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| Last Tuesday, October 27, the presentation of the gala "Autumn Flamenco Ciudad del Sol" and the poster that represents it took place | The gala will take place on Saturday, October 31, in the Plaza Calderón de la Barca de Lorca, at 4:00 p.m., in the open air and with free admission until full capacity is reached. The presentation was attended by the Councilor for Culture, María Ángeles Mazuecos on behalf of the City of Lorca and on behalf of the Peña Flamenca Ciudad del Sol, the president, Cayetano Padilla and the Festival coordinator, Luis Terry, attended. Both the councilor for culture, the president of the peña and the festival coordinator, have explained that, due to the current health situation that has prevented the realization of this edition of the International Festival of Flamenco Singing "Ciudad de Sol", La Festival Management, formed by the Peña Cultural Flamenca de Lorca as organizer, together with the Lorca City Council and the Department of Culture, as main sponsors, has decided to hold this gala for the enjoyment of all fans of singing, music and music.
flamenco. They have also influenced that, during the duration of the same, the recommendations of the authorities regarding distancing and health prevention must be strictly complied with. As a guest artist, Antonio José Nieto, from Lucena, Córdoba, will perform as a singer with an extensive career who performs with great purity a wide repertoire of flamenco songs.
He has a wide curriculum of participation in the most prestigious peñas, festivals and contests of saetas and flamenco singing.
Among the most important awards, he has: In 2011, first prize for Malagueñas at the International Cante Festival of Las Minas de La Unión and first prize, also, in the fandangos contest on Canal Sur Televisión "Se Busca Talento".
Finalist in the International Festival of Cante de las Minas de la Unión in the Fandangos modality.
In 2014, Sol de Plata at the International Festival of Flamenco Singing "Ciudad del Sol" in Lorca.
In 2015, first prize in the Mining Lamp of Peñarroya, Córdoba.
Golden Sun,in the International Festival of Flamenco Singing "Ciudad del Sol" in Lorca in 2017.
Melón de Oro de Lo Ferro in 2018.
First National Prize of Tarantas de Linares 2019. Young artists from Lorca of flamenco singing, toque and dance will also participate in the gala, who have been participating in important shows and festivals, while continuing to complete their musical training in different centers. In cante, Nicolás Pelegrín Lario will perform.
Born in Lorca, he studies his last year in the degree of Interpretation of Flamenco Singing at the Superior Conservatory of Music, Rafael Orozco, of Córdoba.
He got 2nd place in the IV Ciudad de Murcia Flamenco Singing Contest, as well as the first prize in the I Saetas Ciudad de Lorca 2019 Contest.
He has trained with singers of the stature of Curro Piñana, Gema Giménez, Charo Martín or David Pino. The guitar will be in charge of Mercedes Luján, a young guitarist, also born in Lorca, within a family of artists.
She has the privilege of being one of the few female guitarists, nationally and internationally, in the difficult world of flamenco.
He has studied guitar in Jerez de la Frontera with Pascual de Lorca, José María Molero and Fernando Moreno.
He has accompanied and performed with singers such as Perlita de Huelva, Sonia la Húngara, Rocío Márquez, Fosforito, Juanito Valderrama and India Martínez.
He has also been a guitarist in flamenco singing competitions and festivals, to name a few: the Ciudad del Sol Flamenco Festival in Lorca, the "Murcia Flamenca" Festival and the Lo Ferro International Flamenco Singing Festival.In 2018 he participated in the international guitar festival in Uppsala (Sweden) and has recently signed a contract with the record company Air Music. As a dancer, the lorquina, Verónica G.
Reverte, will also perform, with a degree in Flamenco Dance from the Luis del Río Dance Conservatory of Córdoba.
She has been part of the cast of artists of Córdoba Ecuestre en Caballerizas Reales and dancer of the renowned flamenco violinist Paco Montalvo.
She is currently studying Dance Pedagogy at the prestigious Conservatorio Superior de Danza, Maria de Ávila in Madrid.
He has recently started a project in Sweden with a fusion of Arabic, jazz and flamenco music, with an orchestra made up of 22 musicians of different nationalities, with a tour scheduled for 2021 in the Nordic countries. The cante, the dance and the guitar of these young artists from Lorca will be accompanied by the rhythm of the flamenco cajón by José Luis Sánchez Fernández, from Torre Pacheco.
This other young percussionist is currently completing the Higher Degree in Flamencology in Córdoba and has also trained with teachers such as "El Piraña", Miguel Lamas, Joel Páez and Manuel Reina. The opening and closing of the gala will be in charge of Grupo Rociero "Las Marismas".
This dance group was formed in 2015 and is directed by María Rosario Campos.
It also includes girls from Lorca and districts of different ages who began to dance and train in dance at an early age.
They have been performing on various stages interpreting a great variety of dances and dances, both folkloric and flamenco styles.
The group was invited, for the first time, in 2019 to perform at the Guerra de Lorca Theater on the occasion of the "Ciudad del Sol" International Festival of Flamenco Singing, where they had a warm welcome from the public. The poster representing the gala is titled "Flamenco de Colores" and is the work of the young artist from Cehegín, Cristóbal Rodríguez Martínez.
He was the second classified in the poster contest that was called for the festival last year and for this reason, it has been decided that he will represent this gala.
Cristóbal Rodríguez graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Murcia in 2018, Master's Degree in Teaching at ESO and Baccalaureate from the University of Granada and obtained an Erasmus grant to carry out an internship as a designer in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Currently he combines the preparation of public exams with his own artistic projects.
Recently, he has also been the winner of the XXXI Poster Contest of the Biology Week of the University of Murcia.
Source: Peña Cultural Flamenca Ciudad del Sol
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