The International Festival of Cante de las Minas receive tomorrow the first round of applicants for a berth in the final of Saturday 15 August.
The Old Public Market of the Union will from 22:00 the first semifinal contests of song, guitar, dance and flamenco instrumentalist.
A total of 12 artists among which there are seven singers, two guitarists, two dancers and a flamenco instrumentalist.
As a novelty, it involved the Japanese Keiko Ishikawa, winning with Kaori Horikoshi dance contest in the first edition of the Festival del Cante de las Minas held in Japan last year.
It is evident the predominance of Andalusian artists (Granada, Almeria, Malaga, Cadiz, Seville and Cordoba), but also come from other locations such as Madrid, Barcelona and Cartagena.
In addition, the Cultural Agenda Festival has prepared, from 19:00, first, the documentary "13. Miguel Poveda," directed by Paco Ortiz and produced by Juan Carlos Island. And then presentation book-album "The Garden of flamenco" by its author, Juan Verdú flamencologist stirring flamenco and José Manuel Gamboa.
To mark the 25th anniversary on stage Paco Ortiz has made the documentary "13. Miguel Poveda," an approach to the person behind the spotlight, his home, his family and his origins.
During the screening some of the most important moments in the career of Poveda as the inauguration of the Bienal de Sevilla 2010, presentation of ArteSano at the Teatro Real and the last concert life of Chavela Vargas in which he participated was revive.
And all accompanied by other great artists as Serrat, Maria Dolores Pradera, Rodolfo Mederos, Joan Albert Amargós, Enric Palomar, Chicuelo, Martyrdom, Carmen Linares, Moraito, Matilde Coral, Luis el Zambo ...
As for the presentation of "The Garden of flamenco", this book-disk makes a chronological review of the situation of flamenco since the end of the Franco era to the present, a detailed account of the main flamenco temples in the country, with stories, stories and characters.
This edition includes a CD with unreleased songs of Enrique and Estrella Morente.
List of semifinalists, category, origin and sticks that will interpret:
WEDNESDAY August 12, 2015
ORIGIN / Interpretation
Instrumentalist
PINO MIGUEL FRANCISCO IVORY
Barcelona
Electric guitar - Mining and Tangos.
Sing
LEIVA LUCIA MARIA BORREGUERO
"LEIVA LUCIA"
Granada
Mining, Cartagenera, Mining and Levantica Fandango, Granaina half Granaina.
Sing
MIRANDA BERNARDO LUNA
Cordova
Abandolaos and Siguiriya.
Sing
CASTRO DAVID CONTRERAS
Cartagena
Cartagena and Granaina and Media Granaina
Guitar
MARTIN LIMON FAYOS
Seville
Taranto and Solea
Dance
GARCIA ARCE BEGOÑA
Cádiz
Taranto
Sing
FILOMENA AUÑON PROY
Madrid
Mining, Malaga, Cartagenera
Dance
GARCIA ARCE BEGOÑA
Cádiz
Cane.
Sing
FAJARDO JULIO FERNANDEZ
Granada Otivar
Taranta and Solea apolá
Dance
KEIKO ISHIKAWA
Japan
Taranto
Sing
JOSE ANTONIO ROMERO
"THE DOGGY"
Cádiz
Taranta Y Cantina
Sing
FATIMA ALARCON ISABEL GUERRERO
Fuengirola- Málaga
Mining, Cartagenera, Malagueñas, Tangos.
Guitar
JOSE MARIA AMADOR FERNANDEZ
Almería
Taranta and Rondeña
Dance
KEIKO ISHIKAWA
Japan
Solea
Source: Agencias