The third edition of 45 International Festival of Cante from Lo Ferro concluded on Saturday, July 26 with the triumph of Carmen Carmona Lara, who won the Golden Melon for the most complete singer with her cante through malagueña, seguiriyas and bulerías.
The Molino de Lo Ferro award went to Jaén thanks to Juan Carmona Pérez its cante by ferreña, the cante of the earth, created by the master Phosphorite and pride for all.
Emilio Chaparro Serrano took the prize to the cantes coming from the fandango with its cante by seguiriya, farruca and malagueña with abandolao.
Jose Antonio Romero won the award for cantes of rhythm with its cante for granaina and a half, tangos and seguiriya.
Francisco Ocón Cuadrado won the award for cantebasics with granaina and media, toná and guajira.
Antonio Fernández The Bullfighter y Antonio Carrion They once again magically accompanied the finalists, who offered a night that will now go down in the annals of the festival's history.
During the gala, the Lo Ferro Festival awarded its Gold Medal to the city of Puente Genil for being the cradle of art, defender and promoter of flamenco and mother of Antonio Fernández Díaz Fosforito.
The mayor of Torre Pacheco, Pedro Angel Roca, in the presence of the president of the Peña Flamenca Golden Melon, Mariano Escudero, gave the gold of Lo Ferro to his namesake from Puente Genil, uniting two lands that love and care for each other. flamenco As the mayor of Ponta Delgada declared in his words of gratitude to the organization of the Ferrero festival.
The elegance and strength of Ballet Flamenco from Lo Ferro directed by Mª Dolores Ros y Cynthia Cano They paid tribute to a legend of the flamenco which is already part of the history of Lo Ferro, Cristina Hoyos placeholder image, with the work Cristina Hoyos and her star, to put an end to a festival that has made us vibrate and dream by its side.
And if we're talking about vibrating, beating, and feeling, we have to go back to the morning show at the Ferrero festival, where we were mesmerized by the conversation Fosforito and Cristina Hoyos had at the Sebastián Escudero Theater about their life and professional experiences.
One more luxury to leave our hearts filled with love flamenco and with the hope that the forty-sixth edition will arrive.
