Paco del Pozo mixes cante, poetry and bullfighting on his début album 'Vestido de luces'
Jerónimo, Jorge Pardo and Carles Benavent collaborate with the vocalist from Madrid

Juan Diego presents his first album in Jerez, endorsed by José Mercé and Moraíto

El Lebrijano releases 'Yo me llamo Juan' and promises another new album for next year
The cantaor invites audiences to "listen to this new album from beginning to end, and to enjoy it"

Raimundo Amador returns with 'Isla Menor' after three years of silence
Antonio Carmona and Kiko Veneno collaborate on the album of the former member of Pata Negra

Vicente Amigo takes part in 'Sacred Love', the new album by English singer Sting
Dorantes collaborates with Indian singer Susheela Raman and Paco de Lucía plays on the new album by Alejandro Sanz

Ana Salazar pays tribute to Edith Piaf coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of her death
The Cádiz-born cantaora and bailaora revises eleven songs by the goddess of French 'chanson' from the flamenco prism

Leading flamenco singers break through frontiers in 'Territorio Flamenco'
The record includes songs from other styles that are re-interpreted by Estrella Morente, José Mercé, Carmen Linares and Rancapino among others

Karonte puts the finishing touches to new releases by Carlos Piñana, Diego Clavel and Ana Salazar

Juan Diego makes his solo début backed by Remedios Amaya, Jorge Pardo and Diego Carrasco
The Jerez-born guitarist is scheduled to release his first album in autumn

Enrique Morente teams up with machines on his next album
Estrella Morente, Tomatito and Pepe Habichuela collaborate with the Granada-born cantaor

Juan Carmona connects North African musical feeling with flamenco in 'Orillas'
The French guitarist is already preparing 'Sinfonía Flamenca' ('Flamenco Symphony'), his next album

Niño Josele records his new album with the collaborations of Enrique Morente, Guadiana and Andrés Calamaro
Flamenco-world.com gives out one hundred free 'Niño Josele' singles to its customers

Gerardo Núñez takes five young guitarists under his wing on 'The new school of flamenco guitar'
Antón Jiménez, Vicente Cortés, Juan Antonio Suárez, José Manuel León and Jesús de Rosario all take part in the project

The 'Noches en Casa Patas' series is consolidated with the addition of two new dance DVDs
The new audiovisual offerings feature bailaor Juan Andrés Maya and the group Suroma

'Puro Gayardó' displays an example of small-format flamenco on DVD
The dancers Mari Paz Lucena and Miguel Téllez head the group

Paco de Lucía begins the official transcription collection of his work
The first title includes the scores from 'La fabulosa guitarra de Paco de Lucía'

José Mercé sums up his artistic career on a DVD
The DVD includes two live performances, a song video and a biographical documentary

Joaquín Cortés releases the show 'Live' on DVD
The show was recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall in June 2002

Ballet Nacional de España celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary in Japan
The company launches a production choreographed by Antonio Canales in Tokyo

Ballet Nacional de España asks Joaquín Grilo to choreograph their new production
The première is programmed for January 12th 2004 in Santander

Joaquín Cortés relaunches his company with thirty young bailaores
The bailaor from Cordoba extends his 'Live' tour to Europe and Asia

Cristina Hoyos immerses herself in Lorca's work with her production of 'Yerma'
The show will be staged until August 23rd 2003 at the Generalife gardens in Granada

Shoji Kojima presents 'De paso' at Barcelona's Palau de la Música
The Japanese bailaor is accompanied by Duquende and Chicuelo in this new show

Ballet Nacional de España asks Joaquín Grilo to choreograph their new production
The première is programmed for January 12th 2004 in Santander

Antonio Canales plans a revised version of Bizet's 'Carmen'
The Sevillian bailaor and choreographer to star in 'Carmela' along with dancers Lola Greco and Maximiliano Guerra

Spain's National Ballet shows 'Fuenteovejuna' by Antonio Gades to the London audience
The show is to be performed at Sadler's Wells from June 16th to 22nd, 2003

María Pagés celebrates the resident company project with a triple gala
The Sevillian bailaora is to perform 'El Perro Andaluz' May 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the Madrid-area theaters of Torrelodones, Las Rozas and Coslada

Sara Baras displays her version of 'Mariana Pineda' on the international circuit

María Pagés starts up a choreography workshop in the heart of the company
Rocío Molina and José Barrios each create numbers for a work inspired in the four seasons

Niño de Pura closes the Santiago de Chile International Book Fair with a guitar recital
The Sevillian guitarist takes part in the Latin American Guitar Festival

BAM's 2003 Next Wave Festival presents in New York Enrique Morente in 'Omega'
The performances will take place in the Howard Gilman Opera House on November 5th, 7th and 8th 2003

Marbella's 2003 World Flamenco Festival plunges into the Jerez-Utrera-Lebrija triangle
Gerardo Núñez previews his new album at the festival to be held from December 26th to 28th at Hotel Don Miguel in the city on the Costa del Sol

