The jury of the influential LXII International Festival of Cante de las Minas, made up of Manuel Bohórquez, José Manuel Gamboa, Francisco Paredes and Francisco Severo, with Blanca del Rey as president and Salvador Alcaraz as secretary, has unanimously chosen the finalists in the 2023 competitions.
The jury’s minutes show that pianist Raúl Pérez Fernández from Cartagena goes to the final in the flamenco instrumentalist category. In the guitar category, Juan Antonio López Moya, from Barcelona, and Juan Luis Campoy Triguero ‘El Poti‘, from Granada, will compete for the ‘Bordón Minero’ trophy for the highest representative of flamenco guitar (toque).
There are two candidates for the ‘Desplante’ (Flamenco dance): in the male category, Yoel Ferré Vargas ‘Yoel Vargas‘, from Tarragona; and Rocío Garrido Joya in the female category, from Almería.
In the cante (song) category, Rocío Crespillo Luna ‘Rocío Luna‘ (Córdoba) advances to the final with mineras, cartagena, granaína and media granaína and siguiriya, thus opting for the ‘Lámpara Minera’. María Ángeles Cruzado Garrido (Huelva) goes through farruca; Aroa Cala Luque (Cádiz) for siguiriya; Antonio José Nieto Fernández (Córdoba) for taranta and polo; Sergio Gómez Delgado ‘El Colorao‘ (Granada) for soleá and tangos; and María Lucía Borreguero ‘Lucía Leiva‘ (Córdoba) for granaína and half granaína.
The final will be held tomorrow from 10 p.m.
Author: World Music Central News Room
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