Miguel Poveda returns to Festival
del Cante de las Minas 2008
Antonio Canales, Cañizares and
Rafaela Carrasco are called to the event, which is to
be held August 7th to 16th in the Murcia-area town of
La Unión
Flamenco-world.com, May 2008
Fifteen years ago, a young cantaor
became known at the contest of La Unión’s
Cante de las Minas Festival. But he wasn’t just
another of the many winners of the Lámpara Minera.
The award gave the definitive boost to Miguel
Poveda, who now returns to star in the lineup of the
festival after winning no less than the 2007 National
Music Prize. But the Catalan cantaor will be just one
of the attractions in this edition which, from August
7th to 16th, 2008, will also include performances by the
Ballet Nacional de España (Spanish National Ballet),
Antonio Canales, Rafaela Carrasco and Cañizares,
among other artists. The festival, which sports a poster
this year designed by José Lucas, pays tribute
to recently deceased cantaor Pencho Cros. The last four
days will be devoted to the contest in which young cantaores,
guitarists and bailaores will compete, respectively, for
the ‘Lámpara’, the ‘Bordón’
and the ‘Desplante’.
Rafaela Carrasco (Photo Daniel
Muñoz)
Festival del Cante de las Minas 2008
La Unión (Murcia, Spain), August 7th to 16th
Saturday the 9th
Ballet Nacional de España
Sunday the 10th
Miguel
Poveda
Rafaela
Carrasco
Monday the 11th
Cañizares
Antonio
Canales
Antonio Canales
(Photo Daniel Muñoz)
Tuesday the 12th
Lebrijano
Nano de Jerez
Manolete
Manuel
Cuevas
+Tribute to Asensio Sáez and Pencho Cros
