The Ciudadela Hall of the Baluarte of Pamplona has hosted the presentation of the program of the XI edition of Flamenco On Fire. The dance, whose common thread will be the concept ““plant-heel”will be the main protagonist of the event.
The dates and locations of this edition will once again be Viana and Tudela, Friday, August 23 and Saturday, August 24. AND Pamplona/Iruña from August 27 to September 1. As in previous editions, Flamenco On Fire will develop through its cycles, revealed during the presentation under the titles: Large Concerts, Night Cycle, 21st Century Stage, Streets, Balconies and Patios and Extra-Musical Activities.
Great Concerts
They will begin on August 23 in the town of Viana, with the Jerez native Jesus Mendez, at 9:00 p.m. in the Ruins of San Pedro. An artist who happens to be one of the greatest bastions of current Jerez singing, will present his show “Los pasitos que yo dio” for which he will have the special collaboration of the dance of, Antonio Molina “El Choro”. On Saturday, August 24, at the Gaztambide Theater in Tudela, the elegant and versatile Madrid dancer, Jose Maya, will present his show “Color without a name” at 9:00 p.m. A show that represents a dance immersion in the universe of the Master of painting Mark Rothko. Days later the series will travel to the Baluarte Auditorium in Pamplona/Iruña, where on Thursday, August 28, “Pineda” will be staged, Patricia Guerrero’s first show as director of the Flamenco Ballet of Andalusia. It will continue on the 29th with “Pura Sangre”, a concert based on the latest album by Israel Fernandez with Diego del Morao. An artistic couple that shares the same conception and affinity for this ancient art. On Saturday the 30th it will be the turn of Alzapúa II, second large-format production for the guitar by Flamenco On Fire. That on this occasion it will have Josemi Carmona, Diego del Morao, Rycardo Moreno, Dani de Morónas well as the special collaboration of Farruquito -to the dance- and Lela Soto and Delia Membrive -singing-. The person in charge of closing the cycle, on a high note, on her farewell tour, will be the dancer Manuela Carrasco on September 1st. The trianera will have Remedios Amaya and Anabel Valenciaas guest artists and the special collaboration of Manuela Carrasco daughter. Among the most important novelties of this edition, it has been announced that they will go on sale fertilizers for all the concerts held in Baluarte. They have also gone ahead the schedules of the concerts on Thursday 28 and September 1 at 8:30 p.m. While the rest of the shows will begin at 9:30 p.m., as in previous editions.
Night Cycle
In this edition the Night Cycle will grow in Tudela. Specifically in his Fernando Remacha Conservatoryon August 24 at 11:00 p.m., with the people of Cordoba Antonio Haya “El Jaro” and Antonio Migueles as protagonists of the opening of a cycle, with free access until capacity is exhausted. The sonanta of the Jerez native Gerardo Nunez will be in charge of giving the “chupinazo” to this edition, in the Navarrese capital, on August 27, from Balcony of the Palace of Navarra, in Pamplona/Iruña, at 9:45 p.m. While the well-known Hotel 3 Reyes will once again become, as in previous editions, a flamenco tablao. Refuge of the most intelligent and showcase of depth understood in a context of closeness and immediacy. Tablao On Fire. Five nights in which the singing of the Sherry cocoon, on August 28, the Alba Heredia dance on August 29. To return to singing with the help of the Sevillian, Aurora Vargas, August 30th. While on Saturday the 31st the dance with the jerezana returns Moneo Gem. And finally, on Sunday, September 1, the series ends with the singing, dancing and guitar of Málaga, in a party that will feature Remache, Paqui Ríos, Delia Membrive and Rubén Lara. The tablao will begin at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday the 28th and Sunday the 1st, and the rest of the days it will remain at its traditional time, at 11:30 p.m.
21st Century Scenario
Current and always avant-garde, ‘Escenario Siglo XXI’, in the Zentral room in Pamplona/Iruña, hosts the most heterodox side of Flamenco On Fire. They will be the Andalusians Derby Motoreta’s Burrito Kachimba who present their latest work on August 28: “Yellow bag and powerful stone.” On August 30 you can enjoy a unique encounter with the guitar of Raimundo Amador who, for the occasion, has invited the Kaita already Emilio Caracafe. This stage will close on September 1st, another Andalusian band, Caliphate ¾ who will also present his latest album, “Êcclabô de Libertá”, to close his place in said space. As in the Baluarte cycle, the Siglo XXI Stage will offer the possibility of acquiring a pass for the three concerts that will begin at 8:00 p.m.
