The 24th edition of the National Art Competition Flamenco
increases its financial endowment and has a new
award for instrumentalists flamencos.
The parallel program includes a variety of performances and award-winning artists, such as flamenco dancer Mercedes de Córdoba, singer Rocío Márquez, and Germán López Galván's Empaque show.
The Municipal Institute of Performing Arts (IMAE) has presented the 24th edition of the
National Competition of Flamenco (CNAF), a historic event to be held in
Córdoba in the fall of 2025 and which remains alive through all the news of
this edition. Interested artists can submit their applications through the
the organization's website, where the rules are available.
The president of the IMAE, Isabel Albás, has announced the creation for the first time of the
“Contest for Instrumentalists Flamencos, a category that covers all types of
instruments, both acoustic and electronic. In this way, we give our due
space to flamenco more contemporary, which without losing sight of the roots, reaches others
audiences thanks to these new mixes of genres.”
This new category joins the already traditional sections: dance, cante and guitar.
The financial endowment of these prizes amounts to €79.000 in total, a sum never before
previously registered in the Contest.
Likewise, another of the new features of the twenty-fourth edition is the awards
exceptional prizes that will be awarded to the winners of each section. These
Prizes involve participation in the White Night of the Flamenco of Córdoba and in the
programming of the Córdoba Guitar Festival in its 2026 editions.
Registration process and contest phases
From this Thursday, July 30th, until September 28th, artists from around the world
You can register through the form on the website, following the
instructions included in the Contest rules.
The Admission Phase will take place from September 29 to October 19.
Jury members will review the applications and determine which applicants continue.
in the selection process, communicating this decision from October 20th.
The Selection Phase, a series of tests, will take place between November 3 and 11.
public performances that will take place in the Telares Room of the Great Theater of Córdoba and that,
For the first time, they will be broadcast live through the official IMAE channels.
The tests for the section of cante will be held from November 3 to 5;
guitar, on November 6; and dance, on November 10 and 11. Regarding the
instrumentalists flamencos, the jury will select three finalists who will go on
directly to the Prize Option Phase.
This last phase will also be broadcast live and will include a session for the
participants in the competition for instrumentalists flamencoIt's November 14th. So
as, between November 17 and 19, there will be several sessions for the contestants in
the dance sections, cante and guitar.
On November 22nd, the Final Gala and the Awards Ceremony will take place at the Gran Teatro.
Awards, with tickets available to the public. The winners will perform at this gala.
of the sections of cante, dance and guitar, as well as the contest for instrumentalists
flamencos.
parallel programming
The IMAE proposes during the month of November an exclusive program around the
flamenco with award-winning shows and big names in dance and cante This
genre for the enjoyment of the public. In this way, the organization joins the
commemoration of the Day of Flamenco, declared 15 years ago by UNESCO as
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The Córdoba Orchestra, conducted by Salvador Vázquez and accompanied by the guitarist
Daniel Casares will open this program on November 8 at the Gran Teatro.
On November 16th at the Góngora Theater there will be the show Empaque de la
Chicharrón Circus company Flamenco directed by Germán López Galván, who has
recently won the award for Best Show at the Performing Arts Fair
from Palma del Río.
The winner of the National Prize for Flamenco In 2013, the flamenco dancer Mercedes de
Córdoba, arrives on November 12 at the Gran Teatro with its show Olvidadas (at
without a hat), which received the Lorca Award for Best Show Flamenco.
Likewise, the singer Rocío Márquez, winner of the Lámpara Minera at the Festival del
Cante de las Minas, will perform on November 20 at the Góngora Theater, along with
guitarist Pedro Rojas, his latest album Himno vertical, defined by critics as
“contemporary flamenco masterpiece”.
On November 15th, the 20th anniversary of the show La
golden age of Israel Galván's company, a classic of his repertoire, which has
featured hundreds of performances around the world. Israel Galván, National Prize winner
of Dance, renews the program with the voice of María Marín and Rafael Rodríguez
guitar.
The singer Rosario La Tremendita will also be part of this program.
special on November 13 at the Góngora Theater, with Matancera, accompanied by the
singer La Kaíta and drummer Daniel Suárez.
In addition to all this, there are two school performances by Anabel Veloso, with her
The show The Goblin of Emotions, on November 17 and 18 at the theater
Gongora.
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