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The lucky in getting your pass to the finals of the International Festival del Cante de las Minas de La Union is the singer Yoko Omori, and dancers Kaori Horikoshi and Keiko Ishikawa.
Finally, the category guitarist has been unsuccessful.
We have winners of the competitions of the International Festival del Cante de las Minas held this weekend in Japan.
The lucky in getting your pass to the final stages of the 2015 event are unionense the singer Yoko Omori, and dancers Kaori Horikoshi and Keiko Ishikawa.
The choice of the three artists has been mutually agreed upon by the jury sent to Tokyo by the Foundation Cante de las Minas and the jury chosen by the Nippon Association of Flamenco, ANIF, event organizer in Japan.
Selective tests were developed in the Theater Tokyo Nakano Zero Hall since last Friday until yesterday, Sunday.
The jury has developed a tough job selection and deliberations lasted until the wee hours of this morning.
Finally, of the 85 participants in the contests of singing, dancing and guitar, have been these three Japanese artists chosen to represent his country at the 55 Festival del Cante de las Minas.
For one, the prize is awarded to sing Yoko Omori, who sang for Malaga and will compete in the same category in the Spanish event.
As for the dance section, the mixed jury, given the quality of applicants, grant award ex aequo Kaori Horikoshi and Keiko Ishikawa, who danced soleá well and got their place in the final stages of next year in La Union.
Finally, in the discipline of guitar, the jury decided to declare this award, not having none of the participants reached the required level for the Festival del Cante de las Minas.
Thus closes a chapter for the historic event of the world's most important flamenco was the first time that a test for the International Festival of singing Mine beyond the Spanish borders are made.
But not the last.
And we can confirm that it is already preparing the next edition of Las Minas Flamenco Tour in Japan, in this case the hand of Maruwa Foundation, and focused exclusively on dance competitions.
The event will take place on March 15, 2015, and will be under the coordination of the great teacher and choreographer Yoko Komatsubara, who was herald as the Festival de las Minas in 2002.
The Spanish delegation has traveled to Tokyo was made by the Coordinator of the Foundation Cante de las Minas, Manuel José Navarro Jiménez;
the same coach, Juan Carlos Albaladejo Montoro;
writer, journalist, National Prize of Flamenco and regular contributor to the Festival, Juan Vergillos;
Hispanic Japanese journalist and record producer, specializing in the field of flamenco music, Mariko Ogura;
and the renowned guitarist Cañizares, who besides acting, the jury was part of the event in the categories of singing and guitar.
All of them have expressed their satisfaction with the development of the competitions, and were able to observe the great admiration felt by Japanese flamenco, which has become his country in the second world as followers of this art, just behind Spain.
For its part, the Executive Chairman of the Foundation Cante de las Minas and La Union Mayor, Francisco Bernabé, congratulated both the Spanish delegation and those responsible for ANIF for the excellent work they have done these days.
For Barnabas, "the historical fact of the contests in Japan highlights the international nature of the Cante de las Minas, and opens the door to future collaborations with other countries also appreciates and loves flamenco. Thus, the Festival unionense Spain will continue to promote the Brand worldwide. "
Source: Agencias
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