Enrique Morente and Tomatito inaugurate the 2009 Ciutat Vella Flamenco Festival

Enrique Morente and Tomatito inaugurate
the 2009 Ciutat Vella Flamenco Festival

Toni el Pelao, María Pagés, La Macanita and Dorantes, among other artists, highlight the lineup of the sixteenth Barcelona festival from May 19th to 23rd, 2009

Flamenco-world.com, April 2009

2009 Ciutat Vella Flamenco Festival. Show schedule

2009 Flamenco P’Alucine Audiovisual Contest

‘With pearls’. That’s the subheading of the 2009 Ciutat Vella Flamenco Festival since, as explained in the program, “it presents several veteran and consolidated artists, musicians at their prime and on the rise, as well as youths who are getting started. All of them share a common denominator: they’re “pearls”, some more cultivated than others with different colors and surfaces, but all with nuances of their own, which gives them authenticity and beauty”. A theory which will be put into practice at the Barcelona Contemporary Culture Center from May 19th to 23rd, 2009, by artists of the likes of Rafaela Carrasco, Isabel Bayón with ‘Tan solo flamenco’, Dolores Agujetas, La Macanita, Esperanza Fernández, Toni el Pelao & La Uchi with ‘Puro flamenco’, Dorantes with ‘Piano abierto’ together with Joaquín Grilo and Pastora Galván...

The main attraction will be the face-off between Enrique Morente and Tomatito, a concert which will not only be the opening of the festival but also the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of its organizer, Fundación Taller de Mùsics. The concerts at the main stage of Pati de les Dones are to be joined by evening and late-night concerts at the Hall, which will host offspring Enrique Morente (Jr.) and Mari Ángeles Fernández, recognized young talents like Jerez-born Jesús Méndez, rumba groups, local flamencos and even dj’s.

La Macanita (Photo Daniel Muñoz)

2009 Flamenco P’Alucine Audiovisual Contest

The bill is complemented with the second Flamenco P’Alucine Audiovisual Contest, whose registration is open until May 4th in the categories of documentaries and videoclips related to flamenco music. For the winners, there are cash prizes and statuettes which will be given out at the closing gala of the Barcelona festival. In the past edition, ‘Dame Veneno’ and ‘Morente sueña La Alhambra’ won in the category of documentaries, and ‘Será mejor’ by Muchachito Bombo Infierno and ‘La falsa moneda’ by Buika in the category of videoclips. The awards ceremony included the electronic music and flamenco concert by Artomatico in collaboration with Bandaèria, plus dancers Rafael Estévez and Nani Paños and percussionist Nacho Arimany as guest artists.

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16th CIUTAT VELLA FLAMENCO FESTIVAL 2009
Barcelona Contemporary Culture Center
Barcelona (Spain), May 19th to 23rd, 2009

Tuesday, May 19th

Hall, 9 p.m.
• ENRIQUE MORENTE and TOMATITO

Wednesday, May 20th

Hall, 8 p.m.
• SILVIA PÉREZ, cante + Marta Robles, guitar
• ENRIQUE MORENTE JR., cante + Juan Habichuela (grandson), guitar

Pati de les Dones, 10 p.m.
• LA MACANITA, cante + Manuel Parrilla, guitar
• RAFAELA CARRASCO

Hall, midnight
• DJ ORIOLET

Thursday, May 21st

Hall, 8 p.m.
• JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ ‘EL DUENDE’, cante + Juan Ramón Caro, guitar
• MARI ÁNGELES FERNÁNDEZ, cante + Chicuelo, guitar

Pati de les Dones, 10 p.m.
• ESPERANZA FERNÁNDEZ, cante + Miguel Ángel Cortés, guitar
• ISABEL BAYÓN, ‘TAN SOLO FLAMENCO’
Isabel Bayón: baile, choreography. Antonio Campos, Miguel Ortega: cante. Jesús Torres, Paco Arriaga: guitar. Antonio Coronel: percussion

Isabel Bayón
(Photo Daniel Muñoz)

Hall, midnight
• DJ TXARLI BROWN

Friday, May 22nd

Hall, 8 p.m.
• ALBA CARMONA, cante + Marina Albero, psaltery
• SIMÓN ROMÁN, cante + El Tuto, guitar

Pati de les Dones, 10 p.m.
• JOSÉ MIGUEL CERRO, cante + Manuel Castilla, guitar + Esperanza
Roger, piano
• DORANTES, JOAQUÍN GRILO & PASTORA GALVÁN, ‘PIANO ABIERTO’

Hall, midnight
• RUMBA VELLA

Saturday, May 23rd

Hall, 8 p.m.
• PAULA DOMÍNGUEZ, cante + Manuel Castilla, guitar
• JESÚS MÉNDEZ, cante

Pati de les Dones, 10 p.m.
• DOLORES AGUJETAS, cante + Dieguito de la Agujeta, guitar
• TONI EL PELAO & LA UCHI, ‘PURO FLAMENCO’
Toni el Pelao: baile, choreography, directing. La Uchi: baile. Charo Manzano, Pepe Jiménez: cante. Juan Serrano, Luis Miguel Manzano: guitar

Toni el Pelao and La Uchi
(Photo Daniel Muñoz)

Hall, midnight
• PAPAWA ALL STARS
Sam Mosketon: guitar, choruses. Ricardo Tarragona: percussion, choruses. Peret Reyes: vocals. Ricardo Tarragona Sr.: guitar, choruses. Toni Reyes: bass, choruses. Guest artists: Ramón Reyes ‘Ramonet’, Josep Maria Valentí ‘Chacho’: vocals