The 39^th, Festival de la Guitarra de Córdoba, which will take place from July 4^th, to July 13^th, 2019, will offer a wide array of courses of flamenco guitar and baile. The latter will feature two great bailaoras who have been awarded national prizes of dance: Eva Yerbabuena and Olga Pericet. Besides, the courses of guitar will be back to their original location, the Palacio de Congresos de Córdoba.

Flamenco guitar

Flamenco guitar is naturally the main pillar of the courses program. The 39^th edition of this festival will feature four guitar masters with the utmost prestige, nationally and internationally.

The program will be opened (June 4-6) by Niño de Pura, who will teach a course about techniques and studies about speed, control and synchronization of flamenco guitar’s technical mechanisms.

From July 7^th to July 9^th, maestro Cañizares will teach a course about the technique of both hands in flamenco guitar. Then, from July 10^th to July 13^th, the celebrated Manolo Sanlúcar will have a flamenco guitar workshop. This course is aimed not just for guitarists, but also for composers, researchers and musicians in general.

Finally, also from July 10^th to July 13^th, maestro José Antonio Rodríguez will close the program with the course ‘The Technique of Modern Flamenco Guitar’.

Baile flamenco

This edition of the Festival de la Guitarra de Córdoba features two courses of baile. First, from July 5^th and July 6^th, Eva Yerbabuena will teach La Soleá, movimientos e interpretación. Then, from July 8^th to July 10^th, bailaora Olga Pericet will debut in the festival’s program with her course Técnica y coreografía featuring different flamenco palos and the use of the bata the cola as scenographic element.

Besides, the musician Gerardo Núñez will give a masterclass about toques and flamenco technique.