Diego el Cigala prepares cante anthology
Niño Josele and Javier Limón back up the
singer in a project that includes the participation of Juan Valderrama
and Enrique Morente
Diego el Cigala
Diego el Cigala presents his live recording
'Diego el Cigala con Niño Josele'
Diego el Cigala releases a live set recorded
Released on the Tablao label Diego el Cigala
releases a live set recorded accompanied by Niño Josele on guitar
Chocolate gets Latin Grammy for the best flamenco album of the year
for 'Mis 70 años con el cante'
Flamenco-world.com presents in Real Audio 'Lío', the first single
off the new album by José Mercé
José Mercé plumbs the depths of understandable
flamenco with 'Lío'
Chocolate, Arcángel, Remedios Amaya, Diego el Cigala and Martirio
compete for the 2002 Grammy Latino
Enrique Morente presents 'África-Cuba-Cai'.
Three-way musical journey
Nuevos Medios celebrates its 20th anniversary by releasing twenty
compilations and doing a tour
Diego Carrasco, Tomatito, Pata Negra and
Jorge Pardo are the first four records to be released
Ketama accompanies their new album 'Dame la mano' with a DVD of
a 'fiesta flamenca' featuring the Habichuela family
The first 50.000 copies are available in
two special formats: LP and CD-booklet
Presentation of Ketama's record 'Dame la mano'
Friendship stew
Guadiana
releases his second record 'Brillo de luna'
Flamenco-world.com has an exclusive
preview of the album with a free MP3 download of the bulerías ‘Blanca
es la plata’
Versión
Española and Subterfuge release a flamenco record of sountracks
taken from Spanish cinema
Tomatito, Rafael Riqueni, Niña Pastori
and Estrella Morente are some of the artists included
La Macanita releases her fifth recording, 'La Luna de Tomasa'
The record, on the Senador label, is the
work of the composer Isidro Sanlúcar
Niña Pastori launches her fourth album 'María'
Moraíto, Diego de Morao, Farruquito, Tino
di Geraldo and Bernardo Parrilla have all contributed to the record
which is produced by Chaboli
Segundo
Falcón makes his solo debut with 'Un Segundo de Cante'
Guitarist Paco Jarana, the album co-producer,
accompanies the singer from Seville
Palo
Nuevo to release '24 quilates', the latest Agujetas record
Recordings from Bernarda de Utrera,
Enrique Sordera, Luis el Zambo, Gaspar de Utrera and Inés Bacán
are also all being prepared for forthcoming release by the label
Estrella Morente receives platinum record for 'Mi cante y un poema'
and gold record for 'Calle del aire'
The singer from Granada closes the Second
Millenium Festival in Barcelona and Madrid
'Tablao' rereleases recordings from the seventies by Caracol, Manolo
Sanlúcar and Diego Carrasco
The company expands its offering of formerly
out of print records
María
Pagés
The 2002 "Premio Nacional de Danza"
is awarded to María Pagés in recognition on her creativity
María Pagés exports 'Flamenco Republic' and 'El perro andaluz' to
Japan
The Seville-born bailaora's company to perform
in twelve Japanese cities
María Pagés unveils an enriched version of 'Flamenco Republic' in
Madrid "without the pressure of a premiere"
The company will offer a double bill which
will include a version of 'La Tirana'
Blanca del Rey presents 'Flamenco a Bocajarro' at the Teatro Madrid
The show will be performed in the Spanish
capital between May 16 and June 9 2002.