Women take center stage this autumn in Central Europe
Juana Amaya, La Macanita, Aurora Vargas and Esperanza Fernández give performances between October and December in France and Belgium

Cristina Hoyos heads the bill at the fourth California Flamenco Arts Festival
The film section pays homage to Carmen Amaya and Carlos Saura

Flamenco Festival USA 2004 polishes a bill whose leading figure will be Paco de Lucía
The U.S. festival finalizes a program which gathers figures such as Chocolate, Sara Baras, Manuela Carrasco, Israel Galván and José Mercé

José Antonio Galicia's homage.
Concert in Madrid. 2nd September 2003.

2003 Lo Ferro Festival pays homage to José Menese
Arcángel, Juana Amaya and El Cabrero stand out on the bill of the Murcia contest

Terremoto, La Macanita and Esperanza Fernández headline at the 2003 Festival Flamenco de Lepe
The festival features exhibitions and a dance course given by Juana Amaya

Antonio Canales, Israel Galván and Antonio de la Malena headline at New World Flamenco Festival 2003
The 3rd edition of the U.S. festival also features a screening of the movie 'Vengo'

Chocolate, Carmen Linares, Niño Josele, El Torta and Arcángel, key figures in the 2003 Almería Festival
Antonio Canales closes the festival on a night on which bright young hopes from Almería will début

We love Chano so much...
Cádiz renewed its homage to the cantaor from Cádiz in the presentation of his biography 'Chano Lobato. Memorias de Cádiz'

Las Minas Cante Festival
Las Minas promotes the new generation of cantaores and pays homage to the veterans

Flamenco in Turín

Pat Metheny calls on Jorge Pardo and Carles Benavent to play at the Vitoria Jazz Festival
The saxophonist creates the new group La Fábrica de Tonadas with Chano Domínguez, Javier Colina, Marc Miralta, Jordi Bonell and Santiago Aurserón

The Potaje de Utrera and Caracolá de Lebrija kick off the summer festivals in Andalusia
Bernarda de Utrera, Chocolate, El Lebrijano, Antonio Canales and Manuela Carrasco are some of the heavyweights this year

María Pagés and Dorantes put the flamenco touch on the 2003 Marseilles Festival

Enrique Morente presents his new album in Madrid
'El pequeño reloj' is an outline for a possible good album"

Sara Baras, Carmen Linares and Vicente Amigo star in the 2003 Córdoba Guitar Festival
Manolo Sanlúcar delves into the study of flamenco guitar, along with teachers José Antonio Rodríguez and Manolo Franco

Flamenco pa'tos holds its fourth edition by bringing together Riqueni, Menese, Farruquito and Eva Yerbabuena
The festival, for the benefit of the Gomaespuma Foundation, is held in Madrid from June 23th to 25th, 2003

American audiences bow to Jerez's flamenco
The bailaora María Bermúdez premieres 'Sonidos Gitanos' ('Gypsy Sounds') in Seattle and Vancouver accompanied by heavyweights of Jerez's flamenco

Teatro Real demonstrates its commitment to flamenco with the "Festival de verano 2003"
Mayte Martín, Belén Maya, Antonio Canales, Manuela Carrasco and Niña Pastori will perform in June in the Madrid "Palacio de la Ópera."

Dancing and cante share the first-rate bill at Mont de Marsan 2003
Farruquito, Javier Barón, Juana Amaya and the Tito Losada Company attend the French festival along with Esperanza Fernández and cantaores from Lebrija, Utrera and Triana

'A corazón abierto' devotes its seventh edition to dance with Güito, Javier Barón and Eva Yerbabuena
Madrid completes a month packed with flamenco with this festival

Espárrago resorts to flamenco heterodoxy to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary
The Spanish rock festivals take Ojos de Brujo, Mártires del Compás, La Mala Rodríguez and Tomasito to Granada, Morón, Seville, Huelva and Jerez

The Ciutat Vella Festival reaches its tenth edition with Morente, Javier Barón and Diego Carrasco on the bill
Barcelona unfolds a program of concerts, lectures and exhibits dedicated to flamenco fusion from May 20th to 24th, 2003

La Paquera, Miguel Poveda and Belén Maya appear at 'Rencontres Flamencas de Toulouse et Midi-Pyrénées'
The second edition of the French festival runs from March 18th to April 10th 2003

Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas pays homage to bailaor Antonio Gades
A painting by Dalí announces the coming festival, which runs from August 6th to 16th 2003

The Zaragoza auditorium presents its third flamenco season, featuring La Macanita, Torta and Guadiana

Three events to douse Granada in flamenco
The city's stages will play host to Pepe Habichuela, Antonio Canales, Enrique Morente and Remedios Amaya

Fernanda de Utrera to be honored at Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música

