Spanish flamenco guitarist Antonia Jiménez is set to perform on Friday, February 15, 2019 at Instituto Cervantes in Chicago. This concert is part of the…
Chicago flamenco Festival 2019 Kick off with Guitarist Antonia Jiménez
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Artist Profiles: Rafael Riqueni
Rafael Riqueni del Canto was born in the Triana barrio (neighborhood) of Seville in 1962. He is one of the top guitarists in the world…
Artist Profiles: Paco Peña
Born in the Andalusian city of Cordoba, Paco Peña began learning guitar from his brother at the age of six and made his first professional…
Artist Profiles: Manolo Sanlúcar
Acclaimed Spanish guitarist and composer Manuel Muñoz Alcón, better known as Manolo Sanlúcar, was born November 24, 1943, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz province), a…
Artist Profiles: Juan Manuel Cañizares
Guitarist and composer Juan Manuel Cañizares was born in 1966 in Sabadell, in northeastern Spain, the son of parents from southern Spain. He started his…
Artist Profiles: Jerónimo Maya
Jerónimo Maya, a.k.a. Momo, was born in Madrid in 1977. He belongs to a Gypsy family that has strong Flamenco roots. He is a direct…
Artist Profiles: José Jiménez Abadía, El Viejín
José Jiménez Abadía, El Viejín, lives in the Madrid district of Caño Roto, a surprising Gypsy community where several guitarists have their homes (Felipe Maya…
Artist Profiles: Emilio Maya
Emilio Maya was born into a Gypsy family in Molvizar, a village just outside of Granada. At the age of eight he began to play…
Artist Profiles: Daniel Casares
Daniel Casares is part of a new generation of outstanding flamenco guitarists. A soulful and virtuosic performer, he has received many of Spain’s important honors…
Artist Profiles: Chicuelo
Juan Gómez “Chicuelo”(Little Kid) was born in Barcelona in 1968. He began studying the guitar as a boy in the flamenco peñas (clubs) of Barcelona.…