The Reunión de Cante Jondo de La Puebla de Cazalla, one of the longest-running events in the flamenco calendar -it has been held since 1967- takes place on July 12. The Hacienda La Fuenlonguilla will serve as a stage to bewitch the attendees. This year it also commemorates the centenary of the birth of Francisco Moreno Galván.
For the occasion, a whole program of parallel activities has been presented, which will start on Friday, July 4. The program includes exhibitions, tourist routes, flamenco workshops for children, book presentations, documentaries, round tables and recitals by artists.
This LVI edition of the Reunión de Cante Jondo will receive great figures such as Carmen Linares, Rafael Riqueni or Eva Yerbabuena and top artists such as Pedro El Granaíno, Encarna Anillo, Ana Ramírez ‘La Yiya’, Edu Espín, Salvador Gutiérrez, Patrocinio Hijo, Antonio Carrión and Pituquete.
A week around flamenco
One of the purposes of the Meeting since its inception is to present this art without ornamentation. It is committed to a simple, essential and direct aesthetic, and to the revitalization of cante jondo, recovering the traditional palos.
The dissemination, the creation of new audiences, the most avant-garde currents and thought also have a prominent place in the Reunión de Cante Jondo thanks to the program of parallel activities held in the municipality.
Complete program
Workshops for the little ones, round tables and more.
- Flamenco workshop for the little ones again on Thursday, July 10 at 10:00 am and tourist route “The footprint of flamenco in La Puebla” in the Plaza Vieja at 11:00 am. At 20:00 hours will take place the round table discussion on Francisco Moreno Galvan “I, friends, I am a painter …” in the Victoria Room. And in the Plaza Nueva from 23:00 hours II Award Ambassadors of the Meeting of Cante. Then there will be a recital of singing to Francisco Moreno Galván with María Jesús Bernal, Raúl Montesinos and Rubito Hijo. Antonio Carrión and Patrocinio Hijo on guitar.
Meeting of Cante Jondo
As far as the weekend is concerned, on Friday, July 11, the last flamenco workshop for children can be enjoyed for the last time at 10:00 am.
- At 11 am the Hacienda La Fuenlonguilla will host a guided tour of the Museum of Flamenco Festivals. At 8:00 p.m. the Bodega Antonio Fuentes will serve as the stage for the round table “El cante va directo al sentimiento…” With José María Velázquez Gaztelu, Carmen Linares and Encarna Gil. Looking ahead to the night is expected FlashMob flamenco workshop for children in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento and at 23:00 pm in the Plaza del Convento presentation of the Poster of the LVI Meeting of Cante Jondo. There will be a singing recital with Perrate and guitar playing by Paco de Amparo and a dance show with Marco Flores; Manuel de la Nina and Enrique Remache on vocals and José Tomás on guitar.
- Finally, on Saturday July 12 will be held at the Hacienda La Fuenlonguilla officially the LVI Reunión de Cante Jondo de La Puebla de Cazalla at 22:00 hours. Singing: La Yiya, Encarna Anillo, Carmen Linares and Pedro el Granaino. Touch: Rafael Riqueni, Edu Espín, Salvador Gutiérrez, Patrocinio Hijo, Pituquete and Antonio Carrión. Eva la Yerbabuena will bring the art of dance.
Closes these days around the flamenco set with Dj Gufi between 4:00 and 6:00 hours.