Carmen Linares
Carmen Linares
“Carmen Linares’ flamenco intensity, its alchemy of passion ... rose to furious, desperate timeless invocations of lost love” New York Times
CARMEN LINARES is one of the living legends in flamenco singing. A master of the "jondo" style of singing, Linares has set her sound to the classical-oriented accompaniment of symphonic and chamber orchestras for nearly two decades. She was the first flamenco singer to perform with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra -- but she has been equally forceful performing to the classic flamenco accompaniment of a guitar. While The New York Times praised her for her "extraordinary and expressive power," El Mundo, in Spain, claimed "she possesses three invaluable virtues: power of communication, purity without purism, and all-around competence." Her voice has the gritty quality of a blues singer. It's a lived-in voice, textured by an age old wisdom, passed on generation to generation, and unteachable elegance. Carmen Linares is the grand dame of cante.