Jorge Luengo

Jorge Luengo (born 18 February 1984 in Cáceres) is a Spanish magician and illusionist. Known as the "World Champion of Illusion" (Spanish: Campeón del Mundo de Ilusionismo)[1] Luengo has won the FISM Championship of Magic (Invention category) in Beijing in 2009.[2][3]

His first performances took place when he was only 15 and just two years later, he began performing weekly. At 18, he started studying the first out of his three Engineering degrees.

At the age of 20, he began acting in a number of theatres. Since then he has been invited to several magic events throughout Europe, having already performed at Louvre Museum in Paris, at Pierre Baudis Congress Centre in Toulouse and at O2 Arena in Prague.[4]

Luengo worked as a math teacher for almost three years before devoting himself exclusively to magic. Since then he has appeared on many TV shows.[5] He also hypnotized many famous people all around the world like Marc Márquez[6][7]

In 2012 he has been cast as the voice of a young magician in Sorcery, a Sony videogame for PlayStation 3, where the main character has a white lock of hair as well .[8]

Awards

In 2006 he attended to the French National Magic Congress, organized by the FFAP, where he won his first national award. Two years later, he was awarded first prize at Spanish National Magic Award. In 2009 he entered the World Championship of Magic in Beijing, also known as the Magic Olympics, where he was awarded an FISM Award and a World Magic Award, and was the only winner in the Invention category, the Gold Medal of Magic.

He has been subsequently awarded:

  • French National.
  • First prize at Spanish National Magic Award.
  • Invention Award Winner of Magic in Beijing.
  • The prize "Most talented man" in Brussels 2010
  • Prize "De Pura Cepa" best magician of the year[9]

References
  1. "El mago Jorge Luengo y los Titiriteros de Binéfar actúan este domingo en Huesca". Radio Huesca (in Spanish). 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  2. "Jorge Luengo: World Champion". publico.es. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. "ABC Jorge Luengo Invention Awared winner". publico.es. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  4. "Forum Impulsa". Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  5. "TV". Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  6. "Marc Marquez hypnotized". Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  7. "Hypnosis project". Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  8. "Sorcery". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  9. "TVR Rioja 2013".
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