Flamenco Festival closes its New York edition
Flamenco Festival New York 2018 faces its final week promoting dialogues between flamenco and other cultures, such as the closing night, on Saturday 24th at The Town Hall, with the encounter of two Legendary Musical Dynasties: the Habichuelas, featuring Pepe Habichuela, Josemi Carmona, Javier Colina, Bandolero, Kiki Morente (son of Enrique Morente) and Alba Heredia, and the O’Farrills, featuring Grammy-winning Artur
Flamenco will also meet jazz at the Jazz at Lincoln Center‘s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, from Thursday to Saturday, thanks to the meeting of four amazing musicians, flamenco piano maverick Dorantes and his drummer Javi Ruibal, Israelian double-bassist phenomenon Adam Ben Ezra and The Rolling Stone’s famous sax player Tim Ries.
And finally, the iconic Joe’s Pub at the Public will also host unorthodox performances ofvirtuoso musicians that melt flamenco and other styles, such as ‘cantaora’ and guitar player duo Naike and Paquete (Con nombre de mujer, on Thursday) and amazing guitarist Daniel Casares (Picassares, on Saturday), both shows also part of Fundación SGAE’s series Flamenco Eñe, and the New York city debut of the sensational new flamenco duo Rosalía and Raül Refree (Los Angeles, on Friday).
These shows are complemented with Musical Dynasties: A Conversation with the Habichuela Clan, Pepe, Josemi and Javier Colina (Friday 7pm, CUNY Graduate Center) and the Weaponizing Flamenco: Embodied Voices for Social Changeconference, featuring Naike & Paquete, Arielle Rosales, Emel Mathlouthi and Constance Valis Hill (Thursday 6.30pm, Studio 4 at New York City Center); both curated and moderated by K. Meira Goldberg and the Foundation for Iberian Music. More information here.
The Flamenco Festival On Tour dates also come to and end on Miami this weekend, with FUNDarte proudly presenting Flamenco Rave, featuring DORANTES, Daniel Casares, Naike & Paquete and Rosalía & Raül Refree in concert on Sunday, 6pm at the Miami Dade County Auditorium.
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Throughout its 20 years of history, Flamenco Festival has taken over almost the entire world, having presence in 101 cities, presenting 129 companies, 1.225 shows and an audience of over 1,600.000 people.
The largest flamenco platform in the international scene
Operating since 1996, Flamenco Festival is the main international flamenco promoter in the world. Its mission is to promote and spread the richness and variety of flamenco art, from traditional flamenco to the most avant-garde proposals.