Flamenco Festival takes over Bucharest for a month aa‚¬a€œ ole!

Bucharest will enjoy a month-long Flamenco Festival, as February is dedicated to Spanish culture. The festival, which will feature live dance shows and concerts, will take place between February 8 and March 7 and showcase consecrated flamenco artists from the classical and modern scene. It is organized by the Cervantes Institute and the Spanish Embassy.

The event opener will be Sentimientos (Feelings), a dance performance staged at Odeon Theater on February 8. The show is headlined by Yolanda Osuna, a dance prodigy who started flamenco at the age of three and has collaborated with many important names on the scene such as Mayte Martin, Miguel Poveda, Arcangel, Chano Lobato, Julian Estrada, El Lebrijano, Luis de Cordoba, El Cabrero and Nino de Pura. The chamber music instrumental ensemble La Maestranza will play on February 16 at the Romanian Athenaeum. The ensemble is led by Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey, a composer and guitar player who breathes new life into Spanish classical music. The ensemble comprises musicians who play classical music and jazz, tango and flamenco, using instruments such as the flute, clarinet, viola, cello, percussion and guitar. On three consecutive days in March, films by director Carlos Saura will run on the screens of Elvira Popescu cinema. Saura flies the flag for cinematography of the late 20th century, having made a series of films on tango and the art of flamenco: Bodas de sangre (1981), El amor brujo, Sevillanas and Flamenco (1995).

February 8, 9, 10 at 19.00

Odeon Theater

Sentimientos / Flamenco Dance

Yolanda Osuna

With: Yolanda Osuna (Bailaora Principal), Beatriz Osuna (clapping), Maria Rosa Navarro Villanueva (singer), Severiano Jimenez Flores (guitar player)

February 16 at 19:00

Romanian Athenaeum

Instrumental recital of La Maestranza

Program: Banderillas de Tiniebla, Obertura de Silverio, Concierto para Tres Noches de Primavera, Epitafio a Isaac Albeniz, Fuego, Portola Sycamore, Falla by La Maestranza, Lorca Suite.

Ensemble members: Ezequiel Cortabarria Salgueiro (flute), Vicente Jose Sabater Sancho (clarinet), Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey, Eva Maria Martin Mateu (viola), German Munoz Palazon (Contrabas), John Stokes (cello), Roberto Vozmediano Vozmediano (Percussion)

February 22, 23 at 19:00

Radio Hall

Chicuco / Jazz Flamenco

Trio Sergio Monroy

Componence: Sergio Monroy (piano), Alejandro Benitez (guitar bass), Isra Katumba (Percussion)

February 27, 28 at 19:00

Romanian Athenaeum

Flamenco guitar festival of Javier Conde

March 1 at 19:00

Odeon Theater

Flamenco guitar recital Javier Conde

Accompanying guitar: Jose A. Conde

Program: Taranta – “Presagio” / Victor M. “Serranito”, Alegrias – “Llegando al puerto” / Victor M. “Serranito”, Malaguenas – “Brisas de La Caleta” / Sabicas, Guajiras – “Brisas Antillanas” / A. Batista, Solea – “Aires de Puerto Real”/ Sabicas, Danza – “Noches de Damasco” / Sabicas, Granainas – “La Cartuja” / Gerardo Nunez, Zapateado – “Punta y Tacon” / Victor M. “Serranito”, Bulerias – “Tartaneros” / A. Batista, “Brisas de Huelva” / Nino Miguel, Rumba – “Una Rosa” / Riqueni & J. Conde, Polka Paraguayana – “Pajaro Campana” / popular

March 5, 6, 7 at 19:00

Elvira Popescu Cinema

Films by director Carlos Saura

Program:

Io, Don Giovanni, 2009- March 5 at 19:00

Carmen, 1983- March 6 at 16:00

Bodas de sangre, 1981- March 6 at 18:00

El amor brujo, 1986- March 6 at 20:00

Flamenco, 1995- March 7 at 16:00

Goya en Burdeos, 1999- March 7 at 18:00

Tango, 1998- March 7 at 20:00

Otilia Haraga