Miguel Poveda The Suma Flamenca Festival is going on with the recital of Miguel Poveda, a tribute to a deep encounter, dedicated to the Catalan singer 17 years ago, during the Festival de las Minas, for his 50. anniversary.The contemporary music, the Spanish music, the fado, the bolero, the flamenco, the tango, everything finds its place in this unmeasured voice, the voice of Miguel Poveda, the star of this Festival Suma Flamenco. During this festival we will also know emerging talents.

""Tablaos", "cante", dance, and feeling are the ingredients that converge this friday, 4th of june, at the starting signal of "Suma Flamenca", in the Flamenco Festival of the Community of Madrid, that will take place during the next weeks till the 2nd of july. Estrella Morente will open the Festival in the Auditorio Théater of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, but she won´t be the only one that will act in the opening, because there are other 6 shows schéduled in three other councils of Madrid almost at the same time.
For example, in the Salón Cervantes of Alcalá Théater, one of the best guitars of the flamenco history, Enrique de Melchor's one,will play for those who will assist. Melchor will be accompanied by three musicians, at the guitar, flute and percussion, one "cantaor, two "cantaoras" doing chorus and "compás", and one "bailaora". Paco Taranto, the extremaduran Guadiana or Capullo de Jerez, Juana la del Pipa and Mariana Cornejo in the tribute "Remembering Chano Lobato", will meet tonight in different places of the Community.

Apart from filling the spanish capital of shows for a whole month, "Suma Flamenca" also takes the "Flamenco" to other towns less known

where there are lots of fans. For the occassion of the 25th anniversary of the Museum Picasso-Collection, Eugenio Arias of the Community of Madrid, the tow where the close friend and barbe of Picasso, Eugenio Arias, was born and died after his french exile, Buitrago de Lozoya, accomodates a museum as a tribute to this wonderful friendship as an initiative and administration of the regional Governement 25 years ago.

Hoy se presentó el avance de programación de la V edición del Festival Flamenco de la Comunidad de Madrid Suma Flamenca, cuya oferta incluye más de 33 espectáculos, que se representarán en una quincena de espacios de la capital y de otros diez ayuntamientos de la región. Todos los aficionados al arte jondo podrán disfrutar del 4 de junio al 2 de julio de la mayor calidad y tonalidades del cante, danza y toque a través de figuras indiscutibles del flamenco.

El festival mantiene la esencia que le ha convertido en una cita ineludible para aficionados y curiosos desde hace cuatro años: acercar a grandes figuras consagradas y jóvenes valores del flamenco hasta escenarios de municipios ubicados por la geografía de toda la Comunidad.