Mediterranean Flamenco Festival, organized by the Mediterranean Foundation, brought together world-class artists for the first time at Alicante’s Cante de las Minas Festival as part of La Unión’s 2023 program.
Rocio Crespillo Luna and the Lamp prize winner Juan Luis Campos; El Poti, winner of the Bordón award for best guitarist; Yoel Ferrer Vargas, who received the Desplante award for best dancer; and pianist Raul Perez led a night that also featured the Filón award for best instrumentalist, with the winner set to perform this Saturday, November 11, at the Alicante Culture Class on Avda. Doctor Gadea, 1, starting at 20:00.
The festival takes place at the Mediterranean Foundation headquarters in Alicante and Murcia through November 25, complemented by parallel events such as a conference this Thursday at 19:00 featuring Begoña Cervera discussing flamenco shoes, a documentary film series, a flamenco photography competition, and an exhibition of winning photographs.
La Unión festival stands alongside the world of flamenco as a reference point, and the organization highlights that its collaboration with the Cante de las Minas Festival reflects the Mediterranean Foundation’s strong commitment to flamenco talent.
“This year, we are launching a new collaboration with the Festival del Cante de las Minas, with the La Unión award winners performing together in a show at our festival,” stated Luis Boyer, president of the Mediterráneo Foundation.
Tickets can be purchased at the box office or at the foundation’s website.
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Born in 1998, in the Cañada del Rabadán area of Fuente Palmera in Córdoba, near the historic flamenco city of Écija, this artist has long focused on flamenco. He debuted at age seven and won his first competition at ten, the National Flamenco Art Competition Ciudad de Ubrique. He completed a Master of Arts Education with a specialization in Flamenco Singing at the Rafael Orozco Superior Conservatory of Music in Córdoba and is pursuing an Interuniversity Master’s in Flamenco Research and Analysis at the University of Córdoba. He participated in an experimental flamenco show in 2022, presented by Thyssen Foundation and directed by Fernando Vacas.
Born in Granada, the guitarist started playing at twelve and is largely self-taught. At fourteen, he joined the First National Young Flamenco Competition of the Granada Provincial Council and earned praise as a rising flamenco guitarist. At fifteen, he won the Granada Costa International Flamenco Guitar Competition, and at eighteen, he captured the top prize at Jerez de la Frontera’s National Young Values Flamenco Guitar Competition, with judges including notable figures such as Diego del Morao and Antonio Rey. That same year, he also won the Kanal Sur National Young Values Flamenco Guitar Competition.
Hailing from Tarragona and born in 2003, this artist showed an early interest in flamenco dancing and began formal training at age nine under distinguished instructors in several cities. Throughout a growing career, he has earned multiple honors, including a 2016 gold medal in the Folklore category and the 2021 Outstanding Award for Professional Training in the Arts of Catalonia. His choreographies have earned awards in competitions, and he has collaborated with prominent flamenco figures, establishing himself as a leading promise in Spain and beyond.
At fifteen, he began classical piano study at the Conservatory of Cartagena. A growing passion for jazz led him to move to San Sebastián to study at the Musikene Higher Conservatory of Music, specializing in Basque Country Jazz Piano.
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