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The Bienal de Flamenco is celebrated in Seville, Spain, in different theatres of the city. This festival features dancers, vocalists, and guitarists in a display ranging from flamenco puro to innovative new works. The festival was first celebrated in 1980, with Jose Luis Ortiz Nuevo as the director and with a poster designed by Joaquín Sáenz.
Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]) is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.
As a result, the Latin music industry encompasses Spanish-language music from Spain. [4] [5] The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the organization responsible for the Latin Grammy Awards, includes music from Spain including a category for Best Flamenco Album with voting members living in the country. [6] [7]
Festival Flamenco Gitano was a flamenco group of the 1960s which toured Europe and the Americas, started in 1965 by German organizers. [1] It featured Paco de Lucia, Ramon de Algeciras, Antoñita Singla, Camarón de la Isla and other numerous artists over the years. It has been described as "a showcase of the hottest flamenco talent at the time ...
The Spanish classical composer Manuel de Falla (1876–1946) was the principal organizer of the Concurso. [3] He sought to encourage and enhance the music of cante jondo (literally "deep song", referring to a key element of flamenco, as opposed to "cante chico", the "lighter" more accessible element), which he sensed had fallen into a period of decadence. [4]
Their mission was to present to Miami audiences the best dancers and musicians in traditional flamenco dance and music. This year’s Siempre Flamenco Festival de Cante is a family affair Skip to ...
A campanillero (Spanish pronunciation: [kampaniˈʝeɾo]) is a flamenco cante or song form. It is in couplets of six verses. It has its origin in sacred songs of Andalusia which were chanted during the early morning procession known as Rosario de la Aurora. [1]
The Music of Andalusia encompasses a range of traditional and modern musical genres which originate in the region of Andalusia in southern Spain.The most famous are copla and flamenco, the latter being sometimes used as a portmanteau term for various regional musical traditions within Andalusia.