Andrés Segovia
In 1952, Membrado met Regino Sainz de la Maza and entered the Madrid Academia guitar class. In 1956, he won the Madrid Conservatory Extraordinary Prize. At 17, he also began to appear in his first guitar recitals in Spain. At 21, he met Andrés Segovia for the first time at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Italy, which he attended until 1959. Andrés Segovia asked Membrado to deliver the Academy closing concerts in 1958 and 1959.