XVII Flamenco biennial poster

This meeting with flamenco in Seville will be celebrated from the 3d to the 30th of september and brings in 2012 a lot of news. Among the big news at logistic level is emphasized on the recovery of the Alcazar and the Cartuja monastery, and the incorporation of the auditorium FIBES for the biennial. The siting with capacity for more than 3.000 persons and The Spanish National ballet, with the show "Medea" of Manolo Sanlucar. 
They kept the classic spaces like El Maestranza, that will be taken by the big ballets. Two stars will illuminate the stage, María Pajés with Utopía Compagny and Sara Baras with her flamenco show. 
Among the most original shows, the offer of Piacere & Fahmi Alqhai & Arcángel academy that will count on Patricia Guerrero a fusion between old music and Flamenco, will be celebrated on tuesday 4th of september in the Alcazar. The Evangelistas, with a solemn tribute in rock'n roll to Enrique Morente, will be another of the stand out dishes, and will be in the Central theatre on saturday 29th of september.

Tomatito

The guitarist José Fernandez Torres "Tomatito" made enthusiastic the public of the sevillan Maestranza theatre with hisshow "Luz de guía (The eternal twinkle)", title dedicated to the singer Camaron de la Isla, of whom he has been the guitaristduring 20 years and with whom he started at 15 years old.
The guitarist did not play except at the begining of the concert, a "taranta" which ended up by "fandangos", accompaniedby a second guitar, two percussionists and the voice of three singers, like Simón Román and Juanito de Íllora."Tomatito" has been received by an ovation when he came to the sober stage, on which everything was black except theguitar and the shirt of the master. Just the lights seed to dye of a light blue the background of the stage when the guitarist and his accompanists launched into the liveliest palos and the most rhytmical compositions.

Miguel Poveda

The singer Miguel Poveda opened the 16. edition of the Bienal Flamenco de Sevilla last night. Without doubt one of the most important and expected show of this festival is the one of the guitar player Paco de Lucia, who will close the fetical next Saturday October 9. We have an appointment at the Maestranza Theater, at 20h30. The Andalusian main city is right now the flamenco main city, with a programming with 56 shows. In front of the Real Maestranza Bullfighing Place, Poveda offered an extraordinary interpretation, accompanied by a lot of musicians.