La XXIV Biennial of Flamenco of Sevilla This edition once again proposes a new way of approaching art jondo through its matinees, a series of six concerts that will be held andbetween September 12 and 27 at the San Luis de los Franceses church Led by Pedro El Granaíno, Alejandro Hurtado, and Encarna Anillo, these morning sessions, in keeping with the narrative of a Biennial that invites us to reveal what usually remains out of focus, encourage a contemplative listening experience where space, light, and silence take center stage. cante and the guitar will engage in dialogue with Baroque music in three proposals designed to discover new resonances of flamenco and to highlight the richness of a living heritage that continues to find new ways of expressing itself.
The Delegate for Tourism and Culture of the Seville City Council, Angie MorenoHe emphasized that “launching an event of this magnitude requires an enormous coordination effort from the City Council. Balancing schedules, bringing together all the administrations working side by side, and accommodating the drive of new sponsors is a monumental challenge, but the work always pays off. And we embrace it because Seville has a capacity for hosting cultural events that very few cities can match. We rightly boast of large international venues like the Maestranza or Fibes, but this city is full of fascinating heritage sites that sometimes go almost unnoticed. And San Luis is a prime example. That is the great achievement of this edition: bringing culture to every corner so that, from the grand auditorium to the most intimate space, all of Seville becomes a single stage.”
For his part, the director of the Biennial, Luis YbarraHe referred to the programming at San Luis de los Franceses as “an invitation to enjoy the heritage in all its monumentality and simplicity at the same time. It is a series in which the flamenco, either the cante or the guitar, is treated with a certain historicist approach. In addition, three different Baroque musicians, proposed by the Seville Early Music Festival, collaborate with three artists from flamencoThus, Pedro El Granaíno has prepared a recital for the occasion, in which Daniel Oyarzábal collaborates on the harpsichord, exploring the texts of Saint John of the Cross. Alejandro Hurtado will trace the evolution of the guitar, culminating in his own concert pieces, and will be joined by Enrike Solinís on baroque guitar. And finally, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of Falla's birth, we will hear the new album by Encarna Anillo from Cádiz, accompanied by Miguel Rincón on the lute, to commemorate this event. In this way, a convergence of both disciplines occurs in an intimate and ornamental setting, with no other elements than the voice, the instrument, and Solomonic columns to support such beauty.
The Biennial Matinees They will open on September 12 and 13 with 'Pan de oro', the proposal of Peter the Granainwhich will feature the special collaboration of harpsichordist Daniel Oyarzábal. The flamenco singer proposes a recital that finds its natural context in the church of San Luis de los Franceses and that stems from an essential idea: the cante It also transforms depending on the space and time in which it occurs. The morning gives a different character to the palos more solemn, transforming the seguirilla or the soleá into an experience of recollection and contemplation. In this dialogue between the flamenco And the Baroque architecture, the voice of El Granaíno finds an altar to unfold all its expressive depth, while Oyarzábal's organ incorporates the sonority of early music into a selection of canteand texts chosen for this location. A proposal that invites you to discover the flamenco from another perspective and which embodies the spirit of this edition of the Biennial: revealing new ways of listening and making visible what usually remains out of focus.
On September 19 and 20, the guitarist Alejandro Hurtado He will present 'The Evolution of the Guitar' in collaboration with Enrike Solinís's baroque guitar, a recital that proposes looking beyond the visible to discover the shared history of the Spanish guitar. Through a journey that links the flamencoDrawing on early music and classical tradition, both performers reveal the roots of an instrument whose evolution has been built over centuries of dialogue, influences, and creation. Renowned for his extraordinary knowledge of the guitar's legacy and his ability to translate it into a fully contemporary language, Hurtado brings together performance, research, and composition in this concert, while Solinís's collaboration broadens the program's sonic perspective. Held at the San Luis de los Franceses festival, 'The Evolution of the Guitar' invites listeners to pause and reflect on a heritage that often remains out of focus: the evolution of an instrument that continues to write its history through tradition and innovation.
On September 26th and 27th, Incarnate Ring The matinee series will close with 'Camino de flores', a recital conceived as an emotional journey in which the cante flamenco It reveals the invisible landscapes of human experience. Through a journey through different palosEach one associated with a Bach flower essence, the artist from Cádiz journeys through naivety, disillusionment, despair, transformation and celebration, establishing a dialogue between emotion, nature and the flamencoWith the collaboration of lutenist Miguel Rincón, the flamenco singer proposes an intimate listening experience in which the cante It manifests itself as root, refuge, and prayer. In the seclusion of San Luis de los Franceses, 'Path of Flowers' invites us to pause and discover that emotions, silences, and processes of transformation are also part of that flamenco which, although not always visible, underpins the truth of every interpretation. ♦
