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El Cante de las Minas receives the award for dissemination in the music awards XV (18/05/2011)

The International Festival of Cante de las Minas de La Union has received today, by the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, the Special Award for Dissemination to the Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded the Music for the fifteenth edition of Music Awards, which this year is especially dedicated to flamenco.

The awards gala, which will be broadcast on TVE 2, is presented by Toni Garrido journalist in Madrid Theatre Coliseum artery, an ideal scenario where the reward to a varied cast of artists participating in a total of 28 categories , all voted for Academy members and music professionals.

But the big star of the night was the flamenco, recognized by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and with it the Bienal de Sevilla and the Festival del Cante de las Minas de La Union, with 51 editions under his belt is without doubt the oldest flamenco festival with tradition of the international music scene.

The mayor of La Union, Francisco Bernabé, has been in charge of collecting the award with the Academy awards "the efforts of these two events in the development, dissemination and transmission of Flamenco", a moment that the mayor has spent " Lorca and the victims of the earthquake which struck the city of Murcia, as well as their families and all people still suffering the consequences of the earthquake. "

Barnabas also wanted to congratulate the Bienal de Sevilla for his work as a driver of flamenco, genuine cultural hallmark of Spain is now officially universal ", and thanked the Academy Award" on behalf of the Foundation Cante de las Mine and all the people who worked for the greater glory of the Festival in the past 51 years. "

"In the name of all inhabitants of Planet of the senses," he continued, later adding, "and finally, and most importantly, on behalf of the thousands of miners over a century, left the skin and life in the bowels of the earth, and whose pain and suffering these songs were born unique and universal are the songs from the mines of the Union. "

With these words, Francisco Barnabas Foundation has announced that the Cante de las Minas, which is CEO, plans to hold a Gala Flamenca Solidarity for those affected by the earthquake of Lorca on Saturday June 25, an initiative that will take place in the Old Public Market of La Union, and the details of which will savor in the coming weeks.

Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión

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