In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tamariz-Martel and the second or maternal family name is Negrón.

Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón (born 18 October 1942, Madrid) known professionally as Juan Tamariz or just Tamariz, is a Spanish magician.

American stage magician Ricky Jay once said he considered Tamariz a magician people will remember. Tamariz performed at FISM in 2006 Stockholm, 2009 Beijing China, 2015 Rimini Italy and 2018 Busan South Korea.

A celebrity of television and stage in Spain and South America, Tamariz has aut*d six books translated into English: The Five Points in Magic, The Magic Way, Sonata, Mnemonica, Verbal Magic, and The Magic Rainbow.

Contents

• 1 Quotes
• 2 Books
• 3 Awards
  • 3.1 Spain
  • 3.2 International
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Quotes

"My main goal is to fascinate the audience into thinking that they are dreaming, even if this is only for a few seconds."

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).

Awards

Spain

• Second Prize in Congreso Mágico Nacional de Zaragoza, 1962.
• As de Cartomagia (Ace of card magic) in the first magical contest of Madrid.
• Great Prize in the IV Congreso Nacional de Magia de San Sebastián, April 1972.
• 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.
• The Madrid City Council awarded him the Gold Medal of the city, May 2019.

International

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

• 1° Price on Close-up Card, FISM Paris XII 1973.

• Mention as Magician of the Year, by the Academy of Magical Arts 1992.

• Mention as Performing Fellowship, by the Academy of Magical Arts 2000.

• Special Award on Theory & Philosophy, FISM Beijing XXIV 2009.

• Mention as Master Fellowship, by the Academy of Magical Arts 2012.

• The John Nevil Maskelyne Prize (2013)

See also

• List of magicians

References

External links

• Juan Tamariz at IMDb: