Ricardo Diaz discovered the art of flamenco in San Francisco, CA where he began his studies with guitarrist Jorge Liceaga. At the advise of his teacher and mentor Mr. Liceaga, Ricardo started traveling to Madrid, Spain where he studied with "El Entri" and "El Viejin". Ricardo would soon begin working in the San Francisco Bay Area "Tablaos" accompanying many Bay Area Flamenco artists. Soon after, Ricardo would start traveling the U.S. and Europe working with Gypsy singer Cristo Cortes and Flamenco Sur, performing in cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, London, Amsterdam, Geneva and Paris. Ricardo continued touring in China with a San Francisco group led by guitarist Roberto Aguilar. Later he would appear on Shaw TV, CBC Canada, Fox TV, NBC and TF1 in France also interviewed in Argentina with Flamenco magazine Contratiempo and web sites such as SF Flamenco and Luna del Olivar as well as the SF Chronicle. Ricardo has continued working in different penas in Seville and several Festivals around the world in Seville, Vancouver, Albuquerque, Avignon, Grenoble and Mont de Marsan. Ricardo has perform with world renown Flamenco artist such as La Tania, Alejandro Granados, Jesus Montoya, Jose Anillo, Juan Requena, Pastora Galvan, Canito, Alegria Suarez, David Lagos and Andres Marin. ....