The 2007 Ciutat Vella Flamenco
Festival gives creativity a front row seat at its fourteenth
edition
The festival, entitled ‘Maldades’,
runs from 22nd to 26th May in Barcelona's Center for Contemporary
Culture, with Israel Galván, Carles Benavent and
Pepe Habichuela
Flamenco-world.com, May 2007
‘Maldades’. This
is the title under which the 2007 Ciutat Vella Festival
Flamenco unveils its program. The fourteenth edition of
the event takes a chance, with “small acts of daring
in the face of resistance to change”. And to this
end, it features the artistic talents of Carles
Benavent Quartet, Pepe Habichuela & Josemi Carmona,
Israel Galván and Son de la Frontera, among others.
The event runs from 22nd to 26th May 2007 at Barcelona's
Centro de Cultura Contemporánea.
Carles Benavent
(Photo Daniel Muñoz)
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The 2007 Festival Flamenco Ciutat Vella
arrives at its fourteenth edition “firmly established
now, and with both the event itself and the artistic choices
in full maturity”. Barcelona's Center for Contemporary
Culture once again opens up the 'Pati de Les Dones' to
the flamenco arts. From 22nd to 26th May, this singular
location will be a showcase for a very mixed bag, as the
festival “seeks to remind people of the need to
break down artistic barriers in the quest for a style
of ones own”.
Following the opening ceremony on Tuesday
22nd May, with two chill out sessions to boot, at the
hands of Garrotán and La Troba Kung Fú,
the line-up of concerts kicks off the following day with
the Carles Benavent Quartet. The Catalan flamenco jazz
bassist is accompanied by Chicuelo as guest artist, guitarist
Aleix Pujol, Ravid Goldschmidt on hang and Roger Blàvia
on drums. They'll be rubbing shoulders with the bailaor
José Maya, whose formation features Antonio Carmona
and Simón Román on vocals, Jesús
del Rosario on guitar and Lucky Losada on percussion.
Mónica Navarro and 5xRumba take care of the chill
out section today.
Pepe
Habichuela and Josemi Carmona, father and son, bring
together their respective visions of the guitar at the
concert on Thursday 24th May. They boast a special guest
- bassist Javier Colina - as well as their usual line-up,
including Carlos Carmona on guitar, and Bandolero and
Juan Carmona on percussion. The baile is left in the capable
hands of El Junco, first bailaor with the Ballet Flamenco
de Andalucía company. The bailaor from Cadiz will
be accompanied by David Palomar and David Sánchez
on vocals, and Ramón Amador and Michele Giacarinno
on guitar. The main performances are introduced and rounded
off by Alba Guerrero and Jaleo Real.
The third day's line-up includes the
group Ultra High Flamenco ‘UHF’, featuring
José Quevedo on guitar, Cepillo and Paquito González
on percussion, Pablo Martín on double bass and
Alexis Lefèvre on violin. The other half of the
bill comes from Son
de la Frontera, playing songs from their second album
‘Cal’. Featuring Moi from Morón de
la Frontera on vocals and compás, Raúl Rodríguez
on Cuban tres guitar and flamenco guitar, Paco de Amparo
on flamenco guitar, and with Manuel Flores providing extra
rhythm and Pepe Torres as bailaor, the group takes a fresh
approach to the legacy of Diego del Gastor. The chill
out program is split between Las Migas and Carles Mestre
& La Sinfónica de Gavà.
Pepe Habichuela & Josemi
Carmona (Photo Daniel Muñoz)
Cutting edge flamenco dance
Bailaor Israel
Galván will be top of the bill on the closing
night, Saturday 26th May. The avant-garde artist from
Seville presents ‘La edad de oro’, where he
evokes the golden era alongside vocalist Fernando Terremoto
and guitarist Alfredo Lagos. There will also be a performance
from the eclectic group Calima, with songs from their
latest project ‘Azul’. The last installments
of the chill out program are those of Sara Flores and
DJ Mingus G. Formentor.
To complete the festival program there
are a series of parallel activities. Band Aèria
are scheduled to perform ‘La fanfara malèfica’
every day in the private patio; there’s flamenco
storytellers ‘La fuente de Carmen Amaya’ on
26th at midday; and the presentation of the book ‘Luces
y sombras del flamenco’ on Saturday afternoon.
Tickets are on sale at Telentrada.com.
14th CIUTAT VELLA
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL 2007
Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de
Barcelona (CCCB)
Barcelone (Spain), from 22nd to 26th May,
2007
CONCERTS
Pati de Les Dones (10:00 pm)
Wednesday 23rd May
Carles
Benavent Quartet
José Maya
Thursday 24th May
Pepe
Habichuela & Josemi Carmona
El Junco
Friday 25th May
Ultra High Flamenco ‘UHF’
Son
de la Frontera
Saturday 26th May
Israel
Galván, ‘La edad de oro’
Calima
CHILL OUT
Tuesday 22nd May
Garrotán (8:00 pm)
La Troba Kung Fú (00:00 am)
Wednesday 23rd May
Mónica Navarro (8:00 pm)
5xRumba (00:00 am)
Thursday 24th May
Alba Guerrero (8:00 pm)
Jaleo Real (00:00 am)
Friday 25th May
Las Migas (8:00 pm)
Carles Mestre & La Sinfónica de
Gavà (00:00 am)
Saturday 26th May
Sara Flores (8:00 pm)
Dj Mingus B. Formentor (00:00 am)
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