The celebration of the 25th anniversary of Flamenco New York Festival It is now entering its final stretch. Since it began on February 25th under the slogan A true love story (a true love story), the event has brought to different stages and spaces of the city a program that evokes that endless love story between the city of skyscrapers and the flamencoA story that began with figures like Carmencita, La Argentinita, Carmen Amaya, Sabicas, Vicente Escudero, Mario Escudero or Paco de Lucía, Among other figures being remembered in this edition. Throughout this week, artists such as Gerardo Núñez, Antonio Rey, Álvaro Martinete or Olga Pericet, Among many others, they will continue celebrating this love story that is taking the Big Apple to More than 180 participants from 16 companies, among artists of cante, the touch and the dance.
The young guitarist Alvaro Martinete He is in charge of opening this final week of shows on Wednesday the 11th. Cervantes Institute of New York will be the scene of Mario Escudero and New York, an activity in which Martinete, who is making his debut in Flamenco The New York Festival will feature a performance of some of guitarist Mario Escudero's most representative works, accompanied by a brief talk about his life and his years in the city. Mario Escudero, the artist's son, will join the conversation, sharing personal memories to offer an intimate perspective on his father's legacy and his deep connection to New York, allowing the audience to connect with both his music and his story.
Following him, on Friday the 13th in Joe's Pub At The Public Theatre, Sonia Olla and Ismael Fernández, A flamenco dancer and a flamenco singer based in New York will present Link, A spectacle that captures the vibrant energy of an encounter where emotion, art, and memory intertwine to form a world of their own. Every gesture, sound, and pause establishes an open dialogue in which the tradition of flamenco It encounters the personal vision of its creators.
"Since it began on February 25th under the slogan A true love story (a true love story), the event has brought to different stages and spaces of the city a program that evokes that endless love story between the city of skyscrapers and the flamenco»
In this last week, Flamenco The festival will continue celebrating great figures of Spanish music with a concert dedicated to Manuel de Falla on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Thus, on Saturday the 14th, the Centennial Memorial Temple host Tribute to Manuel de Falla. 150th anniversary, in charge of Manhattan Wind Ensemble, which will delve into the universe of the composer from Cadiz from a contemporary perspective, reinterpreting his work for wind and percussion and giving it a renewed energy.
On that same day, the rhythms flamencoThey will be moved to Town Hall to pay tribute to another legend of flamencoSabicas, who transformed the genre from this New York theater, where he gave the first solo flamenco guitar concert in history, after arriving in exile in the 40s, turning his home into a true creative refuge for generations of artists. Tribute to Sabicas It brings together three generations of guitarists: the virtuoso Gerardo Nunez, the winner of two Latin Grammys Antonio Rey and the young talent Alvaro MartineteAlongside them was the renowned flamenco dancer Olga Pericet He brings his bold and elegant interpretation, reinventing the flamenco With ingenuity, power, and intensity, Pericet presents a show that celebrates the influence and legacy of one of the great masters of the guitar. Here, he will pay tribute to Carmen Amaya, Sabicas's artistic partner, performing some of his emblematic pieces, such as 'Embrujo del Fandango' and 'Soleá'.
This show can be seen one day earlier at Boston, one of the festival's satellite cities, specifically in the Berklee Performing Arts Center.
To finish, the Metropolitan Museum of Art It joins the list of venues at the Festival with a unique proposal: From Carmencita to Pericet, a meeting that the flamenco dancer will hold Olga Pericet and the iconic portrait of the flamenco dancer Carmencita, signed by John Singer Sargent, co-organized with the Instituto Cervantes, which since the first edition of Flamenco The Festival, in 2001, has maintained a close and continuous link with this event, desempeñaplaying a key role in its consolidation and projection. For over two decades, this collaboration has made possible numerous shows and activities, reaffirming the Instituto Cervantes' commitment to the dissemination of flamenco and Spanish culture.
The performance, which will take place on the final day of the event, Sunday the 15th, will emphasize the artistic and historical importance of Carmen Dauset MorenoOriginally from Almería, she arrived in New York in 1889 and quickly became a leading figure in American vaudeville. The performance will connect the audience with the memory of a pioneer who brought the flamenco and Spanish dance on international stages.
