Paco de Luc??a will be giving a concert at the Is Sanat Culture Center in Istanbul on Tuesday 29 November 2011. Needless to say it is SOLD OUT! Otherwise we might all consider getting a quick flight across to Istanbul. So if you are not lucky enou…
Leonard Cohen has been honoured with the Premio de las Letras in the Pr??ncipe de Asturias 2011 awards in Spain. During his moving acceptance speech he spoke with humility about the art of creating poetry and of how, only after reading the poetry …
The Minister of Culture for the Junta de Andaluc??a, Paulino Plata, has announced that 16 November will be celebrated as the D??a del Flamenco, each year in Andalucia, Spain. That date was chosen as it was the 16 November 2010 when UNESCO added Fl…
This week three concerts have been organised in hommage to the flamenco guitarist Manuel Moreno Junquera ???Mora??to Chico???, who died in August this year. The first will be held on Friday 18 November 2011 in Jerez de la Frontera, followed by two…
The first Congresso Internacional de Flamenco was held at the Santa Clara convent in the barrio de Santa Cruz in Seville from 10???12 November 2011. This three-day conference was organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Junta de Andalucia in co…
The nominations for the 2011 Latin Grammy Awards in the category of Best Flamenco Album were: Las Peque??as Cosas Josemi Carmona (Universal Music Spain, S.L.) Piano Ib??rico Chano Dom??nguez (Blue Note/EMI Music Spain) 10 A??os ??? Corriente Vital…
After a very successful first edition of the international flamenco short-film festival, the second Festival Internacional Flamenco de Cortometrajes FFLAC 2011 is well on its way. Entries for short films of no longer than 15 minutes on the theme o…
My Flamenco Diary 