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Valderrama will present a show created exclusively for The Union, which honors his father, the great singer Juanito Valderrama.
Before the Gala, and in the museums, will take place the official ceremony of delivery of the Festival Golden Castillete film director José Juan Bigas Luna
The International Festival Cante de las Minas de La Unión will continue to shine in its fifth day tomorrow Saturday, August 4, thanks to an abundance of outdoor Cultural Agenda and a new gala, following the success of Sara Baras and Jose Merce, will have on the stage two "skilled" of flamenco guitarist and singer Carlos Piñana Juan Valderrama, which will honor his father, the great Juanito Valderrama, on the boards of La Union.
After four successful workshops that have included events such as screenings of documentaries or the imposition of Golden Castilletes figures like the bullfighter Jose Maria Manzanares, the renowned chef José Andrés and dancer Sara Baras, countless other events take place in a dynamic agenda aimed is to extol the flamenco world and raise it to the top of the great arts.
Thus, in the morning session the diary culture starts at 9.00 am with the usual public opening of the Museo del Cante de las Minas, and a few hours later, at 13.00, will continue the "Gastronomic Flamenco III", which are filling the establishments in the town thanks to an influx of visitors.
In the afternoon, the House will host Pinion, from 20.00, the official ceremony of delivery of the Festival Golden Castillete film director José Juan Bigas Luna, time that the public can also enjoy a lecture entitled "The origins of flamenco in Spanish cinema" by the Professor of Film History at the University of Murcia, Joaquin Canovas.
When night comes, from 23.00 hours, flamenco that breathes and feels on the skin of the municipality unionenses and visitors will continue to rise with the third flamenco gala presented by the Festival del Cante de las Minas, 2012, and will feature the guitarist Carlos Piñana, presenting his show "No Hands" and the singer Juan Valderrama, who will present "Don Juan", a show created exclusively as a tribute to his father, one of the promoters of this festival of Cante Mine.
Finally, lovers of flamenco will enjoy unforgettable moments thanks to the "White Night of Flamenco", which from 2.00 am will offer performances by singers Miguel Ortega (Mining Lamp 2010), Raul Agustin Micó and Garnes in various local cafes.
Carlos Piñana
Carlos Conesa Piñana (Cartagena, 1976), is graduate degrees (grades) in Music from the Conservatory of Music of Murcia, and Master of Musical Research, University of Murcia.
It belongs to a family of deep flamenco tradition.
Grandson of the patriarch of the songs miners, Antonio Piñana (Father) and son of guitarist Antonio Piñana (son).
Carlos has lived and assimilated flamenco since childhood.
His own father was his first teacher, helping from the beginning to develop his talent as a guitarist.
In 1990 he began studying classical guitar at the Conservatory of Music in Cartagena, entering parallel in the intricacies of flamenco guitar, which soon begins to stand out.
Proof of this are the numerous awards in his career, serving as an example made in 1996, obtaining the 1st Prize and Bordon Minero at the Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas in 1998 achieved the National Award for Concert Guitar "Ramón Montoya" in the Festival Flamenco de Córdoba and in the same year he received the 1st Prize "Sabicas" in the National Youth Festival Flamenco Calasparra and the prize "Note 98" given by the newspaper La Opinión de Murcia.
In 2001 he was awarded the "Award Alum 2001" Emma Egea Foundation in recognition of their vocation and work.
He has performed in New York, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Hannover, Stockholm, Dublin, Lausanne, Naples, Caserta, Milan, Hamman, Tehran, Cairo, Alexandria, Tokyo, Fez, Moscow, Casablanca, Mexico, Caen, Oxford, Lisbon, Oporto, Tunisia ... well as at several Spanish cities: Murcia, Bilbao, Madrid, Jerez, Seville, Avila, Zaragoza, Barcelona, ​​etc.
He has collaborated with artists such as: Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet), Fathy Salama (Egypt), Estrella Morente, Juan Manuel Cañizares, Carles Benavent, Javier la Torre, Jose Antonio, Jorge Pardo, Naseer Shamma (Iraq), Miles Jay (U.S. ), Andalusi of Fez (Morocco), Murcia Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Lublin (Poland), Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Chaibri Said (Morocco), Francoise Altan (Morocco), Aicha Redouane (Morocco), Ross Daly (Ireland), Ashraf Khan (Pakistan), Doga Aytac (Turkey), Tommy Smith (Great Britain) and others ...
He has published five solo albums: "The care of one essence" (1996) in which he pays a tribute to the figure of his grandfather, "Cal-líbiri" (1999), "Rosewood" (2001), "Worlds Flamingos "(2003), and" Hands Free "(2011).
Posted by RGB Arte Visual, a song book "My guitar."
He composed the soundtrack for the film "Naked" by director Juan Manuel Chumilla.
He has written, directed and performed the music of the shows "Flamenco Poker", "A Time of Fire", "A Poet's Compass," "Penelope" and "The Jealous Extremadura" for Spanish Ballet of Murcia.
He also composed the music for the play "Romeo and Juliet" for the Dance Company Murcia.
