Maestros Manolo Franco & Daniel Navarro

Two flamenco guitarists, Manolo Franco and Daniel Navarro ("Niño de Pura") were established masters before they were hired to teach at the Conservatory in Córdoba fifteen years ago. That was why they were chosen to train a generation in the newly minted academic disciplines "flamenco guitar performance" and "flamencology". Manolo Franco and Daniel Navarro were fired earlier this year, because they didn't have the very degrees they were giving their students, degrees that didn't exist fifteen years ago. The flamenco world and music world in general here in Spain have been outraged by the decision.