it was on one side Camilo Blanes and Camilo Sesto on the other. The first is real, the second is the character he created. Talking about this duality journalist Ramon Climent (Alcoy, 1954) Camilo Sesto. neither angel nor devil A book edited by the Juan Gil-Albert Institute of Culture that has moved away from biography to become “a chronology of his life.”
Climent, who published the book in his body, Premium Bios collection and will be available next Thursday Calderon Theater in Alcoyadmits, after a year of working on this volume, “I’m a camilist, he took me into his field because he’s such an exciting character.” For the journalist, this is a “very ambitious” book and more than a biography “I made a history of Camilo’s life where I commented on some situations and, above all, got closer to the person.” “Who knew the love song better but never knew how to love, emotionally it was a failure” man’s life.
Biography of the singer, remember, there is already one. “Signature Elena Gomez de la Puerta and these are the two volumes with the gospel of camilista; mine are apocryphal gospels”.
Ramon Climent, a biography of painter Fernando Cabrera and Teatro Principal de Alcoy’s history notes that the title of the piece derives from the fact that “I tried to talk about shadows and lights, good things and less good ones.” In this sense, a softcover book by illustrator and professor at UMH, Amparo Aleppocovers the entire spectrum surrounding the career and figure of the Alcoy singer. “Fifteen years ago the camilists were considered cows, and now it turns out that we raised him to heaven, but neither one thing nor the other, this an indisputable and indisputable artist, but we do him a disservice by ignoring the truth; This is the spirit of the book with a lot of alcoyanía”.
It assures that the reader should not expect “something new, unpublished or unknown”. What it does is, “gather some from the newspaper archives and order it with my comments and opinions.” The only thing new The anthem of Alcoyano, composed by the artist in 2003, and It was hidden in the drawer. “There was a discrepancy with the club and it was never heard from again.”
containing the book, face picture It combines aspects of Camilo Blanes and Camilo Sesto where you can “take a tour in your life”. “His partner, singer Andrea Bronston, said no one really knew him because the character he created was known.”
Vice President and Vice President for Culture, Julia ParraThere is no doubt that Camilo Sesto, one of Alicante’s most internationally recognized natives and now included in the bibliographic collection, is one of the most anticipated and requested works by a wide audience following his career. Gil Institute – Albert.”
The provincial official announced that the gala celebration will coincide with the start of the broadcast on September 15. “We wanted to take another step from Diputación and IAC Juan Gil-Albert. tribute to the singer “We will support the publication of this book with a grand commemoration brought to life by music, free public access, and advance ticket booking.”
Also the mayor of Alcoy, Tony French, He showed his support for the celebration that will take place in the same month that Camilo Sesto’s birth and death are commemorated. The mayor recalled his human dimension and “importance as an international artist”. Alcoy carried his name all over the world and always assumed to be from this city”.
The director of the Gil-Albert Institute also attended the presentation ceremony. Pilar Tebar, and Head of Publications and Research, Tony Cabot. Tébar explained that the book collects the main parts of Alcoyan’s life in nine chapters.
tribute premiere
The book will be officially unveiled at the Calderón Theater in Alcoy next Thursday at 7:30 PM, at a tribute premiere where Toni Cabot will present the book with the author.
Also attending will be Diputación president Carlos Mazón and vice president Julia Parra.
The meeting will be colored with a concert member of the Los Daysons group, The saxophonist where Camilo began to take his first musical steps and Moses Olcina.
“The Daysons are now almost 80-year-old gentlemen who will remember Camilo and rehearse every Thursday of the year,” says Climent.
As for Moisés Olcina, he will be performing with his saxophone to present a theme concert from Alcoy. “Deconstructs the music of Camilo Sesto towards jazz”.
tickets For those interested, through the Gil-Albert Institute’s websites and the Calderón Theater in Alcoy, it’s already available to attend next Thursday.
The gala will be streamed on the Juan Gil-Albert Cultural Institute’s YouTube channel, so that fans from all over Spain and other countries, especially Latin America, where the Alcoy singer has a large following, can follow live. .