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The Cadiz singer David Aguilar Lagos has become the new winner of the "Mining Lamp", the highest award of the International Festival del Cante de las Minas de La Unión, worth 15,000 euros.
A tremendous victory because it also has won four awards in the different modes of singing: on the joys, siguiriyas, malagueñas and cartageneras.Y a triumph applauded by the audience, once again, filled the Cathedral of Cante.
After collecting tearfully his award, the artist repeated his mining and walked two more songs to a totally dedicated audience.
David Lagos said that "to hear his name the excitement has grown and has run out of words."
The award, which has been collected from the mayor of La Union and CEO of the Foundation Cante de las Minas, Francisco Bernabé, it has been dedicated to his wife and children and family in general, with a special recognition for Mining Lamp winner last year, Jeromo Segura, who has helped with mine.
Another of the winners of the night was the guitarist José Tomás Jiménez Villalta, who earned the "Bordon Miner", worth 6,000 euros.
Guitarist Ciudad Real, which was presented for the second time the festival, admitted that "this was a dream come true for which he had fought many years."
Flamenco instrumentalist the Seville town of Utrera, Antonio Moreno Saenz earned the "Philo" prize of € 6,000, thanks to her performance with marimba and Taranta solea.
The artist confessed that though comes from a classical background, with its Andalusian origins, has managed to find its place in flamenco music with the fusion of the marimba and flamenco.
Finally, the "uprooting" prize of € 9,000, went to Juan Antonio Fernández Montoya "Barullo" grandson of popular dancer "Farruco" and a native of Sevilla has played Taranto and siguiriya, thanked God and was devoted to his mother and grandfather who has inherited a passion for singing.
The Minister of Industry, Tourism, Innovation and Enterprise, Juan Carlos Ruiz, was on hand to officially close the event for which I was full of praise by stating that "these days La Union is the mecca of flamenco, the world capital of this
universal art.
The festival is much more than a competition, it's a real media, artistic and tourist event. "He concluded by stating that" this year more than 45,000 people have attended some of the events of the festival, which is an immense work in promotion of the region, both outside and within the country. "
Source: Agencias
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