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Jerez 2020 "Otoño Flamenco"
Presented the Jerez 2020 "Otoño Flamenco" cycle
Jerez 2020 "Otoño Flamenco"
"Otoño Flamenco" will start with the exhibition "Flamenco de Jerez, 1000 years of Human Heritage" that can be visited from November 13th to 22th in the Cloisters of Santo Domingo. The exhibition commemorates the ten years since the declaration of flamenco as a World Heritage Site with artists who represent the human heritage of Flamenco de Jerez, currently and whose ages exceed 1000 years.
The next appointment will be on November 16th at the Cloister of Santo Domingo where the first part of the conference will take place for three entitled "Humanity, Heritage of Flamenco" and which cites María Ángeles Carrasco, Juan José Téllez and Antonio Romera "Chipi ”. In this meeting, flamenco will be analyzed, that unique and multifaceted art, from its essence, remembered in its experiences and anecdotes, revived with the word in its very different dimensions.
Suma Flamenca
Enrique Morente´s sound world stars in the XV edition of Suma Flamenca
Enrique Morente & Leonard Cohen. Paco Manzano´s photograh
The Community of Madrid is preparing to celebrate what will be the XVth edition of the Festival Suma Flamenca of the Community of Madrid. In the program presented, it is highlighted that for the first time it will be a conceptual cycle evoking the world of sound
by Enrique Morente through the talent of artists from various generations.
The cycle will take place from December 1st to 20th in Madrid under the direction of Antonio Benamargo. An edition that includes news, including the incorporation of a new director, which is identified in its programming that does not exclusively include a series of concerts, but is a festival that builds the great contribution of Enrique Morente to the history of music.
A decision that, in Benamargo's own words, had in mind from the beginning, since Enrique Morente is "a very loved and admired singer by the public
Madrilenian, since he learned almost everything he knew in Madrid. With the figure of Enrique we are not only facing a great cantaor, but also an extraordinary composer ”.
II Conference of Flamencology and Flamenco Pedagogy, Festival Ciutat Flamenco de Barcelona
David Leiva: "It is very difficult for any guitarist not to sound like Paco de Lucia"
David Leiva with "Cositas Buenas" scorebook
On 2013 David Leiva received Paco de Lucía's 'ok' to become his official transcriber in scores, he signed, he says, "his greatest professional challenge" as a musician, as a teacher, as a pedagogue, as a specialist in the work of the genius of Algeciras.
Seven years later, and with six volumes of scores and tablatures already published, Leiva continues to clarify on his website that "this contract I want to emphasize that I signed it in life s.directly with him and his family, together with the RGB ARTE VISUAL - Flamencolive editorial. In February 2014 he left us and the family gave us the ok to continue with their father's will to resume his discography on score, there has been neither opportunism nor anything like that here ”.
In the framework of the II Conferences of Flamencology and Flamenco Pedagogy organized within the Festival Ciutat Flamenco de Barcelona, Leiva, who is also the artistic director of the contest, has announced that he will delve into the creative work of Paco de Lucía through the doctoral thesis that prepares for the Complutense University of Madrid.
This new academic work by the Almeria specialist will be entitled "Paco de Lucía: an ethnomusical approach from the transcription of his compositions" and will be directed by Paco Bethencourt.
2020 National Dance Award
Jesús Carmona, 2020 National Dance Award in flamenco
Jesús Carmona
The flamenco dancer, dancer and choreographer Jesús Carmona is the flamenco winner of the 2020 National Dance Prize, in creation mode.
Jesús Carmona, in the creation mode, and Iratxe Ansa, in the interpretation mode, obtain the National Dance Awards for 2020. These awards, which are awarded annually by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Spanish government, are endowed with 30,000 euros each one.
The jury has proposed the award of this award to the bailaor, dancer and choreographer Jesús Carmona "for the depth of his creative work in which research starts from respect for tradition and innovates with reflective skill, turning into choreographic material a rich repertoire of experiences They also highlight "the constant search for his creative essence", as well as "his personality and marked character as a performer." On the other hand, Jaci González from Aireflamenco.com affirms that "This work that the jury of the National Dance Award highlights in Jesús Carmona it is more than demonstrable, it is clearly shown in his concepts. It significantly happened with the show Camino en Corral de la Morería, where he brought about the reunion of the nineteenth-century bolero school with flamenco, being very original through the bulería, taking into account that in the days of the bolera school it was not yet the bulería had been invented, his possible encounters then would have been with the jaleos ".
2020 MIN Awards
Flamenco triumphs at the 2020 MIN Awards
Kiko Veneno at the 2020 MIN Awards
Kiko Veneno, Las Migas and Califato 3/4 are the winners at the MIN Awards for Independent Music this year 2020.
