Camarón’s memory pervades the
2009 Castell de Peralada Festival

Chicuelo directs the show paying tribute to ‘La leyenda del tiempo’ on its thirtieth anniversary • Duquende and Rafaela Carrasco are the guest artists

Flamenco-world.com, June 2009

The Castell de Peralada Festival welcomes flamenco more and more firmly. And in fact, it is going to be present in this edition in all of its forms: cante, guitar and baile. In the program, which is to be held from July 18th to August 16th at the castle in the Catalan Ampurdán, appearing together with big names of international music are Tomatito & Diego el Cigala in a face-off they have entitled ‘40 kilos de arte’; bailaora María Pagés with the show ‘Sevilla’; and the world premiere of ‘Camarón, 30 años después. La leyenda del tiempo’, a concert directed by Chicuelo in which, with the collaboration of Duquende and Rafaela Carrasco, “a real classic is revisited”. All of it converges with the recent release of the album ‘Cante i Orquesta’ by Miguel Poveda and Joan Albert Amargós, which was recorded on this stage in the 2007 edition and which initiates Singulars Peralada, the festival’s record collection. Serrat, Noa, John Malkovich, Ainhoa Arteta and Ángel Corella, among many others, also shape up the bill.

Duquende and Chicuelo (Photo Daniel Muñoz)

Festival Castell Peralada 2009. Flamenco Auditorio. Peralada (Girona, Spain), July 18th to August 16th, 2009 Friday, July 31st • 10 p.m. TOMATITO & CIGALA ‘40 Kilos de Arte’ Tomatito, guitar Diego el Cigala, cante Sunday, August 2nd • 10 p.m. CAMARÓN, 30 YEARS LATER ‘La Leyenda del Tiempo’ Chicuelo, guitar, production and musical directing Duquende, cante Silvia Cruz, vocals Rafaela Carrasco, baile Wednesday, August 12th • 10 p.m. MARÍA PAGÉS COMPANY ‘Sevilla’ María Pagés Company (Photo Daniel Muñoz)