Chocolate and La Paquera raise and lower the curtain at the 2003 edition of Seville's 'Flamenco viene del Sur'
This year the season won't include the slot for Historic Figures of the 20th Century

Instituto Cervantes presents Tomatito and María Pagés in Chicago as the strengths of the '2003 Flamenco Festival'

The Festival Flamenco Caja Madrid once again spotlights cante for its eleventh edition
Singer Carmen Linares to receive the award 'Calle de Alcalá'

The El Monte foundation places its bets on flamenco dance with the series 'Jueves Flamencos'
Matilde Coral, María Pagés, Eva Yerbabuena and Antonio Canales are scheduled

The stars of Flamenco Festival USA to give master classes organized by Flamenco-world and Miguel Marín Productions in New York and Hartford
Manolete, Antonio Canales, Juana Amaya and Farruquito make up the teaching staff

Chano Domínguez tours Spain and USA with 'Oye cómo viene'

Joaquín Cortés extends his 'Live' Tour
The bailaor will perform the show released on DVD in Spain and the United States

Esperanza Fernández transmits her artistic versatility from stages all across Europe
The cantaora features in a tour of 'El Duende, La Molinera y El Corregidor', based on the work of Manuel de Falla, alongside ballerina Aida Gómez

'Around Flamenco' takes the universalization of jondo art to the big screen
Amateurs from New York and Japan star in the film by Paco Millán

The flamenco "industry" gets together in the new guide 'Plaza Abierta'

Womex moves the world music showcase to Seville in October 2003
The exposition coincides with the third edition of the World Flamenco Fair

The 'Seminario de Jazz y Flamenco 2003' at Seville's Teatro Central opens its doors to fans, amateurs and professionals alike

Tomatito performs at London's Royal Albert Hall. The Almería-born guitarist will offer a concert on the legendary stage in London on Monday, October 6th, 2003. Following a five-year absence in the United Kingdom, Tomatito will present the concert 'Paseo de los Castaños'. He will be accompanied by Potito on cante, Bernardo Parrilla on violin, Diego Amador on bass and mandola, Joselito Fernández on baile and Bandolero on percussion. Flamenco is not new to Royal Albert Hall, the theater where bailaor Joaquín Cortés' 'Live' DVD was even recorded.
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María Pagés return to the stages of Madrid with her works 'Perro andaluz' and 'Flamenco Republic'.
The company of the sevillian dancer will be from the 23rd July to the 2nd August 2003 in the Coliseum Theater. This theater is programming a dance festival whith the participation of some of the main names of this art, as Maximiliano Guerra and Julio Bocca.

Ángeles Gabaldón offers an advance of her first creation at La Unión's Winners Gala. The Sevillian bailaora is to offer an advance of 'Inmigración', a show she will soon premiere, at the recital included in La Unión's Winners Gala scheduled April 1st, 2003 at the Central Theater in Seville, within the series 'Flamenco viene del Sur' ('Flamenco comes from the South') . Gabaldón shares the bill with Manuel Cuevas and Antonio Soto, winners in the categories of cante and guitar, respectively, in the last edition of the Murcia festival.
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The Spanish flamenco press chooses 'Un ramito de locura' by Carmen Linares as 2002's best vocal recording.
The winners at the fourth 'Flamenco Hoy' prizegiving - last year one award went to Flamenco-world.com for their work spreading the word - also included vocalist Segundo Falcón in the category of newcomer to cante, for his album 'Un segundo de cante'. The awards for guitar were as follows. Best guitar recording went to Pepe Justicia for his 'Sólo agua', and best newcomer went to Nono García for 'Atún y Chocolate'. Best guitar accompaniment went to Gerardo Núñez for his work on 'Un ramito de locura', and Diego del Morao received the prize for best newcomer to guitar accompaniment for 'Lío'. In the dance category Javier Barón, Manuela Carrasco and Javier Latorre were elected best bailaor, bailaora and Dance Company respectively. As for instrumental discs, prizes went to 'Sur' by Dorantes, and to 'Flamenco Chill' by Chambao in the newcomer category. Best percussion work was awarded to Taller de Compás for 'Calé calé'. And finally the prize for the media award for dissemination of the flamenco arts goes to José María Velázquez, in recognition of his work for Radio Nacional de España, and the best book award to José Manuel Gamboa, author of 'Cante por cante'.
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The ‘Medalla de Oro al Mérito del Trabajo’ is sought for Fernanda de Utrera. A campaign, presented by Asociación Cultural Triste y Azul, is underway to have the ‘Medalla de Oro al Mérito del Trabajo’, a Spanish Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs’s distinction which honors Spanish men and women for outstanding lifetime achievement in the arts and humanities, awarded to the legendary singer Fernanda de Utrera, “the queen of soleá”. In previous years flamenco artists such as Cristina Hoyos, Lola Flores, Antonio Mairena and La Niña de la Puebla have received the award.
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