The most important flamenco festival in the world, the Bienal de Flamenco in Seville, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a programme that is made up of 117 shows, including 27 premieres. The disappearance from the schedule of a travelling version of 'Carmen en Sevilla' that was set to be directed by Carlos Saura, has forced the Biennial to add 'Más Bienal', a new cycle featuring eight first-rate performances, to be held between 4 and 12 September including, among others, Antonio Canales, Tomatito and Miguel Poveda, to the programme that it presented at the start of the summer.
Paco de Lucía presents 'Cositas buenas' on 14 September in the Teatro de la Maestranza.
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Seville, the capital of flamenco. This is what it will be during a little over a month, during which the city's stages will host performances by today's greatest artists. The Biennial has thus reached its 13th edition, featuring 117 performances, of which 27 will be premieres. Among these, there will be "Carmen Amaya Evocaciones", with Juana Amaya and Rafael Amargo, 'De la Galera al Arco', with Aurora Vargas and Arturo Pavón, 'A solas', with Joaquín Grilo, 'Pasión y Ley', with Antonio El Pipa and 'A cuatro voces', with Eva La Yerbabuena.
Paco de Lucía will once again be crowned, with his 'Cositas Buenas'. His concert in the Teatro de la Maestranza on 14 September has already sold out. Gerardo Nuñez will also be presenting his new record; it will be possible to hear 'Andando el tiempo' live, on 17 September in the Teatro Central.
'Arena' is Israel Galván’s new show.
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The festival will begin with performances by Remedios Amaya, Rancapino, Juana la del Revuelo, Jesús Heredia, Raúl Montesinos and Melchor Ortega, on 2 September. And it will be finished off, on 10 October, by a well deserved tribute to the deceased Juanito Valderrama, Paquera de Jerez, Manolo Soler and Manolo Ricardo, the show entitled '1904-2004. Lo que el tiempo da, lo que el tiempo quita, lo que el tiempo pone', which will feature the participation of Chano Domínguez, Belén Maya, La Macanita, Parrilla de Jerez, Miguel Ochando and Jerónimo.
There will be a wealth of 'arte jondo' (lit. 'deep art', an expression commonly used to refer to flamenco) to savour in Seville until 10 October. Flamenco for all kinds of audiences. For classical audiences: 'Sonata suite and Tomatito with the Symphonic Orchestra'. For poets: 'Poemas del exilio de Rafael Alberti', with Miguel Poveda, and 'Romancero Gitano' by Federico García Lorca. For women: Lolita Valderrama, Mariana Cornejo, Elu de Jerez, Ana Real, Rocío Díaz, and María del Mar Moreno dancing in 'Mujeres'. For children: 'Alicia', with Rosario Toledo and Kiko Veneno, and 'Rinconete y Cortadillo', with Javier Latorre. Or for migrants: 'Inmigración', by the company of Mari Angeles Gabaldón and 'Tierra de Nadie', with segundo Falcón singing, and the Chekara orchestra from Tetuán (Morocco), and the Maharajah orchestra from Rajasthan.
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF THE BIENAL DE FLAMENCO
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