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There can be no doubt that the Cante Jondo contest held in Granada during the Corpus celebrations on 13 and 14 June 1922 was an important milestone in the history of flamenco, although some scholars, looking back on it from our current perspective, question the timeliness of its celebration, the organisational model and its restrictive rules. It is true that almost a century later, and having witnessed the course that flamenco has taken over this long journey, some of the premises on which the contest was based could be considered exceedingly alarmist –especially that the purest forms of...+ info
MarÃa Esther Guzmán, guitarra
AN EVENTFUL LIFE Julián Gabino Arcas Lacal was bo.rn in María (Almería) on 25th October 1832. His father, Pedro Arcas, was a good amateur guitarist who followed the work of Dionisio Aguado and his school. At an early age he was to start teaching his sons Julian and Manuel, both of whom immediately showed a natural affinity for the instrument. When Julián is 12, the Arcas family moves to a Malaga, perhaps attracted by the economic boom the city was then experiencing. Here, he is taught by José Asencio, Dionisio Aguado's favourite guitarrist, who was capitali...+ info
Alia Musica
Conductor: Miguel Sánchez
ANDALUCÍA EN LA MÚSICA JUDEOESPAÑOLA En su acepción estricta, el término sefardí se aplica para designar a los judíos oriundos de España, es decir, los descendientes de los expulsados a finales del siglo XV que han conservado a lo largo del tiempo rasgos culturales hispánicos. En el reducido ámbito del hogar familiar o en las reuniones y celebraciones festivas, sociales y religiosas, ha ido tomando cuerpo, después de la expulsión y fuera de la Península, el repertorio que hoy conocemos como m&u...+ info
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