Carmen Linares receives the recognition of the Music Academy with the ‘2011 Lifetime Achievement Award’

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Carmen Linares (Foto Daniel Muñoz)

Carmen Linares receives the recognition of the Music Academy with the ‘2011 Lifetime Achievement Award’. This prize goes to the artistic career of the cantaora for “her mastery, her professional courage, and her being a reference in the positive evolution of the female condition in flamenco art”. In the cantaora’s own words, “it’s really exciting to receive an award for dedication, for an entire lifetime. I love flamenco deeply and I’ve always been at its service”. And that is demonstrated by her live projects as well as her discography, which includes albums like ‘Antología. La mujer en el cante’, ‘Un ramito de locura’ and ‘Raíces y alas’, among others. The artist will receive the prize at the 2011 Music Awards Gala, which is to be held on May 18th at the Teatro Arteria Coliseum in Madrid and is dedicated to flamenco, to mark the occasion of its declaration as Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Several of the genre’s artists figure among the finalists and not just in the category of Best Flamenco Album (where Cañizares, Morente and Mercé compete), but also in jazz and in fusion.