Honor Award Mario Pacheco to Kiko Veneno. How nice it is to say that phrase, as a concept. On the one hand, an award called Mario Pacheco, the founder of Nuevos Medios, father of the UFI, and who made possible those UFI awards that over time have become the MIN. It is evident that his name is the most suitable for the award which, every year, is a recognition of the career of the best Spanish independent artists. On the other hand, it was a matter of time that one year that award should go to Kiko Veneno, who has been influencing many things for more than four decades, including flamenco concepts. It is quite interesting, in addition, that on the same night that Mario Pacheco receives the Honor Award for his past, an award whose winner attends the gala knowing that he is the winner, Kiko has also won the main award of the night, Album of the Year by "Sombrero Roto". Kiko did many things, but Kiko will continue to do many things. It's nice, because although it is common for this type of recognition to be a "has been", Kiko has taken a has been and then also a still is, and will continue.
Ciutat Flamenco - 27th edition
Tomorrow starts the 27th edition of Ciutat Flamenco
Ciutat Flamenco
Flamenco more ours than ever
The year 2020 we will not remember as one of the best of our lives. The pandemic has been devastating and has generated a collective discouragement, but it has made us reflect and be stronger. In the cultural sector, and specifically in flamenco, there have been consequences that nobody could foresee, such as the closure of tablaos and concert halls or the uncertainty of many artists who have seen their professional activities canceled or postponed. This situation has shown our vulnerability and now it's time to learn from experience and redesign strategies to keep the sector afloat.
In this context, Ciutat Flamenco wants to celebrate its 27th edition. Now more than ever we want to maintain our commitment to the creation, innovation and history of a musical culture rooted in Barcelona forever. Historically, Ciutat Flamenco has been the exhibitor of the great names and the most interesting proposals that have marked the evolution of flamenco in the 21st century, as well as being the promoter of new projects and the cultural and social fabric of a city in permanent transformation.
Antonio Gades arrives at the "Teatro Real de Madrid"
"Fuego": the spell of Antonio Gades arrives at the Royal Theater
'Fuego', Antonio Gades
Dance arrives this season at the Teatro Real by the hand of one of the greatest Spanish creators: Antonio Gades. The coronavirus has prevented the hosts of the Munich Ballet from traveling to Spain to offer their version of "Giselle", as planned, and the Spanish company, which has been grounded for the same reason - had to cancel a performance in Baden -Baden- , will take its place with the lesser known work of that fertile pairing that Antonio Gades and Carlos Saura made: «Fuego». It is a ballet created in 1989 from the film "El amor brujo", signed by both four years earlier. At the Teatro Real, the company -which is artistically directed by Stella Araúzo- will have as soloists Esmeralda Manzanas (Candela), Álvaro Madrid (Carmelo), Juan Pedro Delgado (The Specter) and Raquel Valencia (La hechicera). In the pit will be the Titular Orchestra of the Royal Theater, under the baton of Miquel Ortega, and the functions (22, 23 and 24) will have an added emotional component, since they will be dedicated to the recently deceased Gerardo Vera, author of the scenic space and costumes.
"Fuego" was commissioned by the Chatelet Theater in Paris, where the play premiered on January 26, 1989.
Victoires de la Musique award
The cantaora Rocío Márquez is the first Spanish artist to receive this French award.
Rocío Márquez
The Huelva-born Rocío Márquez has once again made history in flamenco and in Spanish music in general, as her album, "Seen on Thursday", won the Victoires de la Musique award for the best "World Music" album. With this, she has become the first Spanish artist and the first flamenco album to receive this award.
A recognition that international artists such as Cesária Évora, Manu Chao, Rachid Taha, Salif Keita, Rokia Traoré have… and that now Rocío Márquez also has.
Los Victoires de la Musique is one of the great musical events in France, and receiving it represents a new milestone for Rocío in her career, which in itself has a clear international projection. In fact, in the meeting held with the artist from Huelva due to this event, he tells us that the award has been like reaching the top, "the crown of" Seen on Thursday "which has had a wonderful reception from the moment of its launch both nationally and internationally, so we are super proud of it. "
2020 National Prize for Current Music
Chano Domínguez, 2020 National Prize for Current Music
Chano Domínguez
The jury has distinguished with this recognition his "very personal style" and "his long career of four decades dedicated to music, as a composer, performer, and arranger".
The musician and pianist Sebastián Domínguez Lozano, known artistically as Chano Domínguez, has been awarded this Friday with the 2020 National Prize for Current Music that is awarded annually by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, which is endowed with 30,000 euros. The jury has recognized that, in his more than forty years of experience, he has been a pioneer in the creation and dissemination of the genre inside and outside of Spain and has become "one of the greatest representatives of jazz-flamenco".
