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 Finals of the 51st Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas was held on Saturday 13 August 2011 in La Uni??n. The 16-year-old singer from Badajoz, Celia Romero, won the ???L??mpara Minera 2011???, the 22-year-old guitarist, Juan Torres Fa…
The Third Flamenco Bi??nnale Nederland was held from 21???30 January 2011 in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrech. The artists featured included: Joaqu??n Grilo, Pastora Galv??n, Mora??to Chico, Diego del Morao, David Pe??a ???Dorantes???, and Roc??o M…
The annual Flamenco Festival London 2011 at Sadler’s Wells begins on Tuesday 8 February 2011 with the flamenco singer Estrella Morente ???In Concert???. On Wednesday 9 February 2011 Israel Galv??n presents his show La Edad de Oro, performing with …
The 15th Festival de Jerez will be held in Jerez de la Frontera, C??diz, Spain, from 25 February to 12 March 2011. The website is full of information in Spanish, English and German about this year???s Festival. There are also video clips from prev…
This year, Flamenco Festival, which has been organising very successful international festivals of flamenco in major cities outside of Spain, celebrated its 10th anniversary. Miguel Mar??n, the Artistic Director and founder of Flamenco Festival wr…
The XVI Bienal de Flamenco in Seville runs from 15 September until 9 October 2010 carries the subtitle: ???Flamenco de viva voz??? (Flamenco out loud) this year with an impressive list of flamenco artists performing there: Eva Yerbabuena, Roc??o M…
On Saturday evening 14 August 2010 the Finals of the 50th edition of the Festival del Cante de las Minas was held in La Uni??n, Spain. The winner of the L??mpara Minera was the flamenco singer from Seville, Miguel Ortega. The winners in the other …
The first, second and third stages of the Festival del Cante de las Minas continue. ? 2010 Th??r??se Wassily Saba
La Uni??n is a poor mining town in Murcia, Spain, and the annual Flamenco festival has become as much a part of the town’s history as the struggle for its inhabitants to survive. This is why there are often references to mining in the artwork for …
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