“It is the most naked and honest vision of Santiago Lara”, assures the guitarist himself, who will perform on the night of Saturday, February 21st at the Atalaya Museums, one of the great spaces of XXX Jerez Festival“I’m going to perform alone with my guitar, trying to reflect what I’m feeling right now, that maturity that my twenty-five-year career has given me,” says the Jerez-born artist, who returns to the festival after an eight-year absence from solo performances. “The last time I presented my own work was in 2018 with The guitar through time. I was subsequently with the Mercedes Ruiz Company, which I also consider mine. But it's true that being involved in these kinds of projects makes you feel happy and gives you that level of responsibility,” he continues.
This year, for example, he is taking over the musical direction of the project. Jerez, with a woman's name, which Mercedes will premiere on February 28th in the Villamarta Theatre also celebrating the Festival's Anniversary Gala, which will feature figures such as Leonor Leal y Salome Ramirez, to the dance, Felipe del Moreno, Tamara de Tañé and Melchora Ortega, canteamong others. Santiago opens with this Guitar solo the cycle that will host the Atalaya Museumswhich will cover guitar proposals and canteand which was previously held at González Byass. “The fact of inaugurating the cycle is a source of joy, but there are also nerves. I will perform pieces from my albums, which are already well-known, but there will also be surprises and I will premiere a piece for the occasion.” Santiago has six albums on the market, including compositions for orchestra and masterpieces he has performed. Medea or Concert of AranjuezCurrently touring with Mercedes in numerous countries with the show Dual.
"I'm going to perform alone with my guitar, trying to reflect what I feel at this moment, that maturity that my twenty-five years of experience have given me."
The cycle will continue with Archangel, On the night of Sunday the 22nd, also at eleven o'clock at night, with Alphabet flamencoThis is a “tribute to the icons of flamenco music from its origins to the present day through the great classics that the genre has produced.” He will be accompanied by the guitars of Benito Bernal and Francis Gómez, the choirs and palmas de The Twins and the percussion of LitoIt won't be until the 27th that the doors of this performance space on Lealas Street will reopen, with the arrival of Lela Soto and his show The fire that I carry inside, the title of the first solo album by the youngest of the Sordera family. Guests will include Vicente Soto, Luisa Heredia, Diego del Morao, Curro Carrasco, Antonio Malena, David CorderoHe will be playing the guitar Rubén Martínez, the percussion will lead to Ane Carrasco and to the palmas, Reyes Moreno and Juana Gómez.
On February 28th, at eleven o'clock at night, Ezekiel Benitez will unveil his new album, titled What nobody sees, accompanied by the guitar of Paco León and palmas de Chicharito, Naim Real, Edu Gómez, Diego Montoya, Manuel SolerThe Jerez native is releasing his sixth album at a time when “everything happens in a rush, where few people stop to consider the important things. I want to show that more intimate and inner side, that which no one sees. I am very happy to hear it now finished and how it has turned out,” he tells this publication.
On March 1st, it's their turn Mayte Martín and José Gálvez, recital flamenco with no other purpose than to evoke emotion, something the Catalan singer has been doing for over thirty years. Yerai Cortes He will close the cycle with his guitar on the night of March 2nd, performing solo, without the other members of the show that he is currently taking to important stages around the world. He already did this in 2024, when he replaced Rafael Riqueni, who had to withdraw due to tendinitis.