Merche Esmeralda will be the sorceress in Juan Carlos Santamaría's
production of 'El Amor Brujo'
The work, which premieres as part of the
series 'Madrid en Danza', will be presented in Greece, Mexico and
the United States
Cristina Hoyos begins touring with her new show 'Tierra Adentro'
The show, based on life in the Rio Tinto
mines, will tour France, Italy and Spain
Cristina Hoyos plans to create a flamenco dance museum in Seville
The eighteenth century building will house
both classes and displays
Lola and José Greco join their dance talents in 'Latido'
The show is on at Madrid's Corral de la Morería
through the end of March
Sara Baras to close the Feria Internacional de Turismo on the Día
de Andalucía
The Andalusian pavilion will have an exposition
about flamenco
Dancer Javier Barón brings his personal tribute to Vicente Escudero
to Paris
Carmen Linares will also appear in the Teatro
Hispano's Festival Don Quijote
Antonio Canales to dance to the 'Chanson Flamenca' sound
The show will tour Spain, France and Portugal
Andres Marín's company to debut in Lyon, France
'Más allá del tiempo' [Beyond time] attempts
to demonstrate that "flamenco is a living art form"
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The Seville Biennial Flamenco Festival holds its fourth contest
for young artists
The prize includes an eight-date tour of
Andalucia
Théâtres de Nîmes brings together Antonio Canales, La Macanita and
Diego el Cigala in a flamenco series
World
Flamenco Festival in Marbella gathers Manuela Carrasco, Chocolate,
Arcángel, Dorantes and Gerardo Núñez
Sara
Baras, Juana Amaya and Farruquito, Tomatito, Arcángel and Chano
Domínguez to participate in Flamenco Festival USA 2003
Seville's
Bienal de Flamenco selects 25 semi-finalists in the Fourth Concurso
de Jóvenes Intérpretes
Singer Ezequiel Benítez, dancer Pastora
Galván and guitarist Javier Conde are among those who classified
The 2003 Festival de Jerez places "the creative evolution of flamenco"
at the heart of its seventh edition
Sara Baras, Antonio Canales, Cristina Hoyos,
Eva Yerbabuena, Belén Maya, Rafael Amargo and Manuela Carrasco are
among those topping the bill
Grilo, Tomatito, Carmen Linares and Manuela Carrasco featured artists
for 'Encuentros Flamencos' in Granada's third Festival de Otoño
'Les voix du cante flamenco' once again shows its commitment to
up-and-coming vocal talent
The festival held in the French city of Grenoble
also boasts established artists such as El Torta and Chaquetón
The Festival de Jerez has already filled fifty percent of the places
on courses offered as part of the festival's 7th edition
The flamenco families of Jerez display their legacy
Zambos, Moneos and Agujetas among others
are to perform in Jerez in September 2002
Antonio el Pipa to perform at the Swiss National Exhibition
The dancer from Jerez is participating in
an international Romany cultural festival
Seville's Bienal offers a prelude of intimist cante
Chano Lobato and Fernando Terremoto among
the voices of the 'A Palo Seco' series
The Cante de las Minas Festival 2002 combines youth, experience
and diversity
Maharaja Flamenca, La Macanita and Nuevos Medios add up to flamenco
at Pirineos Sur
Lebrija's Caracolá pays tribute to women in flamenco with the cante
of Carmen Linares, Remedios Amaya and Inés Bacán
The
flamenco stage at the Espárrago 2002 Festival will be graced by
Enrique Morente, Javier Barón and Segundo Falcón
The Jerez rock festival will also
feature vocal performances by La Chiqui and Ezequiel Benítez
Montse Cortés shakes up the Barcelona flamenco scene at the second
Somorrostro festival
The gala on Barceloneta beach will be a showcase
for new Catalan flamenco talent
Aurora Vargas, La Macanita and Juana Amaya, the trio which tops
the bill at the 46th 'Potaje Gitano de Utrera' festival
Flamenco critic Miguel Acal passes away in
Seville days before the festival's tribute
Antonio Canales opens the fourteenth Mont de Marsan Festival of
the Flamenco Arts with 'Bailaor'
Manolo Sanlúcar, Carmen Linares and Los Farrucos
are among the acts heading the bill
The
Córdoba guitar festival brings together Cristina Hoyos, Javier Latorre,
Vicente Amigo, Enrique Morente and Tomatito
Manolo Sanlúcar, José Antonio Rodríguez,
Manolo Franco and Paco Serrano will give a class on 'The nature
and form of the flamenco guitar'
The
twelfth 'Bienal de Flamenco', Seville's biennial festival, sets
a new record, with eighty performances on the programme
The festival, which runs from 3rd
September to 6th October 2002, boasts seventeen premières
The third Flamenco Arts Festival chooses Javier Barón as its main