Streets, Balconies et Courtyards
Cycle that will start on Friday, August 23 with the concert of Ángel Ocray and Luis Sánchez from the balcony of the Viana City Hall, at 7:30 p.m. While on Saturday the 24th it will be Saúl Quirós with Raúl Ramírez who offer a recital from the balcony of the Tudela City Hall at 8:00 p.m.
For its part, in Pamplona/Iruñathe cycle will begin on August 27 in the Town Hall Square with the meeting between traditional dance represented by the municipal group, Duguna Iruñeko Dantzariakwhich celebrates 75 years since its foundation, and flamenco guitar, by Maestro Pepe Habichuela -ambassador of Flamenco On Fire- and his son Josemi Carmona. In a 2024 edition focused on dance. And in which, through this meeting, the territory and its traditional dance, will have a prominent presence and representation. The well-known Balcony of the town hall, emblem of Flamenco On Fire, receives a flamenco program of first order in this iconic enclave, which will start on Thursday, August 29 and will end on September 1, at 12:00 p.m. The place from Jerez will open, Capullo de Jerez with Ramón Trujillowho will succeed, the Toledo native Israel Fernández with the traditional guitar of Antonio El Relojeroon Saturday the 31st, the Sevillian Aurora Vargas with Miguel Salado and will close this emblematic enclave, on Sunday, September 1, Remedios Amaya with Diego del Morao. In the other bastion of Flamenco On Fire, the Balcony of the Hotel La Perla, will host a wide and select cast of artists: Salome Pavón and Jerónimo Maya, Mara Rey and Juan Jiménez, Jolis Muñoz and Jesús del Rosario and they will close this space Celia Flores and Rycardo Moreno. Singing and guitar from Hemingway’s Pamplona bunker. The performances will begin on Thursday, August 29 and will end on September 1, at 12:45 p.m.
The guitar has always been one of the fundamental pillars of Flamenco On Fire’s programming, however, to date it did not have an exclusive space dedicated to the six strings. So, this edition also inaugurates a stage dedicated to concert flamenco guitar. He Sabicas Scenariothe name with which said space has been baptized, will have its address in Civivox Constable and will host five solo guitar concerts at 6:30 p.m. A program that will begin on Wednesday, August 28 and will end on Sunday, September 1. In which sonanta lovers will be able to enjoy top-level artists such as Maestro Gerardo Núñez accompanied by the brilliant Alvaro Martinete. Who will succeed the personal and multifaceted Emilio Caracafe. One day before the young man from Granada does it, Jose Fermin Fernandez. Who will the elegant and balanced Algeciras native take over? Jose Carlos Gomez. So that the majestic guitar of Dani from Morón.
The doors of Ezpeleta Palace They will open wide to receive the singing by right. Five performances from Wednesday the 28th to Sunday the 1st and always at 7:45 p.m. And in this 11th edition it will inaugurate Salome Pavón with Jerónimo Mayawho will be followed by the people of Jerez Luis Moneo and Juan Manuel Moneo, to present the Jerez native’s latest album under the title “Metal Fundido”. The festive air of the chiclanera Reyes Remedies and the ubetense Julio Santiago They are reserved for next August 30. While Enrique el Extremeño and Pedro Sierra, will display all the wisdom captured by El Extremeño in his album “50 años de cante”. Finally, they close, on September 1, Perico and José, “The Clothiers”of exquisite and overwhelming artistic personality, with the sound of Diego del Moraoin an end to the party that will delight lovers of the most traditional flamenco.
Extramusicals
In its third edition, the Flamenco On Fire Awardwill fall on Carlos Martin Bellesterspecialist in sound heritage and digitization and restoration of 78 rpm records and phonograph cylinders, as well as director of the prestigious Carlos Martín Ballester Collection and President of the Círculo Flamenco de Madrid. Cristina Cruces Roldan, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Seville, renowned researcher and teacher specialized in flamenco, whose studies and publications on women in flamenco should be highlighted. And the Alalah Foundation, dedicated to social integration through the education of children and young people at risk of exclusion, using flamenco as one of their motivational tools to achieve their goals. The delivery ceremony will take place at the Nuevo Casino, at 1:30 p.m. on August 28. It will be presented by the journalist Juan Garrido and will end with the performance of the guitarist Jerome Maya. Admission will be free until all seats.
