Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón (born October 18, 1942, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish

Spain

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 magician.

He is an experienced cardician, a magician specializing in magic with playing cards, and well respected by his peers as an authority in the field of misdirection. Tamariz performed at FISM in 2006

A celebrity of television and stage in Spain and South America, Tamariz authored five books translated into English: The Five Points in Magic, The Magic Way, Sonata, Mnemonica, and Verbal Magic. Along with Arturo de Ascanio

Arturo de Ascanio

Arturo de Ascanio is considered the father of Spanish card magic, referred to by Milbourne Christopher as "the Dai Vernon of Spain"....

, Tamariz spearheaded a school of thought in close-up magic that has produced FISM award-winning magicians and influenced the craft of magic.

External links

• Tamariz.org