockholm, 2009 in Beijing, China, 2015 in Rimini, Italy and 2018 in Busan, South Korea.[3][failed verification]

A celebrity of television and stage in Spain and South America, Tamariz has authored six books translated into English: The Five Points in Magic, The Magic Way, Sonata, Mnemonica, Verbal Magic, and The Magic Rainbow.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Hartlaub, Peter (2 December 2001). "Master of illusion, collector of oddities". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  2. ^ Haider, Shuja (2 January 2023). "The Man Who Made Spain the Magic Capital of the World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ FISM website