Festival Málaga en Flamenco
2007 kicks off in Antequera with the gala ‘En la
puerta de la cueva’
Son de la Frontera, Tomasito and Fernando
Terremoto are to take part in the show in the late night
hours of July 7th, 2007
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Málaga
en Flamenco 2007. Full schedule of performances
Though the program doesn’t
officially begin until late next month, Málaga
en Flamenco has decided to take advantage of the magical
night of July 7th, 2007 as a prologue. At a setting as
special as Dolmen de Menga, located in the town of Antequera,
an entire night of music has been scheduled. The show
‘En la puerta de la cueva’ brings together
Senegalese percussionists, cantaores and bailaores, flamenco
groups and verdiales gangs. And scheduled, among others,
is the performance of artists such as Tomasito,
Fernando Terremoto and Son
de la Frontera. The second edition of the Málaga
festival is to be held from August 25th to September 30th
with some fifty shows to be held at different points in
the province.
Raúl Rodríguez,
Son de la Frontera (Photo Daniel Muñoz)
The show 'En la puerta de la cueva' takes
care of opening Málaga en Flamenco 2007 “at
a magical place, like the very main axis of the program,
based on the occult number 7”. And it does so, according
to festival director José Luis Ortiz Nuevo, with
the music of the Senegalese group Borom Tamba, “some
African drummers in charge of getting us ready for art
to spring up from the earth”.
In the second block of performances,
the conjunction of musical elements comes by the hand
of José
Luis Montón, flamenco guitarist, and Ara
Malikian, classical violinist, with 'Humilde Poderío'.
The center of the encounter is occupied by cante, “for
it to have all of its tragic, traditional dimension”,
with 'Del sentimiento trágico', which joins the
performances of Fernando
Terremoto, Gema Caballero, Antonio Higuero and Pedro
Barragán.
Before the second break in this show
with over six hours of music, it’s Tomasito’s
turn with ‘Al compás de la ciencia de la
burla’, “which displays the contrast between
what is really new and what is old-time which precedes
him in the program”. The final touch of this show
is provided by 'Fiesta para el nuevo día', with
the performance of Son de la Frontera and Panda de Santo
Pitar. According to the director, “this performance
will take place around six o’clock in the morning,
at a key moment in the night and awaiting daybreak in
Antequera”.
Fernando Terremoto (Photo
Daniel Muñoz)
Festival in Antequera
And the thing is that the Málaga-area
town, located in the center of Andalusia, is going to
play an important role on the bill of the festival. On
September 7th at Colegiata de Santa María, the
premiere is scheduled of ‘Por los caminos que van’,
a show in which cantaor Miguel
Poveda will perform lyrics by Antequera-born poet
José Antonio Muñoz Rojas.
A few hours earlier, the spectacular
setting of El Torcal is going to be taken advantage of
for Rocío
Molina to dance with cante but without a guitar upon
the stones of the natural spot. Both performances shape
up the general bill of the festival, which will offer
some fifty shows between August 25th and September 30th
throughout the province, including a series paying tribute
to Paco de Lucía.
