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The Campus Los Jerónimos, home of the San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM) Catholic University, has been the scene has welcomed this morning the solemn academic ceremony of investiture as Estrella Morente Director Flamencology to develop and manage the Foundation Cante de las Minas and the UCAM, the first in the world that is created between a flamenco festival and colleges.
The event was attended by the great artist from Granada and the President of the UCAM, José Luis Mendoza and Mayor of La Union and Executive Chairman of the Cante, Francisco Bernabé, Minas Foundation who have been delivered to the singer of his appointment to the hundreds of students and teachers of the university who attended the event, including the Director General of Casa Mediterráneo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Almudena Muñoz, the Director General of Cultural Industries were also found Region of Murcia, Juan Antonio Lorca, the Chancellor of the UCAM, Josefina Garcia, and guitarist and coordinator of the School of Flamenco Art Chair, Carlos Piñana and various sponsors flamenco festival of La Union, among others.
Barnabas stressed in his presentation of the artist that we are definitely the best female voice to the current Flemish art, with an artistic quality and an absolutely extraordinary sensitivity, coupled with a demonstrated love for everything that regards La Union and the Festival del Cante de las Minas, as demonstrated by his father, Enrique Morente missed, throughout his entire life, all of which make it the ideal person to direct the activities of the Chair.
In turn, Mendoza has outlined the importance of giving legal status to the maximum the training and research activities that will develop the Chair, all with university and character, among which the teaching of singing, guitar, dance and percussion Flemish taught at the School of Art Flamenco La Union, the university in the fields of research and learning flamenco in the flamenco dance congresses, conferences and gastronomic high flamenco encounters and the various actions aimed at strengthening and improving the Museo del Cante de las Minas.
Finally, Estrella Morente, who was accompanied by her husband, the matador Javier Conde, has expressed his enormous gratitude excited by this appointment, promising to put their knowledge at the service delivery and the Flamencology for maximum excellence in all initiatives undertaken by the same.
Likewise, the singer has highlighted the honor for her supposed link their life's work to officially Cante de las Minas and the academic environment through the UCAM, therefore the enormous importance that all the Festival levels, as for the great love he professes the event, La Union and the Region of Murcia.
Tomorrow we will live in La Union the second act that will star Estrella Morente following this appointment, his presence at the official opening of the academic year at the School of Art Flamenco, which will take place in the hall of the House of Sprocket unionense council headquarters, starting at 12 h.
STAR MORENTE
The flamenco singer Estrella Morente Carbonell was born in 1980 in the Sacromonte (Granada), is the daughter of the master Enrique Morente and dancer Aurora Carbonell.
In 1997 he debuted as a soloist in the Rock of Silverware of Granada
His first album was "Sing and My Poem" (Virgin), produced by Enrique Morente, his father and spiritual guide, who then selected the songs and adapted texts.
Following the release of the album, Star began performing in all the major theaters and events in Spain.
Among the major events that have had their participation include: the Seville Biennial, International Festival del Cante de las Minas, La Union, and La Mar de Músicas Festival Cartagena.
In late 2001 he released his album "Calle del Aire".
He has won numerous awards, including the best waves to flamenco creation, the bid for the Latin Grammy and two to Friend Awards counted.
His first CD went platinum and the second, gold.
In 2005, for the second time the Festival del Cante de las Minas invited to star in the night "star" of the cycle in the "Catedral del Cante" in La Union, Murcia where the sign "no entry" hangs several days before the concert.
In May sees the light disk "Women" collection of songs inspired by female characters relatives Star heart.
Nominated for Latin Grammy Award winning Music 2006 Best Flamenco Album.
He also received the listed Golden Microphone distinction awarded by the Federation of Radio and Television of Spain.
In early 2008 he otorgron the award for Best Live Show, following a survey conducted by the international digital newspaper deflamenco.com besides "Flamenco Hoy" Award in its ninth edition, the best flamenco player.
In the world of film, Star has participated in productions of Fernando Trueba, "Chico & Rita" Carlos Saura's "Flamenco, Flamenco" and José Sánchez Montes, "Morente dreams the Alhambra."
In 2011 Estrella again showed his art in La Union, finding a plate on Avenida del Flamenco with your name, now is forever linked with that act to the history of Cante de las Minas.
His latest CD, "Self Portrait," sees the light on 2 October 2012.
Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión
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