www.ticketsplease.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\u201cFull-contact, hard-core\u201d Flamenco guitarist performs at MERA<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
The final concert in MERA\u2019s Sunday Schoolhouse Spring Concert Series, on Sunday, June 28, will feature award-winning Spanish\/Canadian flamenco guitarist and composer Jorge Miguel, in an ensemble that includes a flamenco singer and dancer.<\/p>\n
Miguel’s new CD “Guitarra Flamenca\/Flamenco Guitar” is an exploration of the depth and breadth of Flamenco Guitar by an artist that has dedicated his life to this art form. Eight diverse songs styles, known in Flamenco circles as “palos”, are performed with precision, passion and originality yet remain firmly rooted in tradition.<\/p>\n
Miguel’s family is from Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain, his parents moved from Seville to Toronto just one year before he was born. After years of trying to ignore his Spanish roots, Miguel realized his true calling was playing Flamenco. Miguel moved back to Spain in 1995 to immerse himself in the study of Flamenco Guitar, and he has not strayed from that path since.<\/p>\n
Miguel has studied with maestro\u2019s Manolo Sanlucar, Ca\u00f1izares, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Rodriguez in Cordoba, Gerardo Nu\u00f1ez in Sanlucar, Pepe Russo in Cadiz, Don Antonio Villar in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Carlos Del Rio in Madrid,\u00a0\u00a0Augustin \u201cBola\u201d Carbonell in Seville and attended workshops w\/ Diego Del Morao and singer Rocio Marquez in Toronto. Miguel has also accompanied renowned dancers such as Esmeralda Enrique, Soledad Barrio, Isabel Bayon\u00a0\u00a0and Maria Serrano.<\/p>\n
In 2002 the Jorge Miguel Flamenco Ensemble was formed with the mandate to take true Flamenco to audiences across Canada and beyond. The Ensemble combines the three pillars of Flamenco, the guitar, the dance and the song (el Toque, el Baile y el Cant\u00e9). Miguel has performed over 1000 shows from Whitehorse, The Yukon to Antigonish, Nova Scotia as well as in the U.S. and Europe.<\/p>\n
Miguel\u2019s Ensemble was nominated in 2011 for Capacoa Touring Artist of the Year and Miguel was awarded the 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award for\u00a0\u00a0World Solo Artist and Instrumental Artist of the Year.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe performs with a gusto he calls \u2018full contact, hard-core\u2019 flamenco. …the tempo-shifting Alegrias en La and the spirited Rumba Tangos are take-no-prisoner affairs, full of rousing vocals, percussive handclaps or \u201cpalmas\u201d and Miguel\u2019s fleet-fingered guitar playing. Even quieter numbers like the meditative Trocitus (Solea) and the gentle Silencio por Alegrias are brimming with emotion.\u201d – Nicholas Jennings, Penguin Eggs Magazine<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the musician is Jorge Miguel…you’re talking serious flamenco. He went right to the source—Seville in Spain \u2013 to learn the intricacies of the music.\u201d – Fresh Air, CBC Radio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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