Legend has it that on certain ships that transported slaves to America in the 16th and 17th centuries, blacks and gypsies lived together for months, sharing hunger, thirst and hardship, but also music. And who knows to what extent these spontaneous fusions, these rhythms and these songs to face misfortune, could have influenced the future of flamenco, a music whose origin can only be explained by uniting many different origins with this same spirit, sailing the seas from. a port in Africa, docking in Havana to take a walk along the Malecón and crossing the Atlantic again to end up in the markets of Cádiz, takes place the musical journey proposed by ‘En el Azul’, the new show that Tenderete Flamenco presents this Thursday in the Galileo Galileo Hall (9 p.m., tickets from 10 euros) combining soleás, alegrías, tenuos and tanguillos with Cuban and African rhythms “in a sensory and imaginative concert”, as described by its creators, the singer Catalan Alba Bioque and the percussionist from Cádiz Plácido Muñoz. The show develops through the story of characters who glimpse a new flamenco mixing the timbres and rhythms of popular Cuban music, the harmonies of jazz, rap and other black music with the most significant styles of Andalusian folklore . Accompanied by José López (double bass), Pol Padrós (trumpet), Frederico Vannini (guitar), Vicente Marín (piano) and Alba Cabrera (actress narrator), Bioque and Muñoz tell the love story of two people “separated and united by the blue” who end up meeting and falling in love in Cádiz, in a story in the form of a narrative which served as a starting point to compose ten pieces which speak of love, immigration, discrimination or social justice. Related news standard Si Las Grecas, the charm of the “Miradas Flamenkas” Nacho Serrano The Pilar Miró Cultural Center hosts nine concerts starting Friday, with the presence of one of the Muñoz sisters. The musicians of “Tenderete Flamenco”, who reside in Barcelona, demonstrate a dynamism on stage that manages to create an environment with the strength and intimacy that the lyrics of each piece transmit, inviting the audience to what they define themselves as “a sound journey from an African port to the Contradiction of Havana, interpreted in ‘Ma perle noire’, or in the streets of Cadiz by the hand of a ‘Quixote du midi’, who “sings softly” like a ‘hoarse bird’, because they took his love.” This show was also immortalized in an album with songs of styles called soleá-rap, afro-tanguillos, tango-salsa or farruca -jazz-African, in which notable personalities of the current music scene such as Javier Galiana, José López, Julián Sánchez, Melodie Gimard, Natalia participated Mediavilla, Albert Casanova, Juan Ignacio Gobbi, Quim Ramos, Joan Portales, Pol Padrós and Jerónimo Maya.The creatorsSinger and composer born in Badalona, Alba Bioque combined his musical studies from the age of five at the Badalona Music Conservatory. and, later, at the Taller de Músics de Barcelona, with dance classes. Her voice, full of nuances, knows how to recreate everything, from choral singing to copla, including flamenco and jazz. In 2018 she presented the work “Alvorigen” and was selected among the artists of Circo del Sol. Throughout her career she has participated in several musical projects such as “Ya no dueles tan”, with Jerónimo Maya, “D’ una”. terra’, with Pep Lladó, or ‘Lady Calor’. MORE INFORMATION Niño de Elche: “A hundred years ago there was already a paranoia that flamenco was going to be lost, but at least there was no no psychosis due to the canons”For his part, the percussionist and composer Plácido Muñoz was born in Cádiz and studied at the School of Modern Music in Badalona and at the Higher Institute of Art in Havana. His work ranges from flamenco percussion to Afro-Cuban rhythms and throughout his career he has collaborated with artists such as Manel Joseph, Fuente del Cobarrón and Los Tunantes.