He currently combines his concert with teaching, occupying the Chair of flamenco guitar at the Conservatory of Music of Murcia, the Director of the School of Art Foundation Flamenco Cante de las Minas, and the Coordination of International Competition of Flamenco Guitar ¨ ¨ Niño Ricardo and the festival "Guitars in the Almudí".
JOHN VALDERRAMA
Caballero Juan Valderrama was born in Madrid in 1972 but moved to live in Seville at the age of 10 years, so it feels as Madrid and Andalusia.
As a child living with music, is the repository of a cultural treasure, a part of the history of flamenco and the song that few know how he as a result of being the son of one of the most emblematic artistic partners of our country.
He began his career in Hispanic Studies, but after 2 years decided to change course and moved to Pamplona where he majored in journalism at the University of Navarra.
While working as news director in local television in Estepona (Málaga), recorded her first demo-tinged boleros aflamencados and Maria Teresa Campos who gives his first chance on television.
At the conclusion of his performance T5 phones were smoking by calls from record companies that wanted to sign him.
He published his first album "The Memory of Water" (RCA 2002) work with the collaboration of Ana Belén, Joaquín Sabina, Vicente Amigo and his own father, with whom he gets to be certified gold in just 2 months, ranking as one of the artists most valued by critics and audiences.
Followed by "Pins" (RCA 2004) disk that flirts with pop.
He began his first experience in cinema with director Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez, sharing the stage with Maria Barranco, Juan Luis Galiardo, Manuel Alexandre and Pablo Carbonell and others.
After this experience decided to form his own record label and thereby finally take charge of your career with a third album "Illusion" (Kompetencia R. 2006), which has the special collaboration of José Luis Perales makes up 2 songs it.
Meanwhile, his restless nature compels him to continue his journalistic work and helps with Nieves Herrero RNE, and published with his wife Rosa Peña seventies biography of the group "We Chicane" (Ediciones B) in addition to meeting the challenge of together in a comprehensive work of their parents, both musical and film which is selling at Christmas 2007.
"Modern Tradition" (R. Kompetencia 2009) recorded his fourth in Turkey and Egypt to work with two of the best producers of Arabic music, and Oguz Kaplangi Addel Hakki, fusing the copla and flamenco with prestigious orchestras such as the Middle East Strings Senyaylar Emsemble Turkey.
This album takes you to act before the public in Morocco, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan and give thanks to him the Golden Microphone That same year he began a collaboration on "Herrera en la Onda" with his admired Carlos Herrera, the success was consolidated for hearing.
In 2010 is presented in The Suma Flamenca of Madrid with the flamenco show "Teachers" dedicated to the greats of flamenco opera, making a clear demonstration of the profound knowledge of the genre and get one of the best reviews of the festival.
Also participating in the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla and the Caja Madrid Flamenco Festival.
While most artists start singing flamenco and later evolve into other genres like song or bolero, Valderrama, has made the opposite journey, leaving aside the success as a singer and composer in his four previous works for become a singer amazingly wise beyond his years.
His vocal technique is personal and unmistakable voice handling multiple records accurately, always looking for beauty in the forms and the sweetness of what he calls "White Sound" (Kompetencia Records 2011), title of his latest album that he Flemish author called because most of the compositions are his, although he has enjoyed the cooperation of Luis Pastor and teacher Juan Carmona "Bean" something that has been an honor for an artist who is building his own work without neglecting tradition of which he is heir.
¨ ¨ With Don Juan, Valderrama honors his father and also the Festival del Cante de las Minas, as was the great singer who left the seed from which sprang this festival, to encourage unionenses to praise and be proud of these songs lifting miners and were sung from the early twentieth century as a result of hard work in the mines, and he knew so well Juanito Valderrama.
That was back in 1961, and fifty-two years later, the legendary singer will be remembered by his son in the Old Public Market.
CULTURAL AGENDA FORECAST SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
Here we present the actions and events taking place in La Union on August 4th, during the Cultural Agenda of the International Festival del Cante de las Minas:
9.00 h.
Public opening of the Museo del Cante de las Minas (Pinion House building).
13.00 h.
Continuation of the "Gastronomic Flamenco III".
20.00 h.
Conference "The origins of flamenco in Spanish cinema" by the Professor of Film History at the University of Murcia Joaquin Canovas.
Official ceremony of delivery of the Festival Golden Castillete Jose Juan Bigas Luna.
Location: Auditorium of the Hon.
City of La Union (Pinion House building).
21.00 h.
Opening of the Avenida del Flamenco (Plaza Joaquín Costa).
After the Gala Flamenca:
Discovery of "Juan Valderrama Lamp" on Avenida del Flamenco.
Place: Joaquin Costa (opposite the Cathedral of Cante).
White Night of Flamenco
2.00 h.
Performance of singer Mico Raul, accompanied on guitar by Borja Baron.
Location: Café Singer (Avenida del Flamenco in front of the Cathedral of Cante).
3.00 h.
Performance by singer Agustín Garnes, accompanied on guitar by Antonio Munoz.
Location: Solano Café (Calle Andres Cegarra).
4.00 h.
Performance by singer Miguel Ortega (Mining Lamp 2010), accompanied on guitar by Rosendo Fernandez.
Location: Terrace "The Vinagrero" (Calle Bailen).
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