The Paco de Lucía Legacy Festival begins in New York tonight and includes five days of special events.

The aim of this tribute is not only to celebrate the life and work of the maestro, but also to show how this local and traditional music transcends borders. It has been conceived as a great celebration that highlights the synergistic coexistence of flamenco with other styles such as jazz, classical music or African music.

Fundación Paco de Lucía

The Paco de Lucía Legacy Festival includes a most spectacular list of artists: Karime Amaya (bailaora), José María Bandera (Flamenco guitarist), Nesrine Belmokh (singer and cellist), Carles Benavent (electric bass), Rubén Blades (singer), Josemi Carmona (Flamenco guitar and mandolin), Diego ‘El Cigala’ (cantaor), Javier Colina (double bass), Yerai Cortes (Flamenco guitar), Rubém Dantas (percussion), Madou Diabate (kora), Tino Di Geraldo (drums and percussion), Al Dimeola (guitar), Chano Domínguez (piano), Duquende (cantaor), Farru (bailaor), Farruquito (bailaor), Pepe Habichuela (Flamenco guitar), Chonchi Heredia (cantaora), Salif Keita (singer), Carmen Linares (cantaora), Makarines (vocals  and percussion), José Mercé (cantaor), Niño Josele (Flamenco guitar), Jorge Pardo (flute), Alain Pérez (bass), Silvia Pérez Cruz (singer), Antonio Rey (Flamenco guitar), Rafael Riqueni (Flamenco guitar), Antonio Sanchez (Flamenco guitar), Antonio Serrano (harmonica) and Israel Suarez ‘Piraña’  (percussion).

Tuesday 20 February 2024: PACO DE LUCIA: LEGACY – A CONCERT MARKING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Wednesday 21 February 2024: PACO DE LUCÍA BIOGRAPHY PRESENTATION & CONCERT: Presentation of César Suárez’s biography El enigma Paco de Lucía; Antonio Serrano, Antonio Sánchez and Javier Valdunciel will be accompanied by the scholarship students from the Master’s Degree in Flamenco Performance at the Centro Superior Música Creativa in Madrid. Instituto Cervantes, New York,211–215 E 49th St, New York, 6pm. More details. RSVP required at: comunicacion.ny@cervantes.es

Wednesday 21 February 2024: ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA. Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway, New York, 7pm. Tickets.

Wednesday 21 February 2024: FLAMENCO JAZZ CONCERT: with Josemi Carmona, Javier Colina, Israel Suarez ‘El Piraña’, Silvia Pérez Cruz and Pepe Habichuela AND: Chano Domínguez, Jorge Pardo, Javier Colina and Tino di Geraldo with Farru. Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St, New York, 8pm. Tickets.

Thursday 22 February 2024: FLAMENCO SUMMIT MEETS NEW YORK. The Town Hall, 123W 43rd St New York, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Friday 23 February 2024: CARMEN LINARES, PEPE HABICHUELA and RAFAEL RIQUENI . Instituto Cervantes, New York, 211–215 E 49th St, New York, 7pm. SOLD OUT.

Friday 23 February 2024: FLAMENCO PARTY. Little Spain Market, 10 Hudson Yards, New York, 7.30pm. Tickets.

Saturday 24 February 2024: PACO DE LUCÍA: A JOURNEY: Documentary film: La Búsqueda. Quad Cinema, 34 W 13th St, New York, 4pm. Tickets.

Saturday 24 February 2024: PRESENTATION OF THE UNRELEASED ALBUM BY PEPE AND PACO DE LUCÍA. Ángel Orensanz Foundation, 172 Norfolk St, New York. Exclusive Invitation.

The Paco de Lucía Legacy festival is an initiative promoted by the Paco de Lucía Foundation in collaboration and sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Junta de Andalucía, and presented by Serious Fan Music with the collaboration of Fundación Escuela Creativa and co-financed with European Funds: Ministry of Finance, Junta de Andalucia. Paco de Lucía Foundation

© Thérèse Wassily Saba 2024