{"id":37604,"date":"2022-10-25T00:55:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T22:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expoflamenco.com\/archivo\/?p=37604"},"modified":"2023-10-19T00:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:38:26","slug":"guirijondo-an-original-festival-for-foreingn-artists-in-palomares-del-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expoflamenco.com\/archivo\/en\/actualidad-en\/guirijondo-an-original-festival-for-foreingn-artists-in-palomares-del-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"GuiriJondo, an original festival for foreign artists in Palomares del R\u00edo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1st GuiriJondo Festival<\/strong>, presented to the media on Wednesday, October 19th<\/sup>, is a show of confidence and appreciation by the City Council of Palomares del R\u00edo<\/a> (Seville) towards the foreign flamenco professionals. The festival will feature four days of performances, conferences and exhibits with foreign artists as the main focus. GuiriJondo will be held in 2023 between April 12th<\/sup> and April 15th<\/sup><\/strong> at Palomares\u2019 Arabian Baths, among other venues in this municipality of the Aljarafe region of Andalusia. It is a unique event which will put Palomares del R\u00edo in the map of the great flamenco festivals.<\/p>\n

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The First edition of GuiriJondo, according to the organizer\u2019s statements given in press conferences held at Casa de la Provincia (Seville) and Mes\u00f3n La Truja (Palomares), will feature artists from China, France, Italy, Holland, USA, Venezuela and Armenia, among other countries, with guitarist Rafael Riqueni<\/strong> headlining the event \u2014 his family lives in Palomares \u2014 and other conference speakers such as Cristina Hoyos, Pepa Montes, Ricardo Mi\u00f1o and Galician musicologist Faustino N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong>. The writer and flamencologist Jos\u00e9 Luis Ortiz Nuevo<\/strong>, founder of the Bienal de Sevilla festival, will give the opening announcement (preg\u00f3n<\/em>), followed by journalist Carmen Arjona’s presentation. Among the foreign artists are Chinese guitarist Can Wang<\/strong>, French cantaor Jos\u00e9 de la Negreta<\/strong>, Peruvian guitarist \u00d3scar Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>, Italian bailaora Irene La Sent\u00edo<\/strong>, Venezuelan cantaora Jafel\u00edn Palacios<\/strong>, Dutch guitarist Gaspar de Holanda, <\/strong>Chinese cantaora Shen Wang<\/strong>, Armenian guitarist Vahan Davtyan<\/strong> and French cantaora Luisa Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The festival is an original idea of flamenco critic Manuel Boh\u00f3rquez <\/strong>(director of ExpoFlamenco<\/em>), who was born in  Arahal and grew up in Palomares. This event will honor Cristina Heeren<\/strong>, the American patron of flamenco art who created the foundation that carries her name and who has been teaching flamenco students from all over the world in Seville for thirty years. The awards to be given in all editions of the festival will bear her name. The program also includes performances by leading students of her foundation.<\/p>\n

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\u00abThe fact that it is geared specifically towards foreign artists makes sense. Flamenco has about two centuries of rich history and it has always caught the interest of foreign aficionados . The early flamenco companies in the 19th<\/sup> century already toured Europe and America. Flamenco outside Spain is not a new thing, but it has barely been acknowledged<\/strong>. There are very good foreign flamenco artists, but they are seldom featured at the Bienal or other festivals such as the one in Mairena, La Caracol\u00e1, El Potaje or El Gazpacho. Thus, we conceived a festival focused on the great flamenco artists born outside of the cradle of flamenco. We didn\u2019t want to create another festival just like the hundreds of others that already exist all over Spain\u00bb, stated Boh\u00f3rquez in the media presentation.<\/p>\n

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\u00abThe writer and flamencologist Jos\u00e9 Luis Ortiz Nuevo, founder of the Bienal de Sevilla festival, will give the opening announcement (preg\u00f3n). Among the foreign artists are Chinese guitarist Can Wang, French cantaor Jos\u00e9 de la Negreta, Peruvian guitarist \u00d3scar Guzm\u00e1n, Italian bailaora Irene La Sent\u00edo, Venezuelan cantaora Jafel\u00edn Palacios, Dutch guitarist Gaspar de Holanda, Chinese cantaora Shen Wang, Armenian guitarist Vahan Davtyan and French cantaora Luisa Mu\u00f1oz.\u00bb<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Manuel Benjumea<\/strong>, mayor of Palomares, added: \u00abwith GuiriJondo the seed of flamenco will once again be planted in this municipality, with a festival [concept] that doesn\u2019t take place anywhere else. From the moment this idea was presented to us, we were stunned and amazed. We are wishing that all flamenco aficionados become aware of what we are organizing in Palomares and that all the historical heritage of this municipality becomes known all over the world\u00bb.<\/p>\n

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