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The Union, August 12, 2009.
In 1988, a guitarist from Cordoba, born in Seville, went on stage at the Festival de La Union.
He played and won, taking the Bordon Mining near the Mosque.
Everything started.
El Cante de las Minas unveiled to the world becomes a giant man with a guitar in his hands, Vicente Amigo.
The Union again after his presence in 2006.
The wait was worth it.
Friend, with five music awards under his belt, demonstrated to an enthusiastic audience that packed the Cathedral of Cante, his great technical ability to offer a neat touch, precise, warm and serene.
The Cordoba left his soul in the Union, "the Festival of Festivals, the place where many of his dreams revived that had and continues to maintain", he says.
Played the themes from his latest album, Paseo de Gracia, in addition to the most memorable of his career.
Amigo was accompanied during his stunning performance by a cast composed of top level musicians as Rafael de Utrera singing, Juan Manuel Ruiz on bass and Paquito González on percussion.
Vicente Amigo, who today received the homage of the Festival with the Golden Castillete delivery, showed, as he himself acknowledges that his life is "the guitar, flamenco, sea salt in the wound, battle won and lost. "
The gala was attended by Minister of Culture, Ángeles González Sinde who collected the award Cathedral of Cante delivered to Spain, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, the Director General of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage, Enrique Ujaldón, the Director General National Institute of Performing Arts and Music, Felix Palomero, the Delegate of the Government of the Region of Murcia, Rafael González Tovar, Secretary General of the Delegation, José Camarasa, the Director General of Agriculture and Fisheries, Adolfo Falagas, and the Dean of the Bar of Cartagena, Luis Ruiperez, among other officials.
Source: Agencias
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