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The Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas de La Unión in its 52nd edition Pencho Cros give trophies for the XIII International Cultural Convocation at the official ceremony which will take place on Monday August 6 at 20:00 pm in the Hall of the City of La Union.
These awards are intended to reward certain activities, aiming to promote and encourage the development of Festival del Cante de las Minas, deals with relevant aspects of the Union, the festival itself, the miners and flamenco songs in general.
Thus the ratio of winners is configured as follows:
AWARD Publisher: A Miguel Poveda, for his latest work "Craftsman", released by Universal Music.
Since the Catalan singer got in 1993 at the 33 ° International Festival del Cante de las Minas, four of the five awards at the end of the contest, including the highest award the Mining Lamp, has maintained a close relationship with the Union and with their songs, which is reflected in his latest album which includes in its repertoire a miner entitled "A Pencho Cros".
JOURNALISM AWARD: Juan Ramon Lucas, not only for its exceptional and comprehensive experience in various media but also for its promotion of flamenco and its association with the Union and Festival, which has become guest Exception during recent years, becoming the official presenter of the Festival in its 50th edition.
DINING AWARD: A Lucio Blázquez, for his outstanding contribution to the culinary arts through the now legendary Madrid restaurant "Casa Lucio" and its connection to flamenco.
Specifically, the restaurateur Lucio Blázquez and collaborated with the Festival of La Union on the occasion of the Sixth Conference of International Twinning Festival Cante de las Minas and Spanish cuisine which developed a menu that was served in a restaurant Churrascos in 2010.
LITERARY ARTS AWARD (posthumously): Francisco Sanchez Celdrán "Paco Icarus", journalist, writer and poet who died recently.
For his tireless commitment and dedication to the Festival del Cante de las Minas where he was press officer for over thirty years and founder of the journal Mining Lamp.
In addition to the extensive collection of articles and reports published in the media always taking on the horizon to the Festival del Cante de las Minas and La Union.
AWARD FOR THE ARTS: A Esteban Aguirre Bernal, painter, sculptor and versatile artist, for her painting "The Union Mining", composed of 52 paintings dedicated to the Sierra Minera, his most ambitious and has already been shown in Madrid, Murcia and Cartagena.
For this and its close relationship not only personal but professional with the Cante de las Minas, with whom he collaborated for 32 years and where his work has been present since at the Festival in various aspects such as posters, displays, stages, sculptures, trophies, and even now, audiovisual projections.
AUDIOVISUAL PRIZE: A Telemadrid by the production of the documentary "Morente, La Passion" directed by Juan Verdú, director of the "Madrid Flamenco" Onda Madrid, broadcaster and researcher work life and work of one of the great masters of flamenco, Enrique Morente, who lost more than a year and whose name is still a reference not only for the flamingos but for the world of the arts in general.
SPECIAL AWARD: The album "The Legend of Time" (published by Universal Music), Camarón de la Isla, on the twentieth anniversary of his death.
This album is and will remain a myth in the world of flamenco and how could it be otherwise, the Union was one of the destinations where shrimp exhibited his art.
Source: Agencias
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