Juan Tamariz

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

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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
Occupation	Magician
Website	juantamariz.org

Tamariz is considered to have pioneered 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]}

Career

Television

Tamariz appeared regularly on Spanish television over the span of almost 2 decades.^[2]

In 1994, he appeared on the NBC special The World’s Greatest Magic.^[2]

Screening in theatres in 2024, the documentary Lost In The Shuffle sees Shawn Farquhar explore the centuries-old mysteries hidden in a deck of cards, while visiting fellow magicians, including Juan Tamariz, to explore their favourite card tricks.

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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).

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Awards

Spain

Second Prize for Comical Magic, in Congreso Mágico Nacional de Zaragoza, 1962.^[4]
As de Cartomagia (Ace of card magic) in the first magical contest of Madrid, 1968.
Great Prize in the IV Congreso Nacional de Magia de San Sebastián, April 1972.^[5]
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.^[6]
The Madrid City Council awarded him the Gold Medal of the city, May 2019.^[7]

International

2° Price on Micromagic, with Juan Antón (routine: Los Mancos), FISM Amsterdam XI, 1970.^[8]

1° Price on Close-up Card, FISM Paris XII 1973.^[9]

Mention as Magician of the Year, by the Academy of Magical Arts, 1992.^[10]

Mention as Performing Fellowship, by the Academy of Magical Arts, 2000.^[11]

Special Award on Theory & Philosophy, FISM Beijing XXIV 2009.^[12]

Mention as Master Fellowship, by the Academy of Magical Arts, 2012.^[13]

The John Nevil Maskelyne Prize (2013)^[14]

Career

Television

Books

Awards

Spain

International

See also

References

External links

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