attraction
The event, which will take place in the State
of California between 13th and 30th June, pays tribute to film director
Carlos Saura
'Flamenco pa' tos' rounds off a magnificent line-up with Tomatito,
Chocolate, Güito, Pepe Habichuela, La Macanita and María Pagés
The charity festival, which runs from 3rd
to 6th June 2002 in Madrid, launches an anthology of songs by Emilio
el Moro
The Caja Madrid Flamenco Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary
by opening its doors to a new range of performers
Antonio Gades will receive the distinguished
'Calle de Alcalá 2002' award
The XLII edition of 'Festival de las Minas' will pay homage to la
Paquera de Jerez
The event, to be held in August 2002, will
also dedicate a special section to Japanese Flamenco followers
Antonio El Pipa premieres 'De Cai, el baile' at the Festival de
Jerez
The dancer from Jerez hopes to "elevate bulerías
to the status of a solo dance"
Seville's
Bienal de Flamenco to include new venues
The twelfth edition of the festival
will program acoustic spaces in historic buildings
'Flamenco Festival USA' gets under way and is warmly received
New York hails Israel Galván, María Pagés,
Manuela Carrasco and El Güito
Seville's
Bienal de Flamenco presents its official poster at the Feria Internacional
de Turismo
Sara Baras and Antonio Canales will
debut at the twelfth edition
The United States is abuzz with the second edition of the Flamenco
Festival USA
Antonio Canales, Vicente Amigo and María
Pagés among the featured artists
Carmen
Linares performs in Spain, Russia and Slovenia in 2002's tour.
The singer from Jaen participates in flamenco
festivals such as Las Minas de La Unión, Bienal de Flamenco de
Sevilla and Madrid Sur with her new album 'Un ramito de locura'
and an Amor Brujo's new version.
Carmen
Linares 2002 Tour
Joaquín Cortés jumps from Europe to Latin America with "Live"
Nearly a hundred thousand people followed
the dancer's international tour last year
Manolo Sanlúcar, José Antonio Rodríguez, Manolo Franco y Paco Serrano
will teach 'toque' in Córdoba Guitar Festival
In
its fourth edition, the Teatro Central's Seminario de Jazz y Flamenco
de Sevilla expands its teaching faculty
Classes will be given by Cañizares,
Rubem Dantas, Jorge Pardo and Pedro Sierra
Flamenco-world.com extends its range of services to incorporate
tourism, artist management and courses
The website has signed an international distribution
agreement with Nuevos Medios and presents bailaora María Pagés's
official website
Rocío Bazán, Eduardo Trasierra and Mercedes Ruiz top the 4th Young
Performers Awards
World Flamenco Fair
The
Second World Flamenco Fair in Seville will bring together around
one hundred businesses related to the art-form
The fair for professionals, which
will be held between October 3-6 and will coincide with the biennial
festival, is aiming to be a meeting place for international promoters.
The
Cristina Heeren Foundation and Flamenco-world.com sponsor two grants
for the Sixth Intensive Summer Course
One thousand five hundred candidates
from all over the world showed up for the tryouts
Paco de Lucía receives the Pastora Pavón, Niña de los Peines prize:
"Young singers can't just listen to Camarón
if they want to have a personality, because they're turning into
clones"
The Jerez dynasty of the Morao family mourns the loss of Juan Moreno
Jiménez
Moraíto Chico's father, Manuel Morao's brother,
has passed away at 67
Critics honor Flamenco-world.com for its work in flamenco media
Flamenco Hoy prizes also went to artists
such as Chocolate and Tomatito
The Cruzcampo Foundation honors guitarist Manuel Morao with the
"Compás del Cante 2001"
Flamenco's "Nobel prize" has been awarded
to artists such as Paco de Lucía, Farruco and Cristina Hoyos
Segundo Falcón takes over from Calixto Sánchez as head of the Centro
Andaluz de Flamenco
The singer from Sevilla will combine his
duties with professional obligations
Vicente Amigo performs in San José (California, USA).
The Flamenco Society Labedy Productions presents to the guitarist
from Córdoba in the Santa Cruz's Rio Theatre on 10th November
2002. This recital belongs to 'Ciudad de las ideas' international
tour, the Grammy Latino winner's last album.
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Enrique Morente performs in London.
The flamenco singer from Granada presents his repertory in the Barbican
Centre of London on June 9th 2002. After this concert in England,
Morente returns to Spain to sing on June 28th in a flamenco festival
organized in Zamora.
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