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Bernarda de Utrera
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Bernarda de Utrera was born Bernarda Jiménez Peña in 1927, in Utrera, near Seville. She comes from a legendary family of Flamenco performers. Bernarda is the daughter of José el de Aurora and Chacha Inés and the granddaughter of Pinini. Pinini, according to those who remember him, was a gipsy whose profession was not that of "cantaor". Nevertheless, when he began singing everybody stopped doing anything and listened to his songs.
La Calle Nueva s'alborotao "Nueva Street is in a mess This is the song that people used to sing in Utrera (Seville), the village where this Gypsy man was born, when he appeared drunk and singing all along Nueva Street, where he lived. Bernarda, Pinini’s granddaughter, has inherited that magic that all the gifted have, and when she sings, her wonderful, imaginative and voracious voice makes easy what really seems too difficult: singing with rhythm. Fernanda de Utrera is Bernarda’s sister, with whom she sang for the first time at family gatherings and private parties. Both sisters have continued singing together since then. They have even managed to record twenty CDs. Bernarda was one of the Flamenco artists featured at the Spanish Pavilion at New York’s World Fair. She won the Bulerías award at the Córdoba National Contest of Flamenco Art in 1957. Moreover, she also won the National award of Flamenco. She also won the prize known as The Best Music of the year 1988 in Radio Paris, and was given the Andalusian Arts’ Medal. At the age of 72, Bernarda recorded her first solo CD. She is a master of flamenco rhythms such as the bulerías, tientos and seguiriyas. It is a unique CD because it is the first time Bernarda sings without her sister Fernanda. |
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Ahora (Lunadisco, 1999) Por Bulerías, with Gitanas de Utrera (Lunadisco, 1999) |
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