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The origins of flamenco Cante de las Minas alive with Juan Carlos Valderrama and Piñana (04/08/2012)

Carlos Piñana, who presented "Hands", has gotten the public pocket from the start thanks to master chords and their tributes to the songs miners

Two descendants of mythical sagas in the origins of the Festival del Cante de las Minas, guitarist and singer Carlos Piñana Juan Valderrama, have become the hot night of La Union in a fantastic day at the Festival flamenco unionense, in his edition of Gala 2012 is exceeded after Gala.

After the resounding success of the dancer and choreographer Sara Baras, and singer Jose Merce, the Cathedral of Cante expectation has welcomed his third Gala Flamenca, which started with the show "No Hands" by Carlos Piñana-grandson of Antonio Piñana , winner of the Mining Lamp in 1961 - whose first chords have left an imprint melodic and happy that they have caused, deservedly, the warm applause of the audience present there.

Thus, themes for joy, Taranta, soleá and fandangos have allowed the artist Cartagena get the public in the pocket from the beginning, also offering a tribute to the songs unionenses with mining, which have taken a tap dance, one guajira , milonga and hassles, themes all very well arranged by Miguel A.

Orengo on drums, Jose Ramon Velasco on electric bass, and Fernando Velasco in the drawer.

For his part, Juan Valderrama is up to the tables of Cante de las Minas to present "Don Juan", a show that has been made exclusively for this edition of the Festival and an ode to his father, the legendary Juanito Valderrama, who in 1961 sowed the seed from which sprang the event, to encourage unionenses to praise and be proud of these songs miners and lift.

Fifty-two years later, the singer began his performance today, precisely, with an emotional tribute to the songs of The Union, through a mine that has started the grateful applause of the respectable, after which projected a series of Images and audiovisual compositions on Juanito Valderrama and it passes through La Union.

After this initial shock, the artist has interpreted a series of temporary, tarantas, milongas and seguiriyas, among others, culminating in a soleá de Triana in duet with the voice of his father, and the famous song "The Emigrant" Juanito Valderrama, a topic that has been impregnated into the national collective imagination for decades.

Special mention also Levaniegos Ruben, who has accompanied on guitar Valderrama and Manuel Luque the drawer, and Alvaro Adolfo Vega Palacin and palms.

After completing the Gala Flamenca, the singer has discovered the "Lamp Juan Valderrama" on Avenida del Flamenco, a symbolic act that has performed in the company of the mayor of La Union and Executive Chairman of the Foundation Cante de las Minas, Francisco Bernabé, and that has generated great excitement among the residents, visitors and authorities present in it.

During this event, Juan Valderrama recalled the memory of his father, by describing it as "one of the best artists who gave the history of Spain, and which I and my sister in our hearts, and he deserves to always remember him, "why grateful" to Barnabas Francisco Municipal Corporation and all the brilliant idea of ​​creating the Avenue of Flamenco to have his name immortalized forever. "

Source: Agencias

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