The flute player of the group Mägo de Oz, Fernando Ponce de León, has passed away this Friday at the age of 59, the band’s vocalist, José Andreä, has confirmed. The folk metal band, on their Instagram account, has published a statement in which they say about Ponce de León, “travel companion in a thousand battles”, that “a friend and a great musician is leaving”. Ponce de León, who had left the group in 2010, participated in the creation of Mägo de Oz’s album La leyenda de La Mancha (1998), and as a flute player on the albums Finisterra, La Ciudad de los Árboles; Gaia, Belfast, Gaia II: La Voz Dormida and Gaia III: Atlantia.
“We musicians don’t like silence, we like applause, so we’re not going to ask for a minute of silence for our beloved Fernando, we’re going to ask for a minute of applause in his honour. We love you very much,” his colleagues wrote on Instagram.
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“One of the best people I have ever met in this life has passed away, a noble, cultured, funny and intelligent person but above all empathetic and a great friend to his friends,” the group’s singer wrote on his Instagram account. “I still can’t find the words. His musical legacy will always live on, just as he will live on in my memory wherever I am. I hope to find you just as I remember you when we meet again, brother, playing those beautiful melodies that made me fall in love and I will join you with my voice, in the meantime rest in peace my beloved Fernando. May the earth be light on you.”
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