Mediterranean Flamenco Festival organized by Mediterranean FoundationReceived the world’s winning artists for the first time in Alicante International Cante de las Minas Festival This year is La Unión’s 2023.
Rocio Crespillo LunaMining Lamp winner: Juan Luis Campos El Poti, winner of the Bordón award for best guitarist; Yoel Ferrer VargasDesplante award for best dancer; and pianist Raul PerezThe artist who won the Filón award for best instrumentalist will take the stage this Saturday, November 11At Alicante Culture Class (Avda. Doctor Gadea,1) starting from 20.00.
The festival will be held at the Mediterranean Foundation’s headquarters in Alicante and Murcia until 25 November and also offers a program of parallel events such as: The conference is this Thursday at 19:00. related to Begoña Cervera about flamenco shoesdocumentary film series, flamenco photography competition and exhibition of winning photographs.
La Union festival is one of them. References from the world of flamenco The organization states that the connection with the Cante de las Minas Festival reflects “the Mediterranean Foundation’s firm commitment to flamenco talents”.
“This year, we are launching this new collaboration with the Festival del Cante de las Minas with the winners of the La Unión awards, who will perform together in a show at our festival,” said Luis Boyer, president of the Mediterráneo Foundation. .
tickets They can be purchased at the box office or at www.fundacionmediterraneo.es.
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He was born in 1998 in the Cañada del Rabadán region of Fuente Palmera (Córdoba), on the border of the historical and flamenco city of Écija. Flamenco has always been his greatest concern. He made his debut at the age of 7 and won the first competition he participated in, the National Flamenco Art Competition Ciudad de Ubrique, at the age of 10. She completed her Master of Arts Education with a specialization in Flamenco Singing at the Rafael Orozco Superior Conservatory of Music in Córdoba and is currently pursuing her Interuniversity Master’s degree in Flamenco Research and Analysis at the University of Córdoba. He was part of an experimental flamenco show in 2022 times of abundance Organized by the Thyssen Foundation, written and directed by producer Fernando Vacas.
He was born in Granada and started playing flamenco guitar at the age of 12. Education is self-taught. At just 14 years old, he participated in the First National Young Flamenco Competition of the Granada Provincial Council and was considered by the Granada press and flamenco critics as “the revelation artist and young promise of flamenco guitar”. At 15 he was awarded the Granada Costa International Flamenco Guitar Competition, and at 18 he took first prize at Jerez de la Frontera’s prestigious National Young Values Flamenco Guitar Competition with judges of the caliber of Diego. del Morao and Antonio Rey. In the same year, he received the first prize in the Kanal Sur National Young Values Flamenco Guitar Competition.
Born in Tarragona in 2003, the artist was interested in flamenco dancing from an early age and began formal dance training at the age of 9, studying with famous teachers in various cities. He has been awarded many awards throughout his career, including the gold medal in the Folklore category in 2016 and the Outstanding Award for Professional Training in the Arts of Catalonia in 2021. Throughout her rising career, she choreographed award-winning works in various competitions. , participating in extraordinary performances and collaborating with great flamenco figures, cementing himself as one of dance’s brightest promises in Spain and internationally.
At the age of 15 he began his professional training in Classical Piano at the Conservatory of Cartagena, but after a few years he developed a strong and determined love of jazz, which led him to move to San Sebastián and enter the Higher Conservatory of Music Musikene. Specializing in Piano Jazz of the Basque Country.