Paco de Lucía 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.

Photo © Gabriela Canseco

So if you are not lucky enough to have a ticket to the Istanbul concert, perhaps you could catch him on his 2012 US Tour: starting with a concert at the Jackie Gleason Theater,  Miami Beach, Florida on 5 April 2012, then on

7 April 2012: Savannah – Trustees Theatre, Savannah Music Festival

10 April 2012: Philadelphia – Kimmel Center For Performing Arts

11 April 2012: Boston – Boston Opera House

12 April 2012: Bethlehem – Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center

13 April 2012: Newark – New Jersey Performing Arts Center

18 April 2012: North Bethesda – Music Center, Strathmore

20 April 2012: Chicago – Symphony Center

24 April 2012: Mesa – Mesa Arts Center

25 April 2012: Las Vegas – The Smith Center

27 April 2012: Oakland, California – Paramount Theatre

28 April 2012: Los Angeles – Walt Disney Concert Hall

30 April 2012: Los Angeles – Bass Performance Hall

with the final concert at the One World Theater, Riverbend Centre, Austin, Texas on 2 May 2012.

Paco de Lucía will be touring with his band, which includes:

Antonio Sánchez on second guitar

Antonio Serrano on keyboards and harmonica

Alain Pérez on bass

El Pirañha on percussion

Singers Duquende and David de Jacoba

and the flamenco dancer, Farruco

© 2011 Thérèse Wassily Saba