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	~~{{Mergeto\|~~Cayo Sila Godoy~~\|date=November 2007}}~~		#REDIRECT ]

	'''Sila Godoy''', said to be the most accomplished new world ] in the generation following ], was born in ] ] on ] ].
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	As child Sila had the advantage of growing up in a rich musical environment. His mother and his uncles were talented musicians who exposed him at an early age to the ], ], ], ] and tropical ]. Sila soon began to play each of these with a precocity that amazed his elders. By this time the guitar had become his lifelong obsession as he began interpreting the traditional masters of classical Spanish guitar, ] and ].

	Having set his course, Sila left his home of Villarrica at the age of 16, carrying two guitars and a small satchel of his music, to accept a scholarship at the National Music Conservatory in ], ]. At the age of 22 he was requested by the President of Paraguay to play in a special command performance. By age 24 he graduated from the conservatory as a professor of ] and ].

	Following graduation he was awarded a grant to continue his musical education in ], where he remained for nine years under the tutelage of ]. During these years Sila concentrated on refining his technique into the virtuosity admired today.

	In 1959 ] invited Sila to study in ], with all expenses paid, at his renowned classical guitar school at ]. For three years he sudied and traveled with Segovia.

	In 1963 Godoy, at the personal invitation of President ], first visited the United States to do a concert tour. During this trip he was featured as a broadcast soloist on the ] and played with such notable American guitarists as ], ] and ]. In subsequent US tours he has played in most major cities and in 1977 volunteered to tour ], Paraguay's "sister state" where he also taught master classes at ]. More recently he has toured ] (1980), ] (1983), and has made numerous appearances in the ]n nations.

	Besides being a consummate performer Godoy is a composer in his own right. He has a considerable body of compositions to his credit such as "Ekstasis" and "4 pieces for classical guitar", both published in ].

	Perhaps his masterpiece, however, is the composition "Jana Szenes". This composition containing six pieces following the aesthetics of ] was written in 1945 to honor the Jewish heroine, ], who was executed by the ] for her activities to help her people in ] in 1944.

	At present Godoy, known as "El Maestro" by his aficionados, resides in ], Paraguay, where he performs, teaches and writes.

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