Likewise, the jury has praised the "very personal style of the artist", as well as "his numerous collaborations with other great musicians and national and international projects", such as his latest works Chano y Colina, together with Javier Colina, or "A ball of snow", next to Martirio.
Premieres of the National Ballet of Spain
La Bella Otero and Antonio el Bailarín star in the two premieres of the National Ballet of Spain in the 20/21 season
La Bella Otero and Antonio el Bailarín
The National Ballet of Spain (BNE) begins the 2020/2021 season in October with the recovery of the tours postponed last spring due to the covid-19. After seven months away from the stage, he will take the Invocation program to the stage of the Teatro Circo de Albacete on October 29th and 30th. After Albacete, it will tour Terrassa (Barcelona), Zaragoza, Saint Petersburg (Russia), Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Águilas (Murcia), and Pamplona.
In addition, the BNE will premiere this season the play La Bella Otero, by Rubén Olmo, and starring Patricia Guerrero; a new choreography for Capricho español, with music by Rimski-Korsakov; and a program around Antonio Ruiz Soler on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.
Paco de Lucía´s "Cositas Buenas"
Paco de Lucía´s "Cositas Buenas" scorebook presentation by David Leiva
David LEiva with "Cositas Buenas" scorebook
The music of Paco de Lucía will always be alive and will continue to be the musical reference for flamenco. The guitarist from Algeciras has left a legacy worthy of praise and must be known. If Paco de Lucía has achieved something, it is that everyone admires and surrenders to the beauty of flamenco music.
David Leiva has been its official transcriber since 2013 and at the conference "Cositas Buenas" by Paco de Lucía he will present the work of his latest published scorebook, out of a total of twelve. For David, "Cositas Buenas" (Universal Music, 2014) is the album that marks a new path in contemporary flamenco guitar and its eight pieces are the sources that are feeding the current flamenco guitar.
Next October 25th at Aclam Guitar Club.
Cajasol Flamenco Thursdays
Cajasol Flamenco Thursdays return with José and Manuel de la Tomasa
Cajasol Flamenco Thursdays
Cajasol's Flamenco Thursdays are back, whose programming was suspended due to confinement, with a head-to-head between José and Manuel de la Tomasa, grandfather and grandson of this well-known cantaora saga, with their show 'Singing to the Alameda'. The appointment is on October 15th at the Cajasol Theater (C / Chicarreros, 1) in Seville.
The program is completed with performances by Javier Barón, with 'Desde Alcalá' (November 12th), Dani de Morón, with 'The sense of change' (November 19th), and La Macanita, with 'La Macanita 30 años de cante' ( November 26th).
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Knocking at the gates of flamenco heaven
The exercise of freedom is imposed in the new works of the guitarist Dani de Morón and the singer Israel Fernández
Dani de Morón and Israel Fernández
2020 Suma Flamenca Festival
Morente always. Activities prior to the 2020 Suma Flamenca Festival
Morente always. Activities prior to the 2020 Suma Flamenca Festival
Next Thursday, October 15th, the photographic exhibition "Paco Manzano, Photographs from 1983 to 2010" will be inaugurated, a previous activity within the cultural events programmed by the Festival Suma Flamenca of the Community of Madrid, under the direction of Antonio Benamargo. Added to this exhibition are the "Conferences on the sound world of Morente", given by scholars of the Granada-born master.
The photographic exhibition of Paco Manzano, a flamenco photographer for 4 decades, is a journey through the most important milestones of this genre, from those Flamenco Summits in Madrid to the most recent Conde Duque Young Flamenco Festival, or the Suma Flamenca editions . And then there is, of course, Paco Manzano portraying Enrique Morente, as if his camera had been faithfully linked to the teacher's career, in national and international festivals, colleges, such as San Juan Evangelista; or in large venues such as the Palacio de los Deportes. The exhibition will be open at the Amor de Dios Academy, Calle Santa Isabel, number 5, in Madrid, from October 15th to December 20th.
Flamenco Real - Madrid Royal Theater
The Royal Theater of Madrid consolidates its flamenco programming
Flamenco Real - Madrid Royal Theater
In this third season of Flamenco Real, a tribute is paid to Blanca del Rey.
Another of the great Madrid stages has just presented its programming for what will be its third season of the Flamenco Real cycle in co-production with SO-LA-NA. Specifically, from November 13th to July 29th, if nothing prevents it, a total of 15 shows will be offered where jondo art is the clear protagonist of the Royal Theater.
Renowned artists will pass through this Madrid space, in a cycle that is gradually consolidating in said Ballroom with a 2020/2021 program that will be dedicated to the bailaora, choreographer, teacher and businesswoman, Blanca del Rey.
On the other hand, it is worth mentioning that Flamenco Real will continue to be supervised by Antonio Canales, as in previous editions. The program presented for this third season contains a total of 15 shows.
Flamenco Viene del Sur
The "Ciclo Flamenco Viene del Sur" resumes its program in Seville, Granada and Malaga
Flamenco Viene del Sur
The "Ciclo Flamenco Viene del Sur", organized by the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco of the Junta de Andalucía, which celebrates twenty-three editions, resumes its program, which was interrupted by confinement, in the Central theaters of Seville, Alhambra of Granada and Cánovas of Malaga. In the latter case, it is a didactic cycle dedicated to a child audience. At the same time, the Flamenco Viene del Sur cycle has been held on tour, in those Andalusian towns with which it was agreed and which were admitted to the call.
María Terremoto will open next October 20th at the Central Theater. They will be followed by El Carpeta, with Barullo as guest artist, José Valencia and Rafael de Utrera, Emilio Caracafé, Antonio Rey, with Diego del Morao, Makarines and Jesús Méndez as guests, 'Flamenco de fiesta' and Belén López, who will close it on December 9th.
XXXII Polvorón Flamenco de Estepa
The XXXII Polvorón Flamenco de Estepa is celebrated
XXXII Polvorón Flamenco
Antonio Reyes, Rubito Son, Ángeles Toledano, Armando Mateos and Edu Hidalgo, on cante; Antonio Carrión, Paco Cortés, Benito Bernal, Niño Martín and Eduardo Rebollar, to the toque; and Beatriz Rivero and Beatriz Cruz, to the palms. Juan Ortega presents. The appointment is this Saturday (9:00 p.m.) at the "Caseta Municipal Paco Gandía".
The cantaor from Chiclana has recently been nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards for his album ‘Que suene el cante’ in the category of Best Flamenco Music Album.
Madrid "Círculo Flamenco"
Antonio Reyes and Diego del Morao will open the Madrid Flamenco Circle Cycle
Antonio Reyes & Diego del Morao
Antonio Reyes and Diego del Morao will open next Thursday, at the Teatro Alfil (Teatro Flamenco Madrid), the program scheduled by the Círculo Flamenco de Madrid until the end of the year. As a novelty, the planned events are once again in person.
Martín Ballester presents the program in these terms: "The concerts are scheduled at the Alfil Theater (Madrid Flamenco Theater) and there will be four: Antonio Reyes and Diego del Morao (taking advantage of the fact that we celebrated five years of the publication of that celebrated Direct in the Flamenco Circle de Madrid); the guitarist Ricardo Moreno (as interesting as he is singular in his flamenco proposal); as well as two nights dedicated to the memory of our beloved Cecilio Yusta and José Ángel Galán, with artists closely linked to them. In the first, the great Cañeta de Málaga will be the protagonist, and in the second, Cancanilla de Málaga, Yeyé de Cádiz and Guadiana ”.
Latin Grammys
Latin Grammys recover the category of Best Flamenco Music Album
Antonio Reyes, Ezequiel Benítez, Antonio Campos, Naike Ponce & Antonio Rey
Farruquito
The new sap of Farruquito
Farruquito
El Moreno, the bailaor's first-born son, performs with his father at the age of eight in his last show, and Soleá, nine, the daughter of his brother Farru, will represent Spain in Junior Eurovision.
Contemplating them from afar running together through the garden of the family home is already a spectacle in itself. The caste is guessed at them with little effort. Soleá Fernández and Juan El Moreno are nine and eight years old, respectively, and it is enough for them to be themselves to dazzle everyone who crosses them. However, the precociousness of her talents in song and flamenco dance is tied to a deep family root that explains the prodigies of her artistic gifts.
They are great-grandchildren of Antonio Montoya Flores, the great Farruco, a myth of gypsy dance that has marked a whole line of artists who are today the flag of the most racial, the purest and most incontestable flamenco. Grandchildren of La Farruca, children of Farruquito and her brother Farru (who accompanied Paco de Lucía on her last international tours).
Seville Flamenco Biennial
Dancing ‘On a tight rope’ to create your own universe.
Ana Morales
The bailaora Ana Morales presents a work full of contemporaneity at the XXI Bienal de Flamenco.
In its very name, the show hides the risk: being on the tightrope is a metaphor for insecurity, and even more so when it comes to dancing. It is like looking into the abyss of improvisations in jazz, that search inherent in art that the bailaora Ana Morales, a Catalan based in Seville, exercises with an estimable honesty. She accumulates a long and brilliant career as a dancer and as a bailaora in all the disciplines of this art, but, on the way to create her own dance universe, her investigation has led her to new expressive forms, which are always craved as a result of a long study, a process in which he was decanting his concern.
