MARIANNA & FREDDIE MEJIA

Federico Anteola Mejia has played Flamenco guitar since he was nine years old, although he started out learning to dance. He has performed extensively, including many years at both the famous Spaghetti Factory in San Francisco, and at the Northern and Southern Renaissance Fairs in California. In New York he played Flamenco guitar in Man of La Mancha on Broadway. He has performed regularly at the Hyatt in Hawaii, El Meson and La Bodega in San Francisco, and many other venues throughout California, Hawaii and New York. He made and repaired guitars for many years. Federico "Freddie" Mejia is currently recovering from a major stroke suffered in early 2006. He recently returned to study in Sevilla, Spain in 2007 for almost 3 months, in 2008 for 6 months and again in 2009 for 2 1/2 months. From 1999 - 2003 Freddie studied with Carlos Heredia and/or Paco Fernández at least two months out of every year. More rrecently he has also studied extensively with Juan del Gastor. Federico plays